My Ebenezer

Tomorrow is my visit to the surgeon. I am very anxious but have been trying to trust in God's plan. My prayers are filled with requests of peace for whatever is decided. Should it be surgery, I pray for peace for how it will effect my school year and the process of the surgery itself. Should they not decide to do surgery, I pray for peace for trying to decipher what road I need to take next. I am praying for continual acceptance of my limitations, whatever they may be this year. I will continue to try to do grace and not stuff.

One of my favorite hymns ever is Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Verses two says "Here I raise my Ebenezer". This does not mean that you are holding up an old crotchety man from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This is in reference to a verse in I Samuel 7:12. The Israelites had been in battle with the Philistines, and the people had told Samuel to not stop crying out to the Lord. He made a sacrifice to the Lord, and when the Philistines attacked, God helped the Israelites defeat the Philistines.

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying "Thus far the Lord has helped us." So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israels territory. Throughout Samuel's lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines. - 1 Samuel 7:12-13

Thus far, the Lord has helped me. I have been given many Ebenezers in people's prayers, help, kind words and love. I know He will continue to give me Ebenezers no matter what may come.

Here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by thy help I'm come;

And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God;

He to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood.