Favorite song!

I wanted to share one of my favorite songs with you and tell you how God used it to comfort me! 

On April 30th, I had my 2nd endoscopy to look at my esophagus, stomach, and intestines. They also took biopsies of them. I was nervous at first but the day of the procedure I woke up with so much peace thanks to God and the prayers of so many! Two other ladies from church were having very serious surgeries that day also, and we had so many people praying for us and encouraging us. It was incredible to have so much support!! It meant so much to all of us. 

So the day of the procedure I woke up with peace and comfort despite being nervous about the procedure. My GI doctor is a great guy who is very involved in mission work and went to the Christian college that I've gone to! I know he's prayed for me many times and I've told him that many people pray for him too when they pray for me. 

I had the procedure at a little hospital that I hadn't been to before, so that's always a little scary. We got to the hospital early that morning and loved it immediately. Everyone was so kind and I had the best care. I was nervous about the sedation because of a procedure that I had last year where the sedation didn't work and I was 100% awake when I was supposed to be asleep. So I prayed extra hard about the sedation since I was nervous. 

Right before the procedure when my GI came to talk to us, he mentioned that I might not have full sedation because they forgot to schedule an anesthesiologist for me. I started praying harder at that point. He came back a few minutes later and said that they got it worked out and found an ER doctor who would be in the procedure with me so that they could do general anesthesia, which means that there was no chance that I would be awake! Praise God!! We were so relieved! They then wheeled me to the OR to start the procedure. 

In the operating room, we had to wait on the ER doctor to get there, so we just hung out for about 10 minutes. It was my GI doctor and 2 nurses in the OR with me. There was music playing when we arrived in the OR. My GI had requested Christian music to be played. I was so excited to hear that! It was so peaceful, even with all the scary equipment around me! 

The ER doctor got to the room and they began to hook me up to the monitors and started to get my sedation ready. Guess what song came on as they were getting me hooked up to everything? It was Oceans by Hillsong. One of my favorite songs! Here are the lyrics:

"You call me out upon the waters

The great unknown where feet may fail

And there I find You in the mystery

In oceans deep

My faith will stand

And I will call upon Your name

And keep my eyes above the waves

When oceans rise

My soul will rest in Your embrace

For I am Yours and You are mine

Your grace abounds in deepest waters

Your sovereign hand

Will be my guide

Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me

You've never failed and You won't start now

So I will call upon Your name

And keep my eyes above the waves

When oceans rise

My soul will rest in Your embrace

For I am Yours and You are mine

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Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders

Let me walk upon the waters

Wherever You would call me

Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander

And my faith will be made stronger

In the presence of my Savior

I will call upon Your name

Keep my eyes above the waves

My soul will rest in Your embrace 

For I am Yours, and You are mine"

They started giving me the sedation and as I was going to sleep, these lyrics stuck out to me. 

"Your grace abounds in deepest waters

Your sovereign hand

Will be my guide

Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me

You've never failed and You won't start now

So I will call upon Your name

And keep my eyes above the waves

When oceans rise

My soul will rest in Your embrace

For I am Yours and You are mine"

The song reminds me of this verse 

"When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you." Isaiah 43:2

God promises to never leave us, not matter what we're going through. 

God gave me a peace that passes all understanding, and used this song to comfort me as I went under anesthesia. I knew that everything was going to be okay! He was with me and like the song says, He's never failed and He won't start now! God is so good!

As I woke up after the procedure, I still had that peace! I'll never forget how peaceful I felt as I went to sleep while that song was playing. God was watching out for me and blessed me in ways I didn't know we're possible. I'm so thankful for that and for the many prayers said on my behalf! The other 2 ladies' surgeries went well and they are doing well, praise God! 

God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!