God's care

Last week, my wife had surgery and spent a couple days in the hospital. Everything went well and the recovery while painful has been smooth so far. In the evening of the day of her surgery, after dinner I took Ethan over to the hospital to see his mommy. He was cool and calm going into the hospital and he knew that Jana had surgery. But when we got in the room, he slowed way down. He went over to the side of the bed with a concerned look on his face. Jana was more pale than normal and had an oxygen tube in her nose, but felt fine. He just stood there and stared. We asked if he was ok and he nodded yes. Then he came over and sat in my lap and began to cry a bit. He was concerned. He calmed down and did pretty well after the initial few minutes. But when we were walking to the car, I heard him sniffling.

“I miss mommy.” He said.

We got in the car and as we drove down the road he started crying again.

“She’s going to be ok buddy,” I said to reassure him

“I know.”

“Are you worried?”

“Yes,” he nodded with tears.

“God will be with her. He’s always with her. He cares and can help her.” I said

“The nurse helps her too.” he replied

“You’re right,” I said, “God uses the nurse and others to help mommy.

“I bet God never goes to bed,” Ethan says. I smiled. Out of the mouths of babes comes truth. It reminded me of Psalm 121, “He who keeps you will never slumber nor sleep.” No, I didn’t quote the psalm to him, but it did enter my head. There was nothing more I could say.

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