The Book Goes on...

10-27-09 Mom will fill in the rest later. It's a real God thing.
-Molly

Early morning check-in at 5th floor Jonsson at Baylor Medical seemed to bring out pre-surgery jitters. It was still dark outside but things were certainly bustling inside. Shelley, the admit nurse was calming and thorough ---even she must have memorized my birth date. Everything is scanned and checked and re-checked and that’s a good thing. But better than that, she actually listened when I asked about Martha.

Martha had been my nurse on 5th floor Jonsson when I was there in March. She had just found out she had cancer. We had opportunities to talk about her concerns---job, (she had just started in nursing) 2 children and family history of cancer. She was only 28. Thanks to Wynellen’s generosity, I was able to give her a Jesus Calling book. Returning in April for surgery #3, I found out that she was undergoing cancer treatment---both chemo and radiation. No one was sure when she would return to work.

Shelley knew Martha and told me that Martha was now “cancer free” and had returned to work on a transplant floor because she could only work weekends now and plastic surgery at 5th floor Jonsson is closed on weekends. I was thrilled to hear news of her but naturally, I was disappointed because I had so wanted to see her.

But God…………..as only He can orchestrate, had Martha walk in room 502 about 30 minutes later. She had come for a “core” class (like continuing education) at Baylor and came early to avoid all the Dallas morning commute traffic. With a few extra minutes she came up to say hi to folks, ran in to Shelley who told her I was there………….Hugs abounded, tears shed. Martha said that I had been her inspiration, that she read her “little” Jesus Calling book everyday and was even reading it to her 10 year-old daughter. I puddled!

And to think that just today I had gotten an e-mail from Sarah Young, who wrote that “little” book. She said that she would be praying for me. I wonder if she realizes how many of us are on the same page in that “little” book that gives such BIG encouragement to each of us.

Thanks, Sarah for being faithful and seeking God’s Presence daily in the midst of even the hardest times. Indeed, your “little” book, Jesus Calling, has touched me and many others in a special way……………………and the book goes on and on and on.