Lessons from the 10th Floor: The Lord sustains

It's Sunday on the 10th floor..last night I wrote a post asking friends to post verses that God was using to encourage them so that I might also be encouraged while we waited for news of the past blood draw..and the cultures remain positive in his blood for infection.

Several of the verses pointed to God's sustaining power in our lives and I have loved that word "SUSTAIN"...the ability to keep on going...if only for one more moment, til the next meal, til the next sleepless night.  I have trouble sleeping in my own home..it's amazing to think how God has lifted us up and helped us even when there is no way to explain that I can keep going with so little sleep.  Chelsea also says at home they are experiencing this as we've not known how long the trial will continue to last and we cannot plan for it.  I'm a planner..this is hard..but clearly God is able to provide even when there was no plan when we turn to Him and trust Him.

We are all experiencing God's sustaining power..it's not easy day after day to trust when the blood tests continue to be positive..when your hopes of leaving this week are slowly evaporating.

Although everything inside of me wants to pray for a specific date for our departure from this hospital, I'm now praying for God to just sustain us

Psalm 3:5 "I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me"

Cam is having a good day today..he was able to walk around the entire circle that is our 10th floor, tolerated playing in the playroom for 1 hour (mostly sitting), ate some breakfast, played with his little lego set, taught Mommy how to play Spill the Beans and is now resting up some.  He also had a little bath in his bed..here's a picture of him in his special shampoo cap:

Here's Brownie the dog..his first present in the hospital..given by another adoptive family...and Cameron's Ticket To Ride which is what he uses as a passport to allow us to take him to other floors of the hospital.