Standing On The Promises

I've shared this before, but I love remembering this special blessing. 

I was sixteen and in severe pain, lying on a gurney under a bright surgery light. On examination the doctor had said the gangrene cyst on my ovary thrust me close to death.

While waiting for the anesthesiologist to come in and put me under, I distinctly heard a man's voice beside me.

"Don't worry, everything is going to be all right." An immense peaceful feeling swept over me. Raising my head, I looked around the room and saw no one.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I'm thankful that God holds us up when we are too weak or too scared to think. Whatever the struggle--major or minor--we must believe that we can stand on the promises of God.