Today was the day my blood thinned to an INR of 3.4 and I could stop giving myself daily injections of Lovenox. 3 weeks is not a long time and many people need to give themselves even multiple injections every day for years on end. But it was a new experience for me. Injecting myself was a condition for release from the hospital. It was projected I would need to inject myself for about 3 days until my blood reached the the desired level. But it took 3 weeks. And in those 18 extra days was the uncertainty, once again. What is happening now? Why doesn't my blood respond more normally? The 3 time per week blood testing -- was one of the more predictable pieces of my weekly schedule.
Waiting--delayed results with less than clear understanding of what is going on; that is not uncommon in life in general. We make a financial investment and the stock market drops. Or we take a step of faith and God seems slow for respond and honor it and we need to continually remind ourselves we did not take the step because God guaranteed a certain result, we did it because God is glorified in obedient faith. Obedience, persistence is glorifying to God and when that is the fruit of my life it is meaningful and worthwhile.
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