How to pray? Surgery and Rehab


How to pray? Bible prayers

Valley Presbyterian Hospital

Rob’s teammate came to visit him.

Is there life after death? Definitely. Is there life BEFORE coffee? Hardly.

LOL! Last week I spent the night in the hospital with my son. He got operated on his torn ACL, a soccer injury. The doctor harvested from his hamstring to reconstruct the ligament. The next day, he was in pain, I was groping for coffee.

Santa Monica United

Through the pain of injury… through the pain of life… we must seek healing. Prayer heals the spiritual and emotional hurts.

Robert is facing six months of rehabilitation before jumping onto the pitch again for Santa Monica United U16 blue.

torn ACL

After the operation

Excuse the pun, but we live in a fallen world. They get injured — both physically and spiritually. Prayer is a spiritual surgery to reconstruct after the damage is done. Continued prayer is the rehabilitation that brings you back to striking strength.

And coffee? Coffee is good for morning prayer. Otherwise, I would be mumbling incoherent drowsiness instead of caffeine-invigorated, forceful, pressing prayers.

 

25 responses to “How to pray? Surgery and Rehab

  1. I have my morning Communion with iced tea (with lemon) for the same reason you use coffee!

  2. I pray your son recover well!

  3. Prayers for your son and that your morning never finds you coffee-less.

  4. Prayers for complete recovery! 🙂

  5. Hmmm…”Excuse the pun, but we live in a fallen world. They get injured — both physically and spiritually. Prayer is a spiritual surgery to reconstruct after the damage is done.” So very true!

  6. Praying for a speedy, complete recovery for your son. Here’s to extended non-coherent drowsiness for you… Cups up! *raises soda cup to your coffee cup* 🙂

  7. jesuslikespizza

    I pray that your son has a good recovery..hey why not beat the 6 month mark?

  8. I hope his recovery is not so painful! all the best!

  9. “Prayer is a spiritual surgery to reconstruct after the damage is done. Continued prayer is the rehabilitation that brings you back to striking strength” – LOVE THIS!!!! Coffee is a given 🙂

  10. Reblogged this on blaming the norm and commented:
    Haha, the first two lines of this make me know it’s worth reading. The question? The answer. Just like that. Life before coffee? Hardly. Well articulated, is it not?

  11. I hope your son has a quick and full recovery!

  12. I hope Robert is on the mend and the pain is not too bad.

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