Back in May 2017, June woke up in the middle of the night with what turned out to be a bowel obstruction. It was a long 10 days before it was completely diagnosed and resolved, and we’ve not had that happen since. Reading these verses in Psalm 116 reminded me:

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!” (Psalm 116.3, 4, ESV)

The rest of the Psalm reminds us that every day is a gift from our gracious God:

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling; I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living…What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. (Psalm 116.8, 9, 12 – 14, ESV)