Waiting (reflections by Dirk, Abe's brother)

11-10-11 Journal Notes at 6:26 a.m.

Today nothing is scheduled; maybe read, chat, sit around, be at ease and  ... wait. Wait for Friday, when we will learn that my blood is ready to go or no? Actually the big news we await is the number of stem cells collected on the first day of harvesting, which will be Tuesday next. Enough stem cells? That is the question. YES is the answer we await.

I think and know, we cannot know till Tuesday. I calmly await the information; as we get closer, I will become eager to hear; after we hear I may look back and realize how anxious/eager I was, and now how relieved, happy! (or disappointed) I am. That is how it sits with me.

I have prayed for good results, for Abe's well being (being well) and healing; and I cannot do other or more. I have laid out my praise, my sense of previlege to donate; nir else to do but wait, wait upon the Lord. These words come from memory:

     They who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
     They shall rise up on eagle's wings.

Isaiah 40:25-31

To whom shall you compare me?
     Or who is my equal? says the Holy One
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:
     Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry hosts one by one,
      and calls them all by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strenght,
     not one of them is missing.

Why do you say, O Jacob,
     and complain, I Israel,
"My way is hidden from the Lord,
     and my cause is disregarded by my God?"
Do you not know?
     Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
     the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
     and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
     and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
     yes, the young stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
     they will run and not grow weary,
     they will walk and not be faint.