Show my ennemies how you love me

From Dave in the hospital.

The radiation therapy that I'm taking now is to deal with a lesion in my vertebrae which is pressing on my spinal cord.This is causing loss of feeling in my lower body and loss of force in my legs.If the pressure can be removed soon enough,the nerves can recover.After that, the paralysis becomes permanent.
This morning I was sent for a consultation in orthopedics to see if we should consider spinal surgery.(I was supposed to have the consultation yesterday but the spinal surgeon was called away while I was there waiting.)
The surgeon who looked at my case this morning wasn't sure what to do. He explained that he wasn't a spinal surgeon and that there wouldn't be one at the hospital for the next eight days. He might have to send me to another hospital for a consultation.
When I heard that,I really needed to pray, but I wasn't sure how to get started. Unable to think of anything else, I started reciting the 23rd Psalm.The following verse caught my attention:

"You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil
My cup overflows" ( Ps 23:5 NIV)

Who are my enemies here?
Figuratively speaking,Death and Disease. I remembered also that anointing someone's head was a sing of honor. My heart began to pray "Lord show my enemies how you love me"
As I prayed in my distress, who should come into the room but the spinal surgeon I missed yesterday! As I continued to pray he discussed the case with his colleague and gradually things became clear to them.

The operation, if it ever takes place, is an extremely difficult one, Therefore, we will give the radiation time to act. The surgeon has a next Thursday clinic, two days after my last radiation treatment. He'll evaluate me then. If my lower body condition seems to be stable or improving, we'll wait.If things are deteriorating, we'll have the possibility of operating rapidly should we decide to.

Please, my friends, join me in praying that it doesn't come to that.Pray for sings of improvement in the next few days. Finally,Thank the Lord for giving me the prayer I needed at just that moment,and then supplying answer as I prayed.