Lynna’s “O” & Wouldn’t it be Nice

By Lynna Clark

“Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things out of Your law.”

This little prayer from Psalm 119:18 is short and sweet. But when prayed prior to looking into Scripture will open the heart to see the things God has for us. Not only is it a prayer, but also an attitude. How blessed we are to be in a place where our hearts and minds are open to God’s plans for our lives; a place of submission and trust. It’s hard sometimes to realize that He has a plan that’s better than we can understand.

Open my eyes Lord. I believe. Please help my unbelief.

If your brain started singing that song by the Beach Boys, you’re either from my generation or you’ve seen the movie Fifty First Dates one too many times. But really. Wouldn’t it be nice if we had someone to run interference for us? Especially as we navigate doctor appointments and such. I think it might be kind of new, but we have that. Her name is Candice. She keeps close tabs on all things medically needed to care for my beloved David. Currently on top of cancer, a leaking gut, and sickness heaped upon sickness, he has developed kidney stones. The doctor he saw Wednesday proclaimed one to be the size of a peanut. David said he wasn’t sure if that was in the shell or not, but either way it’s too big to be left unattended. Yeouch! So before they can do surgery to mend the colon or the bladder; or deal any more with the cancer, they must address the kidney stones, plural. That’s one of the reasons we’re so glad to have Candice, our patient advocate. She is coordinating all these life saving events. It’s not been that long ago that I had cancer and couldn’t get a call through without being on hold for twenty minutes. Sadly, the muzac provided was NOT the Beach Boys. But not anymore! We have a Super Advocate! I’ve never met her, but I sure do love her. She leaps tall stacks of paperwork and hits the ground running just to help us navigate our current load of crap.

Sometimes we forget. As Christians we have an Advocate too. When we don’t know what to pray; when life is absolutely overwhelming; when fear grips our hearts with all the ‘what-ifs’; our Advocate is running interference for us. Romans 8:26 and following gives us this wonderful news.

“And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us… And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.”

“Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity or [fill in your blank here]?”

Thankfully the answer is a resounding NO! He is our Advocate WITH the Father. Together, They have a plan that is surely for our best!