AN UNEXPECTED MAZE ... day 2

Most of what happened on Day 2, I already mentioned briefly in Day 1 in the "T" part in blue of signs of strokes ... so this is about how long it took us to convince my spouse that he had to go to the ER/hospital (from 2 a.m. 'til about 10 a.m.). He insisted that he needed to clean up, call people to cancel scheduled appointments, and oh, he let us know, that he really needs to get some sleep first (since he had been up, back and forth on his own to his bathroom all night since 11 p.m.) We knew that he was dehydrated but as I wrote on day 1, we had no idea that he had had a stroke ... which we found out when our local hospital ran a cat-scan, informing us that he needed to be transported to a Brain Trauma, Critical Care Unit in our State Capitol area, led by a nationally, recognized team of expert care {I found most of the staff, especially the RN's, to be so - they all work together so well to provide the best care} 
Again, too many visitors, which should have been just immediate family ... but my husband considers that umbrella to extend beyond our family. His brother and sister came on Weds. and shortly joined by his other sister. Of course, they are family and our daughter (accompanied by her oldest children on different days, but not her youngest two, until he was moved home). But there were others considered 'family' to him. My priority for him, especially in this Critical Care Unit was his care and that needed to take precedence to all the visits.
Since this was Sunday, and in no way, seemed like a SONday for me, I definitely knew he needed his rest and so did I and the other caregiver that had been up with him. Rest - it's such a needed state in our lives for our physical bodies and our spiritual soul, whether we believe we have one or not, God created each of us with that special place within us, created in His very image ... I believe so His Spirit can reside within us and speak to the spirit in us. 

"The Lord replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." (Exodus 33:14)

I knew without a doubt that I needed His REST now more than ever (but in retrospect, it looks like this was just the beginning of an endless need of rest, that I would not be getting physically yet knew I needed to spiritually whether I had the time or not -because I need His Presence continually with me for this "unexpected maze" that was just getting started). God knew this months before, even a year ago, as I was so blessed to read Bonnie Gray's "Whispers of Rest" (and could soak in this all over again, if I could just find an extra minute)... so for now, I will soak in instrumentals playing in the background and the verse that God has spoken into my spirit all summer (Matthew 11:28-29) - His Promise that I cling to and remind myself daily to "Come ..."
Even in the hectic scuffle, back and forth, to hospital and home, I found the time with our local Christian radio station, KTIS in my car ... and those beautiful instrumental videos with Bible verses, I was trying to saturate my spirit to find the strength for this hard place, that has now become my new mission to serve and love in the hard places, even when I'm rejected or pushed aside or receive harsh comments, I must try ... but only by God, by His power and the Holy Spirit, will I find my way through this 'unexpected maze' ... where He leads, may I submit and surrender to do and be like Jesus. And tomorrow's another day - a new day, where His mercies and grace are new every morning
I leave my husband in the care of a well-trained team for his physical care, asking God to care and reach His spiritual need, actually begging and pleading God to come through ... to get through, to rescue him from perishing and asking for God's forgiveness, mercy and an abundant outpouring of the aMazing Grace that I have been so blessed to have, please touch and break through this hardened heart and mind set that this life is all there is ... and his living care directive asks for no spiritual person to interact with him to bombard him with religion and all we are asking for is that he realize his personal need to be rescued, to be saved, to repent and COME to Jesus - that there is an afterlife to those who BELIEVE and the only way to God (the Father) is through Jesus, His Son - not just a great teacher or prophet {as he believes} but the sacrificial lamb that paid the price for all of us and our sin. On this SONday, I stop at the hospital chapel and cry out to the One, who I BELIEVE in, to redeem this man, who by his own works, he has done so much, how much more he could have done with God.