It really is okay....

Your Hands, by JJ Heller:

I have unanswered prayers

I have trouble I wish wasn't there
And I have asked a thousand ways
That You would take my pain away
That You would take my pain away

I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crookedly lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands

When You walked upon the Earth
You healed the broken, lost, and hurt
I know You hate to see me cry
One day You will set all things right
Yea, one day You will set all things right

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands


Your hands
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still


When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave You when...



When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave...
I never leave Your hands

 
Yesterday I find out something that if you take it at face value, wow, it can be upsetting.  But if you then think about this discovery in the BIG picture, you would rather thank God there is a way to prevent possible organ damage/disease/failure, etc...all through discovering that your blood contains too much iron.  Hemochromatosis is what this is called and Rick has it.  The treatment is getting blood drawn a pint at a time.  Not sure yet of how often.  Research tells me that it can be often as weekly, less often as monthly, in the beginning for the first year.  Then the levels should adjust nicely and he wouldn't have to go as often after that first year has passed.  Has to do with a genetic mutation of sorts that causes this mass production of iron in the blood.  And here, I am always low and wished for more.  Yeah, I will stop wishing that now.  So,, the key word here is "genetic"...means Rick's dad could have had prevention possibly of his liver cancer/colon too even if he had this mutation as well.  Also means that Rick needs to let his siblings know and urge them to get tested.  *sigh*...and our boys have to get tested as well.  Little pain now is really an ounce of prevention in the long run.  That's why I say...this, here, is really okay....   :-)