Then the LORD will guide you always

and satisfy your thirst in parched places,

will give strength to your bones

And you shall be like a watered garden,

like a flowing spring whose waters never fail

-Isaiah 58:11

I don't know if any of you know (and I hope you don't), but usually when you prepare for having surgery, there is a certain amount of time that you are required to be NPO, without food/liquid, since you'll be intubated while the surgery proceeds. Since I've been through four surgeries in recent years, I'm all too familiar with the NPO requirements. Trust me, its no fun. 

However, also, many times as I prepared for surgery, there was fear too. These are two elements that are addressed in this verse. The Lord promises to guide us (we can trust him!) and in the parched places He is always there. Even in the spiritually dry places when it feels that He has abandoned us-He really hasn't. He's there. 

I wish I had had this insight on His promise going into surgery, but I had one other thing. I printed out every verse that reads"do not fear" and took them into surgery with me. I read them as I was falling asleep. They brought me so much peace. 

S, this week, let God guide you and satisfy the areas in your life that are parched and need his touch and his water. 

God Bless you!