Devotion

On a beautiful September day, on a trail heading to the top of a mountain, I was suddenly overcome with a massive heart attack. My prayer was, “Lord, I’m not done!” I was not afraid, but felt that my life was not finished. I was hiking with friends, including Terry, a retired cardiac nurse, who saved my life by convincing emergency responders to send a helicopter into the mountains for me. I know that same prayer has been on the lips of countless people, and not everyone gets another chance under such circumstances as these, but I got one. I am grateful for those people who helped give it to me—from the nurse on the trail to the surgeon who put a stent in my heart. Ultimately though, I know it was God who gave me more time on this earth. The psalmist is praising God for a prayer answered, for more days of life. Each day is a gift, and we join the psalmist to thank God for it.