{"id":404,"date":"2006-04-03T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-03T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/04\/libbie-groves.html"},"modified":"2006-04-03T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-03T19:55:00","slug":"libbie-groves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/04\/libbie-groves.html","title":{"rendered":"Libbie Groves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Libbie Groves posts about her struggles as she deals with her tooth and her husband&#8217;s cancer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last week as I asked the Lord why he didn&#8217;t want my tooth to get numbed and crowned so I could get on with the rest of life that needed tending to, I realized that I had to kneel before him as the Lord, the king, the master who calls the shots and orders our days, who knows what is <em>really <\/em>best for us.  Eventually I ended up just kneeling quietly at his feet. He really is the shepherd my shepherd, the good shepherd who knows where the quiet waters and the green pastures are and who leads me there. 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