Yesterday I had an operation on my bowel which had a '1 in 20 chance' (doctor's words not mine!) of resulting in complications. There were a great number of people praying for me. My given Psalm reading for the day (I am following a read the Bible in a year pattern) was Psalm 16: v 1 Keep me safe O God for in you I take refuge v 5 Lord you have assigned me my portion and my cup, you have made my lot secure v 8 I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken v9 therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices: My body will rest secure As I finished my reading my wife brought to me her given readings for the day which she thought was for me - they included Psalm 91: v 9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place no evil will befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling and 1 Peter 3: v 12 the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentitive to their prayer and Job 11 v 18 You will have courage...