I thought I was having a stroke last week. I was so dizzy and I couldn’t read the words on a page, it kept moving. I got my husband up and Bob brought me to the hospital. After blood tests, EKG, CT scan, Chest X-ray, and exam they told me it was not a stroke. Thank you Jesus! However they did find something else with the EKG. They called it a secondary heart block- type 1. In layman’s terms it means my heart is skipping beats.
My father who has since passed away had a defibrillator. His heart didn’t skip beats, it just plain stopped. He had his first heart attack and fell off a stool. The paramedics worked on him for like 20 minutes, and he was resuscitated. He had a Cardiologist too. He ended up getting a device implanted in his upper chest. His internal device would shock him every time his heart tried to do that again. Genetics? Yes, I guess so.
Then I wore an Event Monitor for a week. Just looked at those test results this morning, ugggh. Some things should not be Googled! I see an Electrophysiologist in February. That’s a Cardiologist that specializes in the hearts electrical systems.
So what is a girl to do? I could hibernate and stay in bed letting fear and anxiety take over. That is what I did in the past. But, definitely not helpful. But that’s not me today. I knew I needed to turn to Jesus. I needed a rescue, a deliverance. So, I started reading a Bible in a Year plan. I needed to fill my spirit with God’s Word everyday. I needed my hope and faith cup filled again.
I also joined a group called Nashville Christian Songwriters to help me to continue to write Christian music. I am learning so much there about songwriting. We start our weekly calls with a prayer. It’s a great group of Christian Songwriters. Listening to everyone’s songs lifts my spirit too. Thank you NCS!
So here is a song I wrote called Rescue. It is my prayer this month.
RESCUE
Copyright 2026 Diana Rasmussen
[verse]
God, I’m a wreck, longing for your grace,
For the burdens I can’t seem to erase
I am still carrying this weight
I’m feeling trapped inside this heavy place
Lord I need your rescue
[Chorus]
Lord, I need your rescue,
I’m reaching out to make a new start.
Can you guide my inner heart?
Check my spirit and my sight
Show me what is wrong and right
Oh Lord, I need your rescue.
[verse]
I’ve fallen at your feet countless times.
Will I always have battles in my mind?
You know the paths I have traveled
Teach me to follow where your Spirit guides
[Chorus]
Lord, I need your rescue,
I’m reaching out to make a new start.
Can you guide my inner heart?
Check my spirit and my sight
Show me what is wrong and right
Oh Lord, I need your rescue.
[Bridge]
Now I turn my focus to you, my God.
Renew my heart, my mind and my spirit
With your living Word
Lord I need your rescue
[Chorus]
Lord, I need your rescue,
I’m reaching out to make a new start.
Can you guide my inner heart?
Check my spirit and my sight
Show me what is wrong and right
Oh Lord, I need your rescue.
Bible Verses About the Heart
- Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 - As water reflects the face,
so one’s life reflects the heart. Proverbs 27:19 - The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
“I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”Jeremiah 17:9-10 - You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 - May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed. Psalm 20:4 - But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”1 Samuel 16:7
- Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.Proverbs 3:5-6 - I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26
- For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.Matthew 6:21
Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37 - Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man. Proverbs 3:3-4 - Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 - A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22 - He heals the brokenheart
and binds up their wounds.Psalm 147:3