I’m lying on my bed, listening to the rain and reflecting on my day. Well, I won’t be doing that by the time you read this, but that’s what I’m doing at this moment. 🙂
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I entered this day in excruciating pain and found myself post up outside an urgent care center before the sun took its place in the sky. Yes, as soon as they unlocked the doors and flipped the “closed” sign to “open”, I was at the counter, signing in! LOL… Your sister was in pain!!
On the drive over to the center, my thoughts drifted (as they often seem to do on these occasions) to “why”. You know the routine. Something bad or challenging is happening in your life, and the first thing you do is, what I like to call, reach for the “Why cry”. Why is this happening to me? Why is this happening to me NOW? Girlfriends, I reached for the “why cry” this morning! LOL.. In mid-whine, I heard calmly, sweetly, and matter-of-factly in my ear, “Because”.
HUH??
“Because.”
Now that’s an interesting concept, isn’t it? Maybe the Lord allowed my pain, my unwelcome deviation to my schedule, and my unwanted deviation to my BUDGET all just because.
So, thanks to the lesson I learned from the crazy Saturday I told you about last week (if you missed it, you can click here to check it out), I knew just how to re-group, even in the midst of my pain. I began to think on these things:
1. Thanks to a back sprain over the summer, a visit to an urgent care center in a totally different state, and a trip to the hair salon a couple of weeks ago, I knew just where to go, this morning, to find an urgent care center in my neighborhood. Trust me, these components are truly all related, and they made my morning SO much easier than it otherwise may have been.
2. Knowing exactly where to go this morning (in the midst of great pain, remember) reminded me, again, that God has planned ALL of my days. He’s not surprised by anything that comes my way. IF I pay attention, I will be able to follow in the footsteps He’s already ordered for me – whether it’s a good day or a challenging one. I get so full just thinking about this beautiful truth.
3. Although I wasn’t expecting to spend a few hundred bucks on a shoulder sprain this week (or any other week, for that matter AND what’s up with all of the muscle sprains, anyway!!! LOL…), I had the money. PRAISE THE LORD, I had the money! That’s not the story for some, and it wasn’t the story for me a short while ago. However, even during that season, the Lord always provided. The Lord WILL ALWAYS provide! It’s His word and His part of His essence.
Today, these three tiny things translated into three tiny words from my heavenly Father to me.
“I Love You!”
My sweet sisters, let me tell you this. Hearing “I love you” made hearing “because” just a little bit more bearable. So the next time you hear “because”, stop, look and listen closely. “I love you” will be right there in the mix, and I promise it will get you through the day and even through the pain. 🙂
Wise, Virtuous, Valuable,
Monica, sorry to hear about your sprain girl but even it the Father illustrates His great love. Thanks for sharing. Blessings to you.
He sure does, doesn’t He. 🙂
You’re IT, Monica…you’ve been tagged at my place.
Uh oh!!! I’m on it! 🙂