Anyway, I just figured out how to get my daily devotional from the "Joy & Strength" book to my email and I can't tell you how much this means to me! The actual book sits by my phone in the kitchen and seems to always get some sort of mail, coupons or kids drawing on top of it. I'm the sort of person that needs this book in view or I will forget. When I forget to start my morning out with the Lord first thing, the day always seems to be harder. I haven't read morning devotions in 2 or 3 weeks...hence, weeks of struggling for peace in my heart. Really. It's amazing what that one devotion can do!..One of my favorite songs: "Give Me Jesus" comes to mind..."In the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise.....Give Me Jesus"
So I'm dealing with an achilles tendon injury since last Thursday and I have been the biggest whiner about the whole thing. I went to my friendly podiatrist who I have been seeing quite a lot lately while I recover from bunion surgery I had Feb. 1st. I whined about that too, until I realized that being stuck on the couch for a few weeks actually helped the kids become quite independent. I heard God's voice telling me to rest. Telling me to stop being such a control freak. I really gave in, in a good way. I read a lot of good books and I had Rachel trained to make me a PERFECT cup of coffee!
I sat in his office with this weird, swollen lump on the back of my left ankle. "Is all your information the same?" said the office receptionist. "Yes, all the information is the same, .......except it's the OTHER foot. " Tears filled my eyes as he brought in the BIG BLACK BOOT. This thing was HUGE compared to the black shoe I had for the bunion. You'll have to wear this until we can get an MRI and see if you tore the tendon. Could be 6 - 12 weeks to heal.
"I just bought a pool membership for myself & the kids!" "The swelling from the bunion surgery 4 months ago just went down enough to fit back into my tennis shoe! You just told me last week I could do any activity I wanted! I made plans to actually PLAY tennis!" waa waa waa poor me.......What could God possibly be thinking now? I DID learn the last time how to relax and let go already....the proof is all over my house! What's more, is that I think I squished all the sympathy & help from my family I possibly could. They have nothing. Nada. Zippo. Their comment: "Oh No! Mom, Again? Really?"....sigh.....
I opened my email this morning and after deleting all the spam and forwards and sale alerts, I saw this..."Daily Strength For Daily Needs" I clicked and there before me was my Joy & Strength devotional for the day. Yes! Finally! Right into my email!
The Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.--ISA. xiv. 3.
So this hard bondage thing......the boot? ha! maybe.
I will trust You Lord that you WILL give me rest and this is something that must be, no matter how much I whine about it. I will humbly
hobble around and serve You as I was made to.
um......But if I have to have surgery...I will milk that resting stage for all it's worth.
: )