Category: Trusting God

Sometimes life seems upside-down. When we draw closer to God, we begin to learn and trust that He has a plan for us and we can let go of many of life’s anxieties knowing that He has our best interest at heart.

We Only Have to Do What We are Called to Do

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This bee never questions its calling. It simply works hard at pollinating.
This bee never questions its calling. It simply works hard at pollinating.

I have had so many wonderful conversations with God this summer while tending my garden. One of them was the fact that in a garden there are many insects. They are all different, but they all have an important job. This little bee was very busy pollinating my squash blooms. It doesn’t seem like much, yet I would have no squash without the bee. I watched that bee for a little while and it went from bloom to bloom. It never seemed to tire and it never stopped to question its existence.

This ladybug is always at work too. She rids my tender plants of pests that will harm them.
This ladybug is always at work too. She rids my tender plants of pests that will harm them.

I photographed this ladybug on my okra plants. Ladybugs are good insects that eat the bad ones who would harm my plants and keep them from producing. The ladybug flies from plant to plant eating the bad bugs. She’s like a little super hero. God even provided her with an awesome little red and black uniform.

This spider moves to wherever the pests are.
This spider moves to wherever the pests are.

Then there is the garden spider. I confess that I am a reformed spider hater. They have always creeped me out. But, when this one appeared, I knew she had a reason to be there, so I left her undisturbed, even when she was blocking a tomato that was ready to be picked. But, I learned something about spiders this summer, they move their webs to where the bugs are. If I had a tomato or a squash with a hole in it that had drawn bugs to it, the spider would be close by. She moved around to get her job done, kind of like the ladybug. She still kind of scares me and I always look for her before I pick anything, but she has a job to do and she’s getting it done.

My hubby and I used to watch the news every morning on a television in our kitchen. When our cable provider decided that every television in the house would require a box to work, we had to get rid of the kitchen television. We switched to music and its been fun and freeing. However, we have been completely out of the world news loop.

We have known that Israel has been under attack and we have been praying for the safety of the people in the Jewish country. We haven’t known the details, but we know in our hearts that Israel will always be under attack until Jesus comes back.

I have just learned some of the horrific details of the Christians under attack in Iraq and I have been moved to tears. I have been praying for their safety and for world intervention. Then there’s the Ebola virus that is sweeping through Africa. I spent the entire day yesterday questioning the purpose of the simple words that I share here about my truthfully, bountiful life and God’s presence in it. I felt guilty for living in complete safety with abundance. Shouldn’t I be doing more?

I prayed a lot about it and this morning, God brought me back to my garden pictures. All of the little insects are doing what they are called to do. I haven’t been called to Africa to fight Ebola or to the foreign mission field. I haven’t been called to physically render aid to our persecuted brothers and sisters in Iraq and Israel fighting for their lives. For the moment, I have been called to write about God’s existence in the world around me and to share it with others.

Just by doing what I am called to do, makes me a success in God’s eyes. If I can make just one person seek more of God in their lives, I feel successful in my own eyes. Your calling is different than mine. No two will be exactly alike. No one knows why God calls us to do different things, but faith leads to obedience and that’s truly all He asks of us.

We are all important pieces of God’s plan, in His eyes. Feeling insignificant doesn’t come from Him. So, I will do on this day what I am called to do and share with you. What are you called to do? Let’s get to it!

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂

Here’s to New Beginnings

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What will you do today to celebrate the first day of the rest of your life?
What will you do today to celebrate the first day of the rest of your life?

I attended a retirement celebration for my Daddy on Saturday. I have to say that it really was a treat. Is was a rather informal affair. An invitation went out over the internet inviting all who worked with him or had worked with him to meet at a bar-b-cue restaurant in Macon. We were happy to drive down and participate.

What I wasn’t prepared for were the sixty plus people who showed up to bid him farewell. The sheer number made me incredibly proud of him. Then there were the gifts and presentations. There were more than a few people who shed some tears. My heart swelled with love for him as grown men dabbed at their eyes.

Most all of them commented on how much they would miss his smile. He worked there for eighteen years. I think to be remembered for his smile is a really awesome testament to him.

The evening wound down and we went back to my parents’ house. When we were sitting at the pool the next day, Daddy came walking out in his swim suit. I was pretty shocked. He works on keeping the pool perfect for swimming all of the time, but he rarely swims. He’s always too busy. He has worked his entire life and relaxing has never been something he is good at.

Imagine my surprise when he grabbed a float and tossed it in the pool. When he got in and got on it I was speechless. (a fairly rare occurrence for me)  Of course, I had to get the camera and snap some shots. When I finished, I told my mom how shocked I was.

She leaned over and told me, “I told him when he got up this morning that today was the first day of the rest of his life, that he better get up and start enjoying it and that he needed to put on his suit and come out to the pool.”

Those were wise words to be sure. We have all heard them before; but that doesn’t make them any less true. Everyday that we wake up and get out of bed is the first day of the rest of our lives. It’s a brand new chance to eat better, exercise, be a better spouse, be a better friend, call an old friend, spend more time with family, read the Bible or talk to God.

Every morning when we wake up, we have concrete proof that God is not finished with us yet. We have work to do and dreams to pursue.

New beginnings can be scary. We are starting a new school year this week. New jobs can be scary or new relationships. New chapters can be scary. But they can be exciting too and they can be fun.

Daddy’s zest for the first day of the rest of his life has inspired me to play more and smile more and not to be afraid to take the plunge, whatever that may be. The Bible tells us there is a time for everything.

I challenge you to say a prayer and find what your time is today and jump in. There’s no time like the present.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂

Praying for Discernment

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After months of praying and searching the perfect car presented itself.
After months of praying and searching the perfect car presented itself.

The older I get, the more I find myself praying that God will help me with discernment. When I was younger, I would pray that God would let this be the right job or this guy be the right one. Now, I find myself praying that God will give me the wisdom to make the right choices, or for discernment.

This takes a fair amount of patience most of the time. When hubby and I decided we needed a bigger house, we prayed about it and we looked around for about a year. It was really comical at the time; when we would look at a house and kind of like it, it would go under contract the next day, even if it had been on the market for months. God was at work.

When our realtor finally showed us the house we are living in, we knew immediately that we had found it. It had been on the market for over a year and had been marked down a few times. As I sit in this house that I love so much, some nine years later, I know that it was meant for us. Prayer and patience landed us here and trust that God had His best plan for us in motion.

For a little over a year now, I have been praying that we could find the right used car for my daughter this summer. We were on a very tight budget and we wanted something reliable, with good gas mileage and low miles. We weren’t asking much, right? Keeping in mind that nothing is impossible with God, I continued to pray. I combed the internet for hours at the time.

When something looked promising, I would pray that God would let us know if it wasn’t the right car. There were times when I knew I had found it and almost immediately, it sold. I never got discouraged. I kept in mind that He had a plan. We drove to Atlanta to look at a car that we thought was perfect for us, only to find that it had been wrecked and was not at all what was advertised.

My daughter’s birthday got closer and tensions began to rise. I remembered Joyce Meyer saying one time that God always provided for her family. He didn’t do it until the last minute because that’s what builds faith. I held that truth close.

A few days before her birthday, the right car presented itself. As we made plans to go and see it, I found myself once again praying that if it wasn’t the right car, to please let us know, if there was something wrong with it, to please give us discernment to see it or to let it be sold before we got there.

Turns out, in the nick of time, that the car I had prayed for turned up. It had everything on my prayer list and my daughter and hubby liked it. After driving it home, my hubby was even more confident.

And me? I was thankful that I had prayed for discernment. I pray for it more often in my life, as a mom and as a Christian. We are faced with tough decisions almost daily. Which is right and which is wrong? The Bible tells us that we can pray for wisdom and receive it. James 1:5

I think discernment goes hand-in-hand with wisdom. I think God wants us to make good choices. What father doesn’t? If we pray about the choices before us with an open heart, the answers will eventually come. It often takes perseverance and patience, but hey, aren’t we supposed to be working on those too?

What do you think about wisdom and discernment? I’d love to hear from you.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂

When All Seems Lost…

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The book of Ruth is a beautiful story of God's ability to make lemons into lemonade.
The book of Ruth is a beautiful story of God’s ability to make lemons into lemonade.

I have always loved how ugly caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies and I’ve always loved the expression, “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” It’s kind of been my life’s motto.

I recently followed along with a Bible study on the book of Ruth on the website, #Shereadstruth. Ruth is a short, easy read. I had read it before, but this study pointed out things I hadn’t thought of. If you are a “happily ever after,” fan, this is the book for you. It’s a story of tragedy and of redemption. It’s a love story. It’s a story of God’s ability to take any mess and make it beautiful. It’s a story of hope.

The gist of it is a husband and wife move to a foreign land with their two sons to escape famine. While there, the husband and both sons die leaving the wife, Naomi, alone with here two daughters-in-law. Naomi has nothing left and women couldn’t just go out and get jobs in those days, so she decided to return to home to Bethlehem. Remember who was born there?

She encouraged her daughters-in-law to return home to their fathers. Both objected, but one agreed. The other, Ruth, refused to leave Naomi’s side. Ruth tells her, “Your people will be my people and your God, my God.” This profession of faith would seal Ruth’s fate in the end, as well as Naomi’s.

When they arrive in town, the people are happy to see Naomi. However, Naomi is filled with grief. She has even changed her name to Mara because it means the Lord has made her life bitter. She is still a believer in God, but she believes her life is over. At this point, the writer in the study said, “Don’t put a period where God has put a comma.”

I never really thought about it that way. I have always focused on Ruth in this story and her obedience to Naomi, but Naomi was the one who was most hurt, and God provided for her too. First, he gave her a wonderful daughter-in-law, who became her daughter in every sense. Ruth stood by Naomi and she loved her. She followed all of Naomi’s instructions. She fed her everyday after she was able to gather grain.

The field that Ruth just happened to end up in was a close relative of Naomi’s, named Boaz. (Yeah, right, there are no coincidences where God is concerned. He was working on this story from the very beginning.) Boaz was very kind to her; also God at work. Finally, when Ruth let it be known that she was interested in marrying him, he went through all of the proper channels and made it happen.

The women were saved. Ruth and Boaz married and had a son. The Bible says that Naomi laid him in her lap and cared for him. Have you ever experienced the joy of holding a newborn? The women of the town praised Naomi and she realized God had indeed provided. He didn’t replace what had been lost, but He provided something new and just as special.

And the baby? His name was Obed. He would have a son named Jesse and Jesse would have a son named David. Yes, that David, the one who slayed Goliath and united a kingdom. Isn’t God amazing?

He was at work in this story and He is at work in yours, even when you can’t see it. Have you ever had a time when you thought all was lost, but are able to now look back and realize God was at work?  I’d love to hear from you.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂

God is Always at Work

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When I went to check on my garden, this is what I found.
When I went to check on my garden, this is what I found.

It has been a very busy summer for me. The entire month of June is a blur. I am happy to say it’s been all good things, from Vacation Bible School, to summer vacation, to my sis visiting from far up in the northern country. I have been home very little and I’m a homebody. I sat on my porch last Friday morning, after I had to get my son to the church at 7:00 AM for his mission project, with a cup of coffee, bone tired.

I sat there in the cool quiet of the morning and listened to the birds. I thought of all the cleaning that I needed to do, along with the laundry. It’s always amazing how the house gets dirty whether I’m here or not. Dust continues to collect on the furniture and hairballs gather in the corners.

We hadn’t made a true grocery trip the entire month of June. We just ran in and picked up a few things here and there. So, a big grocery trip was also on the list. I sighed. I had so much to do and I was so exhausted. Plus, I needed to think about Monday’s post. I was out of ideas at the moment.

But, as usual, since I have followed God’s calling to look for Him everywhere and share my findings, with words on this blog, He provided.

I looked over at my garden patch. It’s like a jungle over there, with squash leaves, bigger than dinner plates and tomato plants as tall as I am. I hadn’t been over to inspect it since I got home and I kind of dreaded it. Here’s the thing about gardens, they take a lot of tending. You have to be very vigilant about watering and pest control. It only takes a couple of days of no care and you can have some kind of infestation.

My hubby had been watering it, but I knew he hadn’t been really inspecting the leaves and such. Still, I felt a little voice calling me to check it out. I’ve come to have great respect for that little voice, so I headed over. Not only were there no bugs, there was squash ready to be picked and eaten.

It was as if God was saying to me, “I know that you are tired. I know you have been busy. Look what I have been doing. I have made food for you.” I was grinning ear to ear as I said a silent prayer of thanks. He was providing food for my family as well as food for my soul.

And the next day, I had this zucchini.

This one seemed to have popped up overnight.
This one seemed to have popped up overnight.

I chuckled as I pulled it. “Now you’re just showing off;” I whispered to God.

The Bible tells us, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially those who belong to the family of believers.” Galatians 6:9-10.

God is always at work. He never tires. When we are exhausted, or sick, or depressed, or angry or out of hope. He is always working things out for our good. We can forget that sometimes when things look bleak, but if we ask for reassurance with an open heart, He will give it to us. After all, we are His children, His prized possessions and we are loved at all times.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂

 

The Power of a Mission Trip

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This cross was what the homeowner said his favorite part of the renovation was.
This cross was what the homeowner said his favorite part of the renovation was.

Last week, my daughter, went on her first mission trip. She didn’t have to go on an airplane halfway across the world. There were people right next door in South Carolina, who needed assistance. The trip got off to a chaotic start, when our youth pastor was unable to pick up the van she rented because her name wasn’t on the church credit card. Next, she decided to drive her own wagon and to get a carrier to place on the top, from her mother. It wouldn’t fit.

All the while, my family was traveling back from vacation and attempting to meet up with them somewhere on I20. We passed them and had to turn around. Now I can’t tell you the sense of peace that I had in this chaos. It was as if I could hear God whispering in my ear, that they were not supposed to be on the road at that time. We did meet them, much later than planned, and they were off.

When they were to be divided into groups to work on the three different homes, someone moved from some group and our small group had to be split up. My child, ever cautious and not normally one to take chances, said she felt the deep nudging in her heart to volunteer to go to a different site than her two besties. (This of course, was the Holy Spirit at work.) She listened to that voice and was not disappointed.

One of the girls on her site was 22 and had been volunteering at Salkehatchie since she was 14. (My daughter’s age) She said she decided to become a teacher because of her experiences with this group. Her foreman, was an incredibly patient man, who gave them all nicknames and worked them hard. She said they were the last group to lunch and the first to leave.

They re-shingled a roof. They painted. They ripped up carpet and put down new carpet. They completely re-did a bathroom. The two elderly brothers living there had no way to take a shower. She learned how to caulk and how to use power tools. She learned how to be a part of a group who were being the hands and feet of Christ.

Her days started at 5:30 in the morning and ended at 10:00. She got to be a part of faith in action. She was exhausted and she loved every minute of it.

All of the groups had lunch everyday at different churches in the community. They were served real down home cooking. Think fried chicken and iced tea. She said the church members thanked them for their service, everywhere they went. She really got to see Christian community at work and she found it beautiful.

And the two brothers who lived at the house? They were super grateful and helped where they could. They picked up shingles and helped prime the house. When the group started, there was no way to take a shower and part of the ceiling had caved in. When they were done, there was a working shower and bathroom with all new fixtures, a new ceiling and roof, new carpet, new furniture and a fresh coat of paint on the inside and out. With all of those improvements, one of the brothers told the group that his favorite part of everything they had done, was the cross that they placed in the front yard. Talk about God at work!

Can I get an amen?

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂

Being Mindful of Danger

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Alligators are very good at hiding.
Alligators are very good at hiding.

While biking on the many trails on our recent beach trip, we encountered several of these guys. The American Alligator is a really a sight to behold. They are direct descendants of the dinosaurs and were close to extinction a couple of decades ago. Through laws to protect them, they have made quite a comeback. They are everywhere there is freshwater, in South Carolina and Florida. They even make their way to swimming pools from time to time.

I wouldn’t have seen this guy if I had been in a car. As it was, I wouldn’t have seen him if I hadn’t really been looking for him. Just after I snapped the photo, he disappeared under the water and was completely invisible. That’s a little bit frightening, if you think about it. He was close to six feet long and he has the ability to be invisible.

This one was hard to see when you stood across the pond from it.
This one was hard to see when you stood across the pond from it.

Then there was this one. Any blind man could see him, right? Well, not really. I had the zoom function on my camera. He was actually completely on the other side of a large pond. There were people pointing at it, when I stopped to investigate. My son kept saying, “I don’t see it.” Until he saw it and then he was floored like I was. I repeat, gators are good at hiding.

When we walked down the beach, we saw quite a few of these.

This jellyfish looks shiny and harmless.
This jellyfish looks shiny and harmless.

It’s small and shiny. If you didn’t know better, you would pick it up. You would make an unpleasant discovery. It stings. Jellyfish are beautiful. Some have gorgeous, long tentacles. They almost glow, but they sting and it’s quite painful. It’s always an effort to avoid jellyfish when I’m in the ocean. They too, are almost invisible in the water.

So what do jellyfish and alligators have in common? When they are in their natural habitat, they are almost invisible and dangerous. They can be harmful to humans who aren’t looking for them and taking care to avoid them.

The earth is full of dangerous things and choices that can harm us. We can easily be stung or harmed or worse, if we don’t keep a watchful eye and guard ourselves. The Bible tells us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5

It is popular in our culture to act on our understanding or our emotions. But, the Bible teaches us differently. We have a guidebook for life that will not only keep us safe from the likes of gators and jellyfish, but it will also give us the ability to “soar on wings like eagles,” IF we trust the Lord. Isaiah 40:31

Trusting in God and not in popular culture, gets harder everyday, but it’s something Christians must strive to do. We have to trust that God knows best and know that gators and jellyfish lurk nearby. We don’t need to live in fear, but we have to be watchful and we have to trust in God.

What do you think about not leaning on our own understanding? I’d love to hear from you.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂

 

Regeneration – Lessons from a Starfish

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I saw this starfish lying on the beach on the first beach walk I took.
I saw this starfish lying on the beach on the first beach walk I took.

I love to walk along the beach. It’s never the same experience twice. I heard this woman ask a lifeguard, “What is swimming today?” He replied, “In the ocean?” She said, “Yes.” He said, “People.” She said, “Are there any critters swimming today?” He said, very politely, “Ma’am, it’s the ocean. There are always critters swimming in it.” I chuckled as I kept walking. We love to go to the ocean, but we don’t necessarily like what may be swimming with us. Sure, there are dolphins, but there are sharks and jellyfish, too. Yet, people return to the ocean  year after year, in droves. Why is that? What about the ocean calls to so many of us? Is it the beauty? Is it the never-ending rhythm of the waves? Some say it reminds us of the womb. Who knows? I am one of those who loves the sea. Big waves, no waves, East Coast or West, I find it beautiful and never the same experience twice. On this day, on the Atlantic, I saw a starfish. (Or a sea star, since they aren’t really fish) Sure, I’ve seen dozens of them in souvenir shops, dried out and perfectly preserved, but I had never seen one in the wild. It was beautiful and shiny and perfect. When my daughter scooped it up to toss it back into the ocean, it had hundreds of tiny little legs. Who knew? I snapped a photo and walked on. When I was a little bit further down the beach, I saw this one.

This one had been damaged with some parts broken off.
This one had been damaged, with some parts of its arms broken off.

I found this one even more beautiful and here’s why. Starfish have the unique ability to drop an arm and get away if a predator is attacking it. It also has the ability to grow a new one. In fact, most of its vital organs are housed in their arms, so some can regenerate an entirely new starfish from just one arm and a portion of its central disc. It takes about a year for the new growth to make it whole again. This starfish was a survivor. It wasn’t perfect or whole, but it would be again, with time. Aren’t we all like that starfish on the inside? No one sails through life without injury, not physically, but emotionally. We all have wounds and scars, but if we lean into Jesus and give it some time, we can heal. The Bible tells us, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 Healing takes time. Growth takes time. Both take a lot of work and are sometimes not pleasant, but in the end, we can be whole again through faith and trust in God, and like both of those sea stars, I find that very encouraging. Have an awesome day! Wendy 🙂

Learning to Enjoy the Climb

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It's really not about the destination. It's about the climb.
It’s really not about the destination. It’s about the climb.

My kids’ friends call our neighborhood, “the roller coaster neighborhood.” We have some crazy hills. When you are driving through in a car, you can get those butterflies in your stomach, like when you ride a roller coaster. It’s very tough to ride a bicycle on; but it can be fun as well. The pedaling to get to the top is grueling, but the ride down is like flying.

I walk for exercise and it’s really quite the work out. But, I was noticing the other day that as I was struggling to make it up one of those monster hills, when I finally made it to the top, the sun was really hot up there. As I made my way down the hills, the little valleys were shady and cool. They were momentarily refreshing before I started the next climb.

It struck me how similar our physical walk can be like our life walk. We get out there and we work so hard to get to the top. We sometimes ignore the scenery along the way. We sometimes ignore the people along the way and neglect the ones closest to us in our single-minded focus on making it to the top.

And what happens when we make it there? (if we actually do) What all, and more importantly, who all, did we sacrifice along the way? What does life look like at the top? Is it worth it?

I think maybe, we need to learn to focus on the journey instead of the destination. Maybe we need to learn to appreciate the scenery along the way and more importantly, the people who we are traveling with on life’s journey. The valleys may prove to be shady and quiet. The climb itself may prove to be spectacular.

I sometimes have a hard time remembering that we are all just travelers here. We have a finite time here on earth. If you knew when your last day would be, would you have chosen to spend today differently? Would you choose to laugh more and cry less? Would you choose forgiveness over anger? Would you pray more and worry less? Would you get busy working on that bucket list? Would you be more thankful for your many blessings?

I think our human nature is to be task oriented. I know mine is. If I’m going on vacation, I want to get there the quickest route possible, so I can start having fun. But, what if I were to embrace the fact that if I’m traveling with my family to a vacation destination, from the moment we wake up, until the time we arrive to where we are going, should be fun, because it’s about an adventure together. Those family adventures don’t last forever. Children grow up. Family time with our children is finite.

I want to really learn to embrace the journey, the journey with my family and the journey with God. I want to start each day  knowing that it will lead to some kind of adventure that God has ordained for me in advance. I want to appreciate it and enjoy it and be thankful.

That’s a tall order for this task-oriented, list- making, got- to- have- a- plan girl. But, I think it’s an idea worth pursuing. Care to join me? What do you think about enjoying the journey? I’d love to hear from you.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂

Honoring God with Sick Days

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We all get sick sometimes. How we handle sickness makes all of the difference.
We all get sick sometimes. How we handle sickness, makes all of the difference.

I was sick a couple of weeks ago and finally gave in and went to see my doctor. It was a sinus infection. I knew it was. I knew I needed an antibiotic. I had known for a couple of days, but I kept putting it off. I just didn’t have time to be sick. I felt so bad by the time I went, I had to come home and crash on the couch where I lamented about my physical human weakness.

Why did I have to be sick? I was just so busy. If I were a stronger person, I could just power through it. As I was beating myself up, I felt like God whispered to me. “You are rarely sick. You have been blessed with very good health. For you to expect to never be sick, would be for you to expect to be greater than human. You are not.”

He was right of course. I’m ashamed to admit that I can throw a “not fair” tantrum that rivals a toddler’s when my to-do list gets piled up and I’m out of commission. I act as if there’s ever a really good time to get sick, maybe the Tuesday after my kids leave home? Let’s face it; there is no good time.

When our bodies get sick, and they will from time-to-time, on this side of heaven, we really are honoring God, when we slow down to heal. Our physical bodies are a gift, a temple, so to speak, and when we take care of ourselves when we are sick, we are thanking God for the gift of our physical bodies and doing our part to restore them to full capacity.

When we just keep going on a fraction of our best physically, we can’t possibly do our very best to serve. I think we owe it to ourselves and to our Maker to make the best effort to heal. This may involve a doctor visit and a nap. While a nap may seem the complete opposite of true worship, perhaps in certain seasons, it’s one and the same.

My son was sick last week. This kid normally gets perfect attendance at school every year. After I gave him several over the counter medications and some coffee and he still couldn’t get off the couch, I knew he was sick. When I told him he would have to see the doctor, he told me that was fine and went back to sleep.

This is one of those times when kids instinctively, get it right. When they are sick, they rest. They don’t feel a deep desire to go to school and get it done. They realize that life will go on, even if they check out for a day. They lose this wisdom by high school, but they do seem to be born with it.

The Bible tells us that when we get to heaven that, “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” Revelation 21:4

Until then, we will have some sick days. I’m going to try to be more patient with my humanity the next time I get sick and honor God by taking time to rest and heal. What about you? How do you do with sick days? I’d love to hear from you.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂