This one is a special one for me right now.
I love how it is the Lord that does the strengthening!
I cannot muster up enough strength or gitter-done-ness. He is the only One with the power to strengthen me.
But his awesome undeniable sovereignty is balanced by my responsibility to stay put on that sick bed. Don't get up before He is done doing what He wants to do!
Before this last couple of months, I wouldn't have understood that. No one just chooses to get up from a sick bed right? Well, if we're not too sick, we can. Hello dayQuill. But even if we are too sick too roll off of that sick bed, to squirm out of the crucible of learning to know His face more, we can choose to check out. To whine. To spend every second wishing it was done!
But as we settle in to the bed, as we stop fighting the sickness, it is then that we feel His arms, know the sound of His breath, feel the comfort of His song of love sung over us. Oh how I wish I was done with all of this. But I'm not. And the Lord is sweet enough to remind me to press in to Him and stop whining. I really am praying that I will GET it!
Ps. I have a few more doctors appointments this week so I promise I'll give an update soon on things in the health department of my life. Thank you so much for praying for me!
P.p.s. The kids are total troopers! They've been so great during all of this. They find things to do when I feel badly and I love that we get to do all of this together. And I am so thankful it is ME that is sick and not them. God is so good!
