Philippians 4:13 I
can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
I came home from a meeting last night, walked through the
den to find Joe and ran right into the rocker of Joe’s mother’s rocking
chair. It may have sentimental value
because she rocked all six of her children in it but it is not on my list of
favorite things right now. Time will
tell if my foot is broken but it hurt mighty bad at the time. I yelled for Joe to come help me (really
wanting to find someone to blame for my misfortune) but he wasn’t a good
candidate. He appeared holding bloody
tissues to his nose. He had been trying
unsuccessfully to stop a nosebleed and had even sent an incoherent text to me
to come home which I didn’t see because I was on the way when he sent it. He
was bloody, I was yelling and the dogs were staying out of the way. But Christ does give us strength. I got
online for hints on stopping nosebleeds and it finally did stop. I cleaned Joe up and then took the icepack we
had put on his nose to use on my foot.
Having that solid relationship with God really does help me put things
in perspective although sometimes it takes a few moments (or days) to get to that
place. No pity parties for last night,
though, just the assurance that everything will be ok in God’s time.
Thank
you God for giving us the strength and power to cope with situations that
challenge us. Help us to always go to
you first when we meet encounter them and to remember that you are on our side. Guide, bless and protect us throughout this
day. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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