exhaustion

Sunday, April 11, 2010 (6:04 a.m.)

Blessed Lord,

Thank You! You provide for us so far beyond our hopes and expectations. Yesterday was set to be a time of yard selling and fond farewells to our very dear and trusted friend of the past 16 years. Thank You that You knew well ahead of time of all the variables that were going to take place instead.

Lord God, thank You for the calm and matter of fact reaction of my precious niece upon the collapse of our sweet Sarah. Thank You that Teresa prayerfully took charge of assessing the situation all the while having me call 911 (twice!).

Lord, it all could have been so much scarier than it was. Here’s a 30-year-old woman who is packing up her life’s belongings to move across the country and You provided a house and yard full of people at the ready when she needed us most. Thank You God.

As I continue to thank and praise Your most holy name Dear Lord, I am also asking Your provision for the cost of the ambulance and the five hour emergency room charges. YOU can make a way when there seems to be no way! You work in ways we cannot see, You can make a way for she! I KNOW You can Lord. I ask that You will!

The lessons we all learned from this experience are vast Lord. Hearing a physician describe how our bodies can only take so much before shutting themselves off from exhaustion was pretty incredible. Watching each of us take charge of what we could do to be helpful was heartening. You giving me the power and strength to revisit the same emergency room, just four weekends after my mom’s death, was not only amazing but greatly appreciated!

Lord. You are awesome! Only You could have orchestrated all the variables. It was such an example of “the special abilities the Holy Spirit gives” that Paul wrote of in his first letter to the Corinthians (12:1). Each of us played to our own strength. Strength given by You.

Lord, let us each learn a lesson from this. Teach us to fully rely on You and each other BEFORE the point of exhaustion. Thank You Lord for all You’ve done and will continue to do for us. I love You so much. Amen.

(393 words ~ 7:15 a.m.)