Sometimes
tests come one right after the other and the rapid-fire trials seem
never-ending. Other times, you feel like things have been going along so well,
you forget what the hard times were like.
This week, I
have four days of testing in a row (literally). I will be headed into Chicago
at 6 am each morning to go through some more tests to try to find the cause of
my nerve inflammation. Hopefully, I will get some answers in the next couple of
weeks; maybe I will only get more questions.
It is easy
at times like this to feel overwhelmed or feel sorry for myself. (I mean I
REALLY don’t want to spend 4 days
driving to Chicago being poked, prodded and scanned, but I have already told
you that God gives me what I need not
what I want).
I heard
Valerie Shepherd, daughter of Elizabeth Elliot, speak at a mother-daughter
conference last weekend. “Self-pity is a dead end street,” Elizabeth used to
tell her daughter, and my how true.
Valerie also
said this, “For this, I have Jesus.” Whatever you are going through, however
many tests and trials you face, God is sufficient. Whatever the situation, you
have Jesus.
This week is
going to be challenging, but “For this, I have Jesus.”
Have a great
day and enjoy the super bowl J
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