I’m laying in bed, feeling all like my stomach was turning inside out, my bones crushed, my head pounding and spinning. It would be easy to wish to be in the comfort of home and have all the luxuries of a flushing toilet, running water, easy access to doctors and meds. Instead of letting these thought impede my mind, I decided to take a different approach to my circumstances. I decided to PRAISE GOD and to THANK him for what I did have in THIS MOMENT.
I thanked Him for the bottom bunk bed (yes bed, not a sleeping bag) I was laying in, the beautiful women who where there to help me, the opportunity to serve others to Glorify Him for the rest of my life, the sounds of animals, laughter, children playing, women singing and rejoicing, my wonderful family and friends…the list goes on.
After thanking Him, I asked Him what I needed to learn from this moment of physical weakness. HAHA…he didn’t wait a minute show me I needed to let go of PRIDE and VULNERABILITY.
I’ve prided myself in being a successful, independent woman, but it has also crippled me in many aspects of my life. For example, I don’t like to ask or receive help from others. Partly because I don’t like to be a burden on others, but also because I feel like I should be able to do it on my own. God showed me how WRONG I was about living life on my own during this week of sickness. We weren’t meant to live alone.
Acts 2:46-47 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Genesis 2:18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
That’s why He created community and relationships. This week while I was laying in bed, I was able to peel away my pride and give it to the Lord while my sisters in Christ took amazing care of me. I was able to humbly ask for their help and accept any help they offered. What a beautiful gift He gave me.
Vulnerability is a different blog within itself and I’ll tell it when the time is right 🙂
Lessons for me to remember from this week…If I ever find myself in a hard moment, instead of giving into my natural instinct of being negative, just PRAISE God and THANK HIM! Life’s outlook will change. Then ask Him what we can learn from this situation. We are meant to go through every moment in life for a reason, so don’t let it go to waste!
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