I am, once again, a day late (and probably a dollar short). I nearly just skipped posting again this week, but realized that was not a good precedent. :)
On the other hand, I was not sure that I had anything to post about. I haven't had any brilliantly worded ideas, or deep thoughts recently.
But I have had a hard couple of weeks. I spent New Year's Eve in the ER with a racing heart. All the tests came back fine. Just before midnight, they released me, and said to see my doctor soon. He scheduled an echo-cardiogram (basically an ultrasound of my heart). That happened just yesterday, and I'm still waiting for results.
And once again, I've realized that God uses the hard times in my life to remind me that He's there. It's so easy to just fall into a routine (lessons, housework, church, etc.), and let my mind kind of go blank. Don't get me wrong, I think routines are wonderful. But they can also be a deaden-er of the senses.
Once again, I was reminded that there is another whole world out there. An invisible world. A spiritual world. There are battles being fought, victories being won, defeats being suffered. And we can't afford to just smile and let the world pass us by.
God has reminded me these last few weeks that I need to stay close to Him. I need to be in prayer and in the Word everyday. I need to look for people that I can help, ways I can make a difference, even if it's just offering to pray for someone else.
"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." ~Ephesians 5:15-16
Deus vos omnes benedicat,
Rachel
I'm still praying that you'll get better, Rachel.
ReplyDeleteThat scripture is very applicable to what we've been reading in the evenings as a family. Last night, our reading was about redeeming the time and this question (or something like it) popped into my head: "Are you wasting your time and your thoughts or are you rescuing every moment from the idleness of evil?"
That's hard for me, I'm so much like Anne of Green Gables when it comes to spending my thoughts wisely. I find my hands busy with good work while my mind is wandering aimlessly over 'frivolous fantasies' (as C.J. Mahaney would call them. Thanks for the good words--you've called me to be alert yet again to the battle against the powers unseen.
Anna