Enjay08’s Weblog
We often feel alone during times of trouble. God doesn’t want that. He promises to always be with us.Archive for September, 2008
Where There’s a Will
God instilled perseverance in just about everything He created. I can often see examples of this around me.
On my back patio, (a tiny cement slab with a row of patio squares around it) I spotted a two foot high plant proudly showing dark pink blooms. It had squeezed its way through a very small crack. I had watched it grow, thinking, when it was small, that I should pull it up. But I never did. Now I enjoy the happy little blooms and wonder at the tenacity of the plant.
It’s just doing what God intended: grow, bloom, spread/multiply. I am surrounded by many plants and trees doing the same things. My yard seems to be very fertile and welcomes plants and trees of all kinds. I have a five foot oak sapling growing in front of my kitchen window – that I will cut down. It’s just in the wrong place. Usually I try to nurture these unexpected gifts, trimming the little trees, moving other volunteer plants to a safer spot. (Where I can enjoy them.)
I consider them all as personal Blessings from God.
And there is a lesson to be learned, too.
Perseverance.
This is especially meaningful to me in my Cancer Fight. It’s as though God is telling me: ‘Don’t give up. Keep fighting, keep trying to find a way to go on. Push your way through the frustration, the waiting, everything that goes with fighting Cancer. And I AM with you.”
Thank you Father. You always know when I need encouragement!
Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. James 5:11
Walking Through Walls
No, I didn’t have an accident with a wall. I’m talking about the walls of difficulty and resistance we all face everyday, of many different kinds.
One I’m dealing with now is Physical Therapy. When my body screams at me – JUST GET IN BED AND STAY THERE! – I have to make a choice, stay in bed and get worse, or get up and slowly get better.
Fortunately God pushes me a little; my dog needs to go out, I need to go to the bathroom, I need water, etc. By the time I do some of the necessary chores, I’m onto the next bit – taking meds, eating, getting dressed, etc.
At the start of the day, I pray for strength and energy to do what I need to do, and Jesus always supplies it.
The second time my Physical Therapy guy came he had me get down on the floor (he’d done it the first time, too, and I was totally unable to get up.) The second time - I did it. He said that was great progress for one week and noticed that I was walking better.
(I’ve had some setbacks since starting this on the 3rd, but the lesson is still there – I have to push through the wall. Pushing through is much harder, but but far more worthwhile. )
Something I have learned about PT – just do a little every now and then throughout the day. I can do more withn less fatigue and effort and still make progress.
You can’t see the results of PT immediately – you have to believe that it will be beneficial.
18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 New International Version
Now I’m also tackling the wall of fatigue since starting a new chemo drug last week.
