SUSPENDED MOMENTS IN LIFE

I have always said life can be messy! Life is so fragile. Life can change in a moment and in my life, it changed overnight. I woke up on November 5th with a blood clot in my left calf. It has been slowly healing and I have had to struggle with the mental and emotional blues. I would have a good day and think I am on my way to recovery and then the next day I am having trouble with just walking without leg cramps, no fun. I had to fight the thought that I would never get well. I have had some time (a lot of time) to reflect on my life and life in general as I am still healing slowly. I would like to share these thoughts in the hopes it may help others who are or someday may be in a suspended moment in time.

I have been asking myself what does God want me to learn from this experience? First, that I cannot live life on my own, I need community. I am not as independent as I would like to believe I am. I need the community to be praying for my healing. I need someone to keep me from falling or if too weak to get up to get my medicine for me. Most important of all, I need God in every breath of my life. I need God's healing mercy and to renew my physical strength. I look forward to the day I can walk without pain or cane!

Secondly, I have been selfish with my time. I could be a blessing to others but instead of using some time to refresh myself and the remaining time to be a blessing to others through volunteer help or something similar I use the whole of my free time to indulge myself. I believe God has been whispering to me to use my time more for the Kingdom of God. God will help lead me to the start of an exciting new adventure. I plan on praying about this and keeping my eyes and ears wide open for an answer.

Thirdly, I am going to have to adjust my mind and my lifestyle to my age. I have been working out in the gym like I am 21 years old and that type of workout helped develop that mechanical blood clot in this 52-year-old leg of mine. I will have to change my workout routine and try and preserve what little I have left! I will have to make some adjustments to my diet to help my vascular system work better. The human body is a wonder of creation and we need to be wise in how we take care of our bodies. Thank God every day you have good health for it is more of a blessing than you realize.

I do not believe I have been punished by God or that God is testing me to see if I get to the end of the maze-like some heavenly test rat. No, God has been by my side helping, comforting, and healing me in body, mind, and spirit by divine intervention and through family, friends, church, and my guardian angel. All praise and glory to Almighty God my Redeeming Shepherd.

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