Today I celebrate a birthday. Not a big decade birthday but a pretty high number birthday. I began the day with The Husband for breakfast at the favorite breakfast place, Waffle House. Then The Husband and I went to eat a br-lunch at 10:39 a.m. with The Grandbaby at her elementary school. We did not tell her we were coming and to say she was happily surprised doesn't even begin to describe her excitement. Since I've gotten home, I've carried on with regular life, not even thinking much about a birthday until now.
The past months as I have said in other blog posts have been hard with health issues of my parents and myself. Today I was recalling how that I have been anticipating my hip replacement in what now counts to be 6 days away. It was three months away but wow, how that time has flown. That surgery was even questionable two days ago when my podiatrist put my left foot in a huge boot to keep it "rested". You see, I dropped a glass tabletop on it ten days ago and a small bone was chipped while the tendons became inflamed. After wearing a surgical shoe for ten days and this past weekend with massive (did I say MASSIVE) foot pain, it was determined two days ago that I now have severe tendonitis. I left the podiatrist's office Monday a bit deflated as I was sure with this large boot and a gizmo to raise my right foot to same height, my hip surgery would be postponed. I contacted the hip people as soon as I got home and was reassured that the hip surgery could go on as planned. However, my recovery would be slower since the left foot was injured and the right hip was being replaced. I was told to mentally prepare myself. So I'm in the process now. I know with the Lord's help, we can do this. I can report that this large boot has made a huge positive impact on the pain in my foot. I should have had it ten days ago. Does it look nice and does it make it easy to determine what to wear to keep my legs and feet warm? No, but I'm dealing.
The Husband (aka The Future Hip Recovery Caregiver) and I have discussed at length the changes we are doing before Tuesday comes....taking up rugs, moving cords, stuff that folks do for older folks to avoid falls, etc. I made the statement that some days I just wish I knew "the plan". Then, it was clear as a day of blue sky and sunshine. I don't have to know "the plan" nor do I have to understand "the plan".
All the things that have happened to me in the past 65+ years have brought me to this point. I recall things that were horrific in my life, things that were downright scary, things I couldn't control, and so many other "things" that seemed wrong. Can I say here that they were part of "the plan"? I am reminded that when I am weak, my Lord is strong. I am reminded that HE knows all that I need, He's proved that over and over and over.....He knows more than I do. So I remind myself, I don't have to fret, I just gotta trust. The good things that are too numerous to name outnumber the bad totally.
My favorite Christmas movie is "It's a Wonderful Life" and I've seen it every single year. If you are familiar, George Bailey wishes he had never been born. Things got so bad with him. In the way that movies can do, George was shown what if he hadn't lived. Ahhh....that movie touches so much in me. I'm so glad for all that has brought me to this birthday. Like George Bailey I recognize the blessings that come in unexpected ways. And I am again assured of Romans 8:28, one of my very favorite Scriptures....
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose". Romans 8:28
Yes I know, as George Bailey did, that "it's a wonderful life" and I am blessed.
Consider....
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