Last week a chapter of my life closed. It felt weirdly final
as I left Barnes Jewish Hospital for the last time. Our current insurance won’t
cover anything there…not to mention it is 8 hours away! To really put the stamp
of closure on it, I used my last parking garage pass. As I walked to my car
Proverbs 3:5-6 kept running through my head, “Trust in the Lord with all your
heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct your paths.”
I am at a funny stage in my life. I think I am actually
healthy! Crohn’s Disease in in check. My uterus seems to be cooperating with
our home remedy treatment. I am sleeping at night. I can eat.
But it is times like this that I am used to waiting for the
other shoe to drop. Waiting to see blood when I go to the bathroom. Waiting for
something unexpected to go wrong. Just waiting.
But God doesn’t want me to wait. He wants me to trust him
and NOT attempt to glean what I can from my own understanding of my life. He
wants to guide my path…I just have to let him.
When I look back with hindsight on my life thus far I can
see how much more successful and happy I have been when I let Him and the Holy
Spirit do the guiding. On my own I tend to make wrong turns and do a LOT of
worrying. My own understanding is so limited it is really pointless to take
time trying to figure it out J.
I think it is enough for me to use God’s word and the guidance it provides.
The bottom line my heart is telling me is that it is okay
for the Barnes chapter to close. God will take care of me during this next
chapter…wherever it leads!
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