By the time this post is published it will have been 13 days since I published a post in this online space I call blog home. Prior to that it had been about 40 days since I had written and published a post.
Not much of a writer, that’s for sure.
But things have happened.
Some of them not good. I have had to stop and live life and deal with problems.
And getting my house ready to sell.
And aging parent issues.
And the list goes on.
Some days I feel like I am drowning. Other days I feel like I am bleeding money.
And some days it feels like I am doing both.
You know, Jesus never said we would not have trouble. He never said our faith would be a license to an easy life. What he did promise is that he would be there.
When we are drowning. When we are bleeding money. When we are doing both, he would be there.
He will calm the storms of my life, but the calm may not look like I want it to.
even if we nearly drown,
So, in the midst of my storms I am going to remember that it is OK to feel like I’m drowning. But I can take comfort in the fact that Jesus is there with me – in the midst of the storm.
Tomorrow morning I will be boarding a plane headed south. My mother will be having heart surgery in Nashville, TN on Wednesday. I would appreciate your prayers. She is 92. The matter is complicated by a number of factors, not the least of which is she doesn’t live in Tennessee…nor does any of my family. We are traveling there because it is one of the places this particular surgery is done in the United States. So…please pray for safe travels, for the surgeons and the medical team and for my family.
For the record, I was supposed to already be there, but my flight was delayed due to weather. Oh my, the air travel stories I could tell just for the month of June 2015!
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I know I owe an answer/conclusion to the saga of my job. A series I started earlier this year. The short answer is I will be staying if they reconfigure the job. If not, I will be leaving. Everyone understands this because I have been very up front about it. I’m told the job will be reconfigured, but no one knows exactly what that configuration looks like. So…I’ll wait and see what happens.
I am hoping to be back home in a week. And then, I am hoping to be back in this space on a regular basis.
Thank you for your patience and continued reading…
Blessings,
Prayers up, Mary. Take your time. Your friends will be here, waiting for you. We appreciate your words, your faith, your heart.
We appreciate you.
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Praying for you Mary, for your mom and all the issues you are encountering. Hugs!
Praying for your Mom, Mary. Safe travels.
Praying blessings of a successful surgery for your mother and for your time in Nashville. Our family did a similar thing last spring: we all traveled to Cleveland for my f-i-l's surgery. We lived in hotel rooms and hospital rooms for several weeks, but the outcome was worth it. Sorry you'll have to endure our oppressive southern heat but I pray that it'll be worth your travels.
Hey Mary, Just now noticed you had a post up–I'm wondering how your mom is doing and praying that things are going well–I know this is so hard–I love you and will keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers. Dianne
Mary, I recently organized my prayer list and I promise to write your name down and pray for you and your family!!