Scripture standout:
Psalm 42: "1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
John 11: " 32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Morning thoughts: Hey, I've been working pretty hard for the past 40 days seeking God. My soul has definitely been thirsting for My Main Man. Heck yes, I've been panting for the Lord like a deer by the stream! I have been a good girl, yes I have! God, give your girl a gold star or 10! Raise this chica UP!
Yet, on the final two days of this experiment what happens? I get a sniffly, annoying cold. Someone writes a letter to the editor (me) saying how we should hire an editor because of all the little typos in it — and then produces a neatly accumulated list of all the typos that have been in the paper for the past few months. David's out of town to slay turkeys in Virginia. And last night — our family catches its first break. Not the good kind. Ben broke his foot at the big Coaches Lock-in Extravaganza — the event we shelled out some significant cash for with a group of 5th-grade parents during a recent school auction.
Don't get me wrong. I have perspective — these trials are small in comparison to what others are facing. I know a family today who is burying a loved one. Ben may have a broken foot, but I know there are children and families at Wolfson Children's Hospital hearing heartbreaking news today. We all know how Mary felt when she sees her good friend, Jesus, and is like, "uh, where were you — if you were here sooner, you could have fixed this. You could have saved my brother from death."
I don't know what this all means. But I guess even when we're acting our best, we still have challenges. If we didn't, maybe we couldn't see how God helps lift us out of them — when we listen, and watch. And pant.
P.S. (When you're on your back, and looking upward...angels appear! RB had Marley over to spend the night last night. My sister-in-law/one of my best friends and her husband took me to dinner last night. I got a text that made me laugh outloud from a good buddy in Texas. And CCC, the friend who's going through so much more than I am, brought this to me (a heavenly tomato pie!) out of the blue yesterday for "driving more than my share of carpool." Please. I am so not worthy! Friends are angels. Thank you, Lord!)
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