I got a major surprise last month: on July 23 I experienced a series of mini-strokes (that is the doctor’s word for them!). At one point I could not put a sentence together, but I am well on the way to complete recovery. I will be teaching a reduced class load at school this fall, and by God’s grace hope to be fully recovered by Christmas.
Now I want to tell you what I learned.
First: God gives peace. From the moment I realized what was happening, I had no fear. I was at peace, telling God that if this is what he wanted for me, he and I could handle it.
Second: God has surrounded Joan and I with precious friends. We have not even cooked a meal until last night! I have students
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to mow my yard, colleagues dividing up my office responsibilities and filling in for me in the one summer class I am supposed to be teaching, and apparently doing a better job than I can.
Third: God has a sense of humor. I have been aware for two years that I was burning the candle at both ends and in the middle. I had purposed to restrict my commitments to a minimum this summer (notice the lack of blog posts?) so that I could tackle of long list of overdue repairs around the house. The strokes happened on the day I finished the last of those major projects. I take this to mean that he let me do what I thought I needed to do, and then he gently said to me, “Now sit down and let me take over!”
Pray that I can adjust (with joy) to the changes that God wants to make in my life. I do plan to get back to regular blogging as soon as I can.
Your attitude through this has been amazing. God knows YOU have a sense of humor as well. Now take it easy!