Be Still ~

Waking up … your drowsy, sleep-dazed mind half hears the clanking of the food trays being passed out … the soft shuffling of the nurses steps ... their cheery “How are we this morning, Mr/Mrs Patient?” and you try to track in your mind this new path you’re on. The “Oh, yes” messages seep into your consciousness … hospital, breakfast, pain, medication, quickly followed by the “No, I don’t want to be here, but nobody asked,” thoughts . Then ... of course ... the ultimate, “Shall we take our bath now?” and you know the day is well under way … and you wonder ... what do you mean “we” ...in time you will realize the futility of trying to change time-honored “nurse speak.” And then, because the full realization of what has gone on, what is going on and what will be going on is too intimidating a mountain for your heart/mind to comprehend you simply say “God” with a question mark. And God says simply back, “Be Still … and know … that I am God.”  When God becomes a question mark … this is where the rubber hits the road {pardon the cliche}. The question is not His existence … that’s a done deal, a “settled” as far as you are concerned … the question is … in this life-changing, overwhelming, fear-producing, crazy-making {need I go on?} situation ...  do You have a clue as to what’s happening to me … do You know where I am … do You ……? Let me assure you … this is the time to remember that “I AM THAT I AM” … and know that He holds you in the palm of His hand and that one day … over time … the question mark will become an exclamation point … in the meantime …

be still.

{wind chime}

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Those Words ~

When I first heard “those words,” I was quite young … 22 to be exact … I didn’t realize I was young … one of the novelties of youth ... imagining yourself older, wiser than you really are. Irreversible predicaments hadn’t been a part of my life up to that point … answered prayer had been … overcoming challenges had been ... albeit, in retrospect, they were very minor challenges. But then …  life changed. And when the Dr. looked at me with tears in his eyes and said those words … well … to be honest ... I was more concerned with his emotional distress than I was with my physical distress. They say ignorance is bliss … one could safely say I was very ignorant at that point even though I wasn’t exactly what you would call blissful either. I hurt … bad. I had no knowledge of spinal cord injuries. I had no idea that when he said, “You. will. never. ...” that it would prove to be true … at least up until this point. Remember … answered prayer … remember ... youth {immortal at that age}. 

God will take care of me ... those were my words to him. 

 Quite frankly ... I had no idea
of the road that lay ahead
~~~ 
If you haven't already been there, 
I'd encourage you to pop on over to Mr. Coffey's site
and read his article entitled   
When the siren sounds.
It is a good reminder
of what we need to focus on
when life
takes a direction
we hadn't 
 
anticipated.