THANK YOU...REPEATEDLY AND FOREVER

Somewhere, probably in the Bible, it says that if we acknowledge God in all our goings and comings, he'll bless us richly.

I awoke this past weekend feeling all but crippled. I had a right knee replacement a couple years ago, and it's never been 100% since, on top of which I've now got a bum left knee. So it's no stretch for me to feel all but crippled, but this was can't-walk-unaided crippled.

So I got out my cane, shot a fairly wary "thank you," and, if I moved at all, I limped with cane in hand for the next few days. Yesterday morning I wasn't feeling any better...in fact, I was feeling pains up my neck...so I wrote in my journal: "God, my knee is your problem, lead the way. Whatever needs be done, you can and will work through me to achieve it in the best possible way for me. Thank you. Amen."

Having adverse reactions to most medications, I take none if I can at all help it, but in an emergency I will take aspirin. Yesterday noon, I found an unopened bottle of same in my medicine chest and I took two...I was tap dancing before nightfall. Possibly not tap dancing, but walking unaided for sure. And am feeling fine as frog's hair this morning.

Here's where "acknowledging God" in all we do comes in. My knee feels healed, our reasoning mind will not only give all credit to the aspirin, but get pretty sarcastic about giving any credit to God. But look back at what I journaled..."Whatever needs be done, you can and will work through me to achieve it in the best possible way for me."

"Take two aspirin, and thank me in the morning," is what I'm believing I got from God. And I do thank you...repeatedly and forever.

Thank you.