Well, the last two days have brought with them a sometimes intense pain on the lower left hand side of my back. When it first started, in a stroke of pure brilliance (or NOT), I went to WebMD to see what I could find out. Of course, they showed it as a symptom of miscarriage, which left me not only hurting physically but stressing mentally.
I did put a note on facebook looking for a nursery replacement and explained why. After a bunch of my friends explained that it is probably stretching and very common, I mostly stopped stressing.
As I was thinking about that today, I was reminded of countless sermons I have heard through the years about depending on God where we have been asked "what do you do when something goes wrong - run first to your friends or run first to God?" I realized I had bombed this test pretty big yesterday because my first response was to put it on facebook and be comforted by others who said it was normal instead of praying about it, leaving it in His hands and being comforted by the fact that my Sovereign God loves me and wants what is best for me. Ouch. Conviction can sting sometimes. Ever noticed that?
So, the report for the last two days is that I'm stretching. Thankfully it isn't just physical.
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