"The deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray:

'Thy Will Be Done'."

~Elisabeth Elliot

Sunday, May 4, 2008

I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up

I woke up in the middle of night, went to the bathroom, and passed out on my way back to the bedroom. Thankfully, my husband woke up because he could hear me stumbling around the house sounding like a "gorilla" (his word, not mine) and got to me just in time for me to faint into his arms and he gently laid me on the floor. Romantic, right? As I was relaying my episode to my friend J, I was telling her all about what it felt like to wake up and be confused and delusional...my husband said, "You are forgetting the most important part...I caught you...don't leave me out of the story!" Don't we do that a lot? Leave our Rescuer out of the story? That may be one of the most beautiful things about knowing Jesus...When I do faint, He catches me. If it were not for N's perfect timing and 911 speed, I would have probably banged my head on the bureau and incurred an even greater injury. God has perfect timing because He is always there. Thank God that among all the things He is, He possesses all the qualities of our Hero...our Rescuer!

"Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours"

Who Am I
Casting Crowns lyrics

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