What Has God Been Teaching You?

One of our prayer warrior friends visited us last week.  During the course of our chat together he directed a question to me asking what the Lord has been teaching me.  My first thought was “thankfulness,” which is what I told him.  I have realized how thankful I should be for life itself and for God’s sparing Hu’s life.  Two days later I was doing a job that usually doesn’t fall under “my job description” and I was feeling stretched and grumpy about it.  Then I remembered my reply to our friend on the lesson I had been learning.  It helped me focus on why I was doing the job and that I could be thankful even though I was working outside my comfort zone.

Hu and I have a joke about people telling him he looks good because that is what is often said to the “mature” generation.  However, recently he was with some folks that hadn’t seen him for several months.  When they told him he looked good, we felt that they were actually assessing the improvement in his health.  We are blessed that he continues to improve.

It is amazing how the body reacts to stress.  This week Hu showed me lines in his fingertips and nails from when his body was going through the worst of his illness.  That is a visual reminder to be thankful for the ongoing healing of his body.

The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.  He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. -- Isa 41:28b -29