Two words: Stomach bug.
Another two words: Not cute.
That is really all I will say to the details of the past four days of my life because who really wants to hear about a girl crying out to Jesus in pure pain while munching on bland saltines and sipping — literally sipping — ginger ale from a Big Gulp. Again, NOT CUTE.
Once I regained a bit of strength I picked up my Blackberry to check in on Facebook and beg for prayers of healing while I was at it. Suddenly a wave rushed over me and it was not the wave which I previously alluded to regarding THE BUG. This was a wave of jealously over a friend’s elated status update. Then, a wave of anger washed over. Then a wave of envy. I could go on but I won’t.
At a moment of weakness from being tired, hungry, sick and plain pitiful, I let thoughts which normally trickle in and out of my brain go unchecked.
Thankfully, I recognized that moment of weakness and snapped my phone shut with the intent NOT to pull up Facebook until I was better equipped to deal with my ugliness. Have you ever read this verse by Paul and read it over and over again not sure exactly what it meant? I have and after my moment of weakness, I totally get what he is saying:
Romans 7: 19-20
For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
By snapping shut my cell phone and refusing to entertain the ugly thoughts, I recognized I was in a weak state. There’s no telling where my mind could have trailed off to had I continued down that ugly road. I’m wondering if you have ever recognized a moment of weakness and snapped it shut. I would love to hear your thoughts…
Great visual for taking thoughts captive. Snap the phone shut.
Love it.
Thanks so much for the encouragement!
Hello Sarah!
Too funny (not really the HAHA funny…) that I (and I think everyone else and their mother in the us) had that very same bug/flu/cold nastiness last week. It’s funny how when our bodies become physcially weak we can let our minds become, for a lack of a better term, “weak.” We let our guards down without even realizing it, and let stuff in that we normally wouldn’t.
Thanks Sarah! :)
Kristen!
Thanks for checking in!
Funny how when our bodies are weak, our mind often follows (although for me, after days of being sick, I become a weepy, crying mess!). Thanks for sharing your weakness and how to deal with it.
Carrie!
I do the same thing when I’m sick-cabin fever makes me weepy and depressed. Yuck! So glad you checked in to my blog!
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