A moment of weakness

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…


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A moment of weakness — 8 Comments

  1. 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! :)

  2. 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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