3-21pm
It was a tough weekend! I woke this morning feeling I hadn’t had my regular restful two days. To get the drift of how I felt, you need to read what I wrote during my early morning devotions…
Isaiah 25:4 “You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat”.
I so needed to hear these words this morning. After a none-restful weekend, I seem to have started the week heavy-laden with so much to do. This morning, when I woke up to have my Quiet Time, I struggled to pray, so I went to read my Bible & Isaiah 25 was it. How refreshing these words are to someone who is poor or needy. When days like this come, you need to just do one thing and one thing only and that is throw yourself into the rest that Jesus offers. I can’t do this stress and endless merry-go-round of responsibility – it’s just overwhelming. BUT GOD CAN! I don’t need to take it on my shoulders. He has it all under control. I just seem to try and take it back again. Instead I need to cast my burden at His feet and leave it there! Take up His offer of an easy yoke and a light burden; take up His offer of never allowing the righteous to be shaken; take up His offer of peace, given in a world of troubles; take up His offer of shelter from the storm and shade from the heat. He has given us His Holy Spirit to comfort us, now we need to allow Him to do just that!
It’s amazing how God can use one Bible verse to change an entire day! If I hadn’t met with Him this morning, the day would have been entirely different! I remember well the words of Corrie Ten Boom “I can’t, but God can!” I went skipping into the day, grateful for the filling and fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Yesterday evening, after I had put Granny to bed, Mike & I went to the beach for a walk. Most of the discussion revolved around what to do about Granny! We can’t carry on like this. On our way back, we encountered David, so we had an impromptu family meeting. We asked him what he thought about putting Granny in a home. He said, ‘Six months ago, I would have said absolutely not, but, now, I’m not so sure. It’s a tough one.‘ Yep. She has gone down, mentally and physically. But we keep coming back to her vulnerability if she is in a frail care facility. She cannot communicate, so she has no way of expressing her needs. The other option is moving her out of the house and into the cottage, David moving inside, from the cottage and getting a 24 hour carer.
All these things have been whirring through my mind. Today, I ‘bumped into’ Riana at the Mall. She had time for coffee & bought great clarity to the situation. It was not by accident that after I had been to the bank, been to the chemist and then into PnP we came face to face on our way out! We couldn’t have timed it better if we had called to arrange it! I love it when the Lord sets up meetings! 🙂 And today He couldn’t have arranged it with a better person. A good trustworthy friend.
We sat for about an hour, discussing Granny and a number of other subjects, all the while keeping our sense of humour! One of the things I told Riana, is that I went onto Gumtree and found the potential of a full time carer in our area looking for a job. Riana’s final words before we closed the subject were ‘go home and call the carer!’ So I did, & I am seeing Rachel tomorrow for an interview. Immediately, I need her for a Saturday so Mike & I can have a break. We’ll see how it goes from there. Granny may live for several more years and we need to make her comfortable but also keep our sanity! 🙂 Watch this space!
Thank you Riana!
So the day has turned out a lot better than I anticipated. Dinner is completely under control. Once I’ve posted this blog, I just need to do show prep for tomorrow!
Hey, man, we are in His grip, good and proper!
Lots of love, Helga xx 🙂