All that Concerns Me
Psalm 138:8:” The Lord will perfect that which concerns
me; Your mercy, Oh, Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of Your
hands.”
Welcome to
Wednesday’s Word and Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power and Trench Classes United.
I’m so glad you could join me for your break. Grab your coffee, and don’t
forget your strand of faith because hopefully you and I will tie some knots
today in an effort to keep our faith intact when life gets tough!
Have you
ever lent someone something and then never gotten it back? Or if you did get it
back, it certainly wasn’t in the condition you lent it? Normally stuff like
that doesn’t bother me. Seriously, I don’t keep tabs or score like that. But –
yes, this is a big one J – years ago I had lent a treadmill out to someone who really
wanted to get back in shape and since I had become an outdoor runner, I thought
I’d let her borrow mine. I was completely happy to do it.
Fast-forward
to the last several months: I can’t believe the difference a few years make…especially
on the body! I’m like this chronic complainer every time I go to get up, much
less do something active, I creak and cringe as I hear my knee pop, feel my
back twinge, among other aches and pains. So obviously, it is not longer a good
choice to run outside unless I want to become an invalid! But I don’t want to
stop running, so I have found myself whining about my treadmill that I had lent
out all those years ago, with no trace of it ever returning, not to mention any
communication with the person I lent it to!
Needless to
say, a treadmill has appeared on my wish list and I told myself as soon as the
taxes are paid, I was going to start shopping for one. My husband has been
looking on Yucaipa Buy Sell, and other fun finds to locate one. It’s amazing
how many people use them for clothing racks! J
Well, last
week our neighbor, whom we truly love, came over to tell us she had just put an
offer in on a home and she was going to be moving. I was stunned into sadness,
but happy for her. She was so excited to be going where she’s going and
starting a new adventure. We sat down and she began to show us pictures, and
then admitted she had already started packing. This was really happening! I got up to do something to hide my envy, but
what happened next was so unexpected that it made me sit right back down. She
asked if I wanted her treadmill! My mouth jarred open and could have caught a
tennis ball, let alone anything else that wanted to fly in thereJ I didn’t even know she had a
treadmill!
“George
asked me if I wanted to sell it a few months ago when he was over helping me
with something and I told him I’d think about it; I wasn’t quite ready to sell
it.”
My mouth was
still open. Now I’m even more humbled at my husband’s sweet heart always
looking out for me.
“It’s sort
of old,” she continued.
I stopped
her, realizing I hadn’t said anything because I had been stunned into silence,
and just said “I don’t care how old it is.” I told her how I had wanted to get
one for quite some time but had to wait until I paid off our taxes. I literally
was so overwhelmingly stunned and humbled by God’s provision with my neighbor’s
decision to just give her treadmill away, just as easy as I had lent mine out
all those years ago!
But here’s
where it gets crazy: My husband went over to get it two days later and brought
it home, and I didn’t get on it until two days later and when I did…oh, my good
and gracious Jesus, I was immediately brought to tears…humble, happy tears. You
see, God didn’t just return what the locusts took; He out-gave what I lent all
those years ago. I had just a basic treadmill but this one is not just your
run-of-the mill basic treadmill; it is a Mercedes! It has fans if you get too
hot, a cushioned pad so you actually feel as though you are running on clouds
-- not that I know what that feels like;
I can only imagine. But there’s no impact! It feels so, so, so good! There are
so many buttons and knobs and gadgets that I will take me months to learn all
of its extras!
I just love
this truth: God is concerned about everything that concerns us! And when He’s
the one repaying, you get more than you lent! The sky is the limit! I am
convinced that He cares about every single detail of our lives! Coffee Hour
Friend, what needs to be repaid in your life?
Running with
Jesus,
Evinda
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