More Lessons From Mom

Mom had a really great day today. When I walked in, she was down in rehab, dressed in her street clothes and doing her rehab! She ate a good breakfast and has a BIG lunch. She told me, "I don't want to stay here and the therapy hurts but, if that's what I have to do to get out of here, then I'll do it."

I spoke with her Doctor today. He told me something amazing. Mom's knee was almost completely degenerated from her bone condition. "I have no idea how she could stand up.", he said. Then he told me this, "It's a good thing she broke her leg the way she did. Otherwise, we would never have found the problem with the knee. Who knows when that knee would have failed? She could have been at the top of the steps or worse yet, she could have been driving."

I had just been sharing with Mom and her roommate from Jeremiah 29:11. Mom has been constantly asking why this happened to her. God answered the question completely.

How many times, in our lives have we been watched over by angels? How many times has God spared us from far greater pain or grief by walking us through something far easier? I had to ask myself, "How many times have I complained about my circumstances when I should have been thankful for them?"

As I listened to the Doctor and watched Mom....I wasn't sure she got it. But I'm am sure that God is teaching both of us a lot of lessons. I pray I keep my focus on Him and what He's teaching me rather than what I want Mom to learn. You see? I thought my job here was to take care of Mom and make her do things to get well. I think God is telling me to worry about what He's showing me instead of what He's showing Mom. He's already got Mom covered far better than I can ever take care of her.

Here's the verse I've come to embrace today....1 Thes 5:18