It’s after 6:00 PM; not my preferred or usual time to blog. My thoughts are more organized and focused in the morning hours. But today didn’t turn on that clock. I greeted the morning with an excoriating leg cramp; one like I’ve never had before. Maybe I was too deep in slumber land to feel the Lord’s usual soft wake up touch and He had to get my attention!!! Oh, I know. You’re saying that’s not how God works. And maybe He doesn’t and the pain was just part of the human condition. I don’t confess to know. All I know is I began the day He had made and awaken me to in pain. As I awaited the cramp to diminish, I thought about how different one day is from another. And if the previous day was to your thinking “a great day,” you kind of expect a repeat performance just one day removed. But as I experienced, that’s not real life. Real life is not knowing from one 24 hour period to the next what a day will bring.
And this obvious realization brings me back as always to the faith I profess. I believe the Lord orchestrates the hours of my life; that He knows before I even begin a day what experiences and adventures await me. Perhaps that is why yesterday in the grocery store, I picked up an over the counter leg cramp medication. Someone on the recent tour had mentioned that she kept those for those occasional times she had cramps. As the store clerk scanned the package, she commented, ” Bananas. That’s what my doctor told me to eat for leg cramps. Try it and see.” She went on to say she doesn’t like taking a lot of pills.
Neither do I like taking pills for any and every ailment. So even though I got the leg cramp pills, I didn’t take them this morning. Instead today I restocked my banana bowl. My point is this. The Lord knew the cramps were in the design of my day; He nudged me to be ready by bringing to mind my intro to leg cramp pains days ago on the tour; and then led me to that particular store clerk and her commentary. Before I needed Him, He was working on a plan to help me. How can I not believe in and praise Him, in pain and out!
Peace. Joy. Love.