Forced to take a break

It seems like forever since I've updated this blog! The last few weeks have been a challenge, to say the least! For the first time in my life, I am dealing with a broken arm, which of course requires me to be in a lovely, white cast for 6 weeks! It has made even the most basic of tasks tricky, to say the least!

I sustained a fall while roller skating a few weeks ago. And for those of you who know me well, know that I have been skating for 32 years, and it is second nature to me! Nevertheless, it only takes a loss of balance and to come down in the wrong position, to break something! That, and the fact that I am not as young as I once was, although I really do hate to admit that! So after X-rays and an MRI, they have confirmed that I broke my left radius. I was in a removable splint for 2 weeks, and now am in a hard cast for 4 weeks.

While I am extremely thankful that it was my left arm that is broken, and not my right, it doesn't change the fact that there are just some things that are very difficult, if not impossible to do while waiting on this break to heal. Two things that are a big part of my life, are texting and typing! Hence why I haven't updated my blog in quite some time! I have to type each indiidual letter with only my right hand, which leads to tiredness, frustration, and many mispelled woerds!! I have learned to ask for help when I need it, and to enlist my children to help with housework.

Since my lifestyle has changed due to this injury, I find myself with more down time then ever before. But I'm trying not to fill this time with alot of tv watching, junk food eating or computer game playing. While I admit that these things have taken place in my down time, I am trying to use this time to seek GOD and his will for my life. Why would I end up with a broken arm now....when I've been skating all my life? Why now, when we just moved into a new home, and I still have things I want to do to improve it? Now, when camping season has just started up. I would drive myself crazy if I dwelled on each of these for too long. But I have found comfort in the following scripture. "I can do ALL things through Christ, who gives me strength." I'm pretty sure that means doing things one handed! Another verse that I've been hearing alot is "Be still, and know that I am GOD." Be still. Sometimes we get so caught up in our everyday life, that we forget to just be still. GOD is talking to us all the time, but we are usually too busy to hear him. Sometimes it takes an event such as a broken bone, or a sickness to slow us down and make us focus on HIM. What might GOD be trying to tell you? Don't wait for GOD to slow you down so that you can seek HIM. Seek him earnstly EVERY day, and listen to what HE may be trying to tell you.

So as I adjust to my new routine, I would challenge each and every one of you who is reading this to just slow down for a little bit, and see what it is that GOD may be trying to tell you. Don't wait until you're forced to take a break.....SEEK HIM TODAY!

Until next time,