Take Heart

While my son in Boston is digging out from under two feet of snow from the blizzard, here in NC, the peepers are croaking and the daffodils are blooming. My mother-in-law is doing unexpectedly better, and my daughter is getting over her nasty cold. I thought it might be one of those rare days when all was hopeful, all was well. I snuck out of my room in the wee morning hours, expecting my beloved Honeybun, who lives to eat, to come scampering after me as usual. As soon as I stir, she is always skittering about my bed, licking any available body part quickly to hurry me to the food bowl. She did not this morning. She was curled up in the hallway, in front of the bathroom. She didn't raise her head when I walked by. When I urged her to follow me to the beloved food bowl, she tried to stand, and then collapsed. Her right back leg seems unable to bear any weight. I brought her food to her, and she eagerly ate. Arvo carried her outside to do her business, and whatever was wrong with her leg seemed a little less wrong. She was able to gingerly put some weight on it, take care of her morning ablutions, and limp slowly back inside. When the vet opens, we will call and bring her in.

"In this world, you will have troubles."

Ain't that the truth? One fire gets doused and another flares elsewhere. Sometimes the whole world seems engulfed in flames. But then there are yellow daffodils raising their petal crowns, and frogs serenading the sun as it stretches warm rays of magenta and gold across a new morning. I think God is reminding me to take heart, He has overcome the world.

John 16:33 (NIV)
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”






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