Make me!

Good Friday started like any normal day for me. I didn't have to work, so I busied myself with the usual - getting breakfast for the kids and then sitting down to pay some bills. I have a small calendar in the kitchen windowsill that has a verse or prayer for each day. As I flipped it that morning I read, "Cause me to hear Your loving kindness in the morning, For in You do I trust." Psalm 143:8

Boy, was in store for some "cause" that morning! Before noon came I had spent a half an hour in intense pain and two and a half hours in the ER getting IV pain meds and fluids, a spiral ct scan, urinalysis, and blood work. When it was all said and done the Dr. found a 5mm kidney stone resting above my bladder. Thankfully, I passed the stone Saturday morning so my discomfort was only a day or so (although I had been having some symptoms for the 4 days prior).

So what is the "cause" in all of this? Obviously, I saw God's loving kindness in the quick resolution of my pain. But it was not only the physical aspects that astounded me. He again reminded me that he has put people in my life and on my path to bless me. I have a wonderful husband who was home in minutes to help me care for our three youngest children - something you can't do while doubled over in pain. I had my wonderful father-in-law and then my mother-in-law come over to watch the kids while I was in the ER. And, finally the ER staff and Dr. were kind and quick.

On a Good Friday, when we focus on Christ's suffering and death, I was preoccupied with my own suffering. But even in this, God caused me to hear his loving kindness in the morning, for in Him do I trust.