Sometimes, God has to do something drastic to get our
attention. The thing that amazes me is that he does it not just when we are
sinning or need a major life change, but also so we can live the abundant life
we were meant to live.
I went suddenly away from everything because I woke up one morning
with my arm in intense pain. Thankfully, I have a brother who is a nurse and
was able to diagnose it easily: I had damaged a tendon in my right hand. The
cure? Complete rest for three to twelve weeks. I am very grateful that while I still
have to watch it, I landed in the middle of that healing time, not the end. The
thought of twelve weeks without the use of my right hand was enough to make me
cry and I don’t cry often.
During that time, I had a lot of time to think. I mean, I
wasn’t able to write, sew, work on hobbies, or even do a lot of chores. Even
holding a book was hard for the first couple of weeks. I was forced to take a
lot of time off to relax. Which for me meant a lot of time to think. Which in
turn means there will be a lot of upcoming blog posts here sharing some of
those thoughts.
In between a lot of thinking, I listened to a lot of
audiobooks. I bought myself a month of Audible Escape package where they have a
lot of books you can borrow and listen to. I listened to some great new books but mainly listened to some old favorites like the O’Malley series and The Messenger
(more about that in an upcoming blog post). I found some books were as good as
I remember and a couple others not so much.
I will still have to take it easy on my hand for the next
two to three weeks. I’ll have to limit my typing time to an hour or two a day. However,
I’m looking forward to catching up with all of you and writing more.
What have you been up to?
