God Must Read My Blog

It's funny how right after I write a big blog post venting about how difficult my life has been, I have a really good day.

Last night was rough.  I was hurting, coughing, had a headache, and terrible heartburn.  I didn't sleep well at all, and when the munchkin woke up at 7:30 in the morning, I thought it was going to be a rough day. 

But it wasn't.  I had decided not to push myself to do any housework so that I could rest and take care of Isabelle and myself.  But for some reason, I had a good, steady supply of energy.  So I took care of the baby and did a good deal of housework.  Isabelle was so good today - she was playing by herself in her Jenny Jump while I was cleaning the kitchen, and fell asleep in it!  It was SO cute.  After I put her to bed, she took a good nap while I did more housework and got ready to go swimming.  We got to Maw-Maw's late this afternoon and went swimming with Gregory and Ariel, later joined by Blake, Catherine, and Ethan.  Maw-Maw had baked chicken with vegetables for dinner, and pie with ice cream for dessert!  We had a great time!


So I'm still not sleeping well, still coughing, still have sciatic pain.  But I got a lot done around the house today, took care of all of my baby's needs (including  playtime!), and had a great afternoon swimming and spending time with family!

God must read my blog.  I like thinking that He does.  I know that even if I am having a rough day, He's there beside me the whole time.  One of my favorite psalms is Psalm 139.  It always gives me comfort, in good times and especially in bad times. 

Psalm 139

O LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
you know when I sit and stand; you understand my thoughts from afar.
My travels and my rest you mark; with all my ways you are familiar.
Even before a word is on my tongue, LORD, you know it all.
Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is beyond me, far too lofty for me to reach.

Where can I hide from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee?
If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, you are there too.
If I fly with the wings of dawn and alight beyond the sea,
Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely darkness shall hide me, and night shall be my light" --
Darkness is not dark for you, and night shines as the day. Darkness and light are but one.
You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb.
I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works! My very self you knew; my bones were not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned as in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes foresaw my actions; in your book all are written down; my days were shaped, before one came to be.

How precious to me are your designs, O God; how vast the sum of them!
Were I to count, they would outnumber the sands; to finish, I would need eternity.
If only you would destroy the wicked, O God, and the bloodthirsty would depart from me!
Deceitfully they invoke your name; your foes swear faithless oaths.
Do I not hate, LORD, those who hate you? Those who rise against you, do I not loathe?
With fierce hatred I hate them, enemies I count as my own.
Probe me, God, know my heart; try me, know my concerns.
See if my way is crooked, then lead me in the ancient paths.