This week, God took events that looked like problems, and turned them into blessings. Reassurances, that even in the little things, He's still there. Which is exactly what I needed.
Problem #1 - flight delay.
With my broken leg, I'm needing a lot of help. Now the baton gets passed from my fantastically patient sister to the next helper in line. The schedule: Afternoon arrival. Dinner out together to celebrate - and to get me out of the house. A little time to get familiar with the apartment and routines before bed.
Or...not! Early morning check-in revealed a flight delay.
So, plans change.
Lunch out, instead of dinner. We decided to try some local sushi. It was tasty. Even better, we had great service. We even got a free piece of "you live in the south now" fried cheesecake! Better still, we enjoyed it all with lots of laughs.
Which put us in the right frame of mind to handle problem #2 - forgotten keys.
See, it's my home, but we left in my sister's car. You can see how that might lead to a problem, can't you?Yup! A couple errands after lunch, we realized we didn't have the keys. We had to kill a few hours until a solution (in the form of my landlord) would be available.
So we decided to cash in a "reward." Which led to a haircut and style. The first truly normal thing I've done since I hurt myself.
When I got home, I even found flowers at the door! Flowers. ;-)
I feel like a princess.
Which is especially fantastic since it was my birthday!
Of course, it wouldn't have happened if everything had gone according to MY plan.
So... like my devotional this morning suggested, I'm going to stop looking at the storm. The storm will pass. I'm going to look to the light.
In his heart, a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. -Proverbs 16:9
