Things I Don't Remember, and Things I Do

I ran across this post of mine from September, 2012. I had completely forgotten the subject matter, and can't remember what prompted this topic. In fact, as I read from years past, I can remember more about what we had done, than what I wrote.

October 2010 my husband and I made our last trip to his home town, to visit his brother and family. It was a good visit, got a lot of genealogy information and visited a number of places we hadn't been. By the time we saw them again in May, 2011, at our home, Beloved Husband was show symptoms hard to explain - and we were seeing specialist after specialist. That September he was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis - click on the link and you will learn more than I'll tell you about that autoimmune disease. It took from January to September to get the right test, and the right diagnosis.

By September, 2012, Beloved Husband had been in ICU for two MG crises and one instance of sepsis. However, by then treatment had brought him through all that and symptoms were close to under control.

Looking back now, I can praise God for His excellent greatness in providing us hope as we rollercoastered between 2011 and 2012. I  can confine it to that year, either. God has the capability to see us through everything that comes our way. I could make a list of specific times/items/heartbreaks in our lives, but those aren't important to you. How God works in your life is very important, especially to you.

So, look back over ten years. I can name specifics that affected the world as a whole, but what do you remember about finding God working in your life? Be serious about it, and share in Comments if you wish us if you found things you didn't remember among the things you do.

Are you able to rejoice? I was, and I still am. God be with you when you need Him most. Every day.

From September 11, 2012:

Have you ever looked around to see that everyone – yes, every other person in the whole world – seems to have more?  Not that they all have everything, but each one has something that we either need, want or could put to good use. We see a lacking in our lives.

The media is filled with people losing jobs, losing homes, unable to provide. A family flees fire or flood, leaving their home to possible destruction. They saved valuable memories as well as their lives. Crops are failing in one spot because of drought, in another because of too much rain. Stories abound about those who have lost, but overcome.

We look toward our lack – and rejoice:

Although the fig tree shall not blossom,
neither shall fruit be in the vines;
the labour of the olive shall fail,
and the fields shall yield no meat;
the flock shall be cut off from the fold,
and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Why?

The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. (Habakkuk 3:17-19 KJV)

That alone is a wonderful thought – in spite of all we lack, we rejoice in the Lord.

But, I fell in love with the last line when I pictured God as the chief singer on my own, personal stringed instrument.  I know, I know – that’s not what Habakkuk was thinking when he wrote it.

I hear the touch of wind against leaves, creating music to match that of the birds on branches. The slap of raindrops on a variety of surfaces, echoing with thunder. The sound of waves against the shore, never ceasing, ever changing. The music God creates in nature soothes us, causing us to listen for that still, small voice.

I see God’s hands working in our lives, bringing forth beautiful music on the strings of our heart. Bringing from the stillness within us music we never thought of ourselves.  Yes, He is the chief singer, the creator of all that causes us to rejoice. 

Doesn’t matter what we lack, He provides what we need and enriches our lives with what He has created. 

We rejoice, in the Lord.