I laughed!

It had been a little over 3 weeks since I'd been home from the hospital when I found myself folding the walker I'd left the hospital with and carrying it down the hallway to put it in my storage area.  The fact that I was holding with one hand the very walker I used to lean on with both hands made me laugh.  I couldn't help but smile and think, "Wow!  God is amazing!"  I went from needing someone to lift my legs onto the bed in order for me to lie down to now walking down the hallway carrying my walker.  Won't He do it?!

I'd already decided after being home from the hospital for about 5 days that I would walk on my own within the next couple of days.  AND I decided I would make it upstairs to my bedroom instead of sleeping on the sofa.  I had goals!  

So I said to my sister, "I declare I will not need that walker in 2 days".  Considering my current state, this sounded really ambitious, but sure enough, within 2 days I was literally "walking by faith".  Slowly and carefully, but leaning on nothing but my trust in the Lord.  I knew the longer I leaned on the walker, the longer it would take me to gain the strength and balance I needed to walk on my own.  So I shifted from leaning to trusting.  From that point on, each step I took became a step of trust in the direction of my healing, in the direction of God's promises, and in the direction of my victory.  

This experience made me think of all the other things we sometimes lean on instead of trusting in the Lord.  Proverbs 3:5 tells us to "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding."  

Much like my walker, sometimes things are in our lives to get us through a particular season in life, but it's not meant to be a lifelong crutch.  Other times, we simply lean on our own understanding instead of trusting in the Lord with all our hearts.  The problem with leaning on our own understanding is that we put a limit on God.  He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than we can ask or think (Eph. 3:20).  More than we can understand!  Which means our own understanding doesn't even scratch the surface of what He can and will do in our lives, if we just trust Him.

My friend, the next time you find yourself leaning on anything other than God's promises, I encourage you to shift from leaning to trusting.  Take it from me, one day you will laugh at what God has done!

Love Always,

Shy

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