Job (40:3), said to God: "I'm speechless, in awe—words fail me..." That pretty much sums it up, huh. Especially when I look at where I am at present. I can't believe how much progress I have been making, and how well my left leg is doing. I finally feel like it's catching up with the right. I'm walking on it more, and moving around with much more ease than I was even last week.
I think what is helping is that I'm going to the pool twice a week now, and doing physical therapy twice a week as well. It's funny because instead of swimming in the private, 10' x 10' pool in the back of the PT building, I now have to be chair-lifted into the therapy pool in front of tons o' people. It's humbling, but way worth it. I think it just surprises people that I'm even out in public, but what has surprised me is how many people see me & offer help. I mean, if you thought I was a doofus when I had complete use of all four appendages, you should see me now. Oi. It's so much fun though, and I'm so thankful for the Lord's continued provision.
I've been thinking all weekend about the idea of time. I'm sure you've heard the saying, "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'." (Eleanor Roosevelt?) It's true! My dad has always been especially cognizant of this truth and, as a result, it imprinted on my brain from the time I was very young. I have always had this awareness of space & time, and sometimes think a little too deeply about it. But the Bible makes me feel better:
Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- Psalm 90:12
That pretty much sums it up. The average person (that lives to 70) only has 25,500 days. Total. Doesn't that seem like such a finite number of days? Holy cow! Using those same stats, I only have 46 years left - that's 16,790 days. Man. It just gets me every time. We are not long here.
Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may gain a heart of wisdom. Amen.
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