“The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust. Psalms 103:13-14 NLT

Hello friends!

Here is an update on my situation. You remember from last week that I fell, and God miraculously protected me from cracking my skull on the cement floor of my basement. However, as I told you last week, I had a cast on my right wrist and my left wrist was injured, but I expected it to get better within a few days. My situation has developed, shall we say. After my visit to the orthopedic doctor, it was determined that there is a crack in my left wrist. So, I now have a brace on my left wrist. I am OK with that because now it doesn’t hurt the way that it did. However, that leaves me with no 100% working hands.

The orthopedist also determined that I need surgery on my right wrist. Although the cast had immobilized my wrist, the bones were not staying aligned. Therefore, by the time you read this, the surgeon will have added screws and a plate in my wrist.

As you can imagine, that’s a lot to take in. As I said, in my last post, I am learning the beauties of voice to text. That has enabled me to send emails, write this blog post, and do some of my normal work this week. However, I am not sure what my recovery is going to look like. So, I hope to send you a brief post next week and give you an update. But if you don’t hear from me, your prayers are greatly appreciated.

Here’s my takeaway. Every time I think about my wrists, I am fully aware that it should have been my head. So, although this is extremely difficult and inconvenient, I am praising God. He has shown his goodness and faithfulness in this situation.

At the beginning of the year, as I thought about what I wanted to leave behind in 2023, I seem to remember telling the Lord I wanted to let go of self-sufficiency. I am currently in a situation where I am completely dependent on other people. When I thought my left wrist was going to heal quickly, I began to work on doing as much as I could with that one hand. However now that it’s in a brace, it is hard to do even those things. So, I am learning to depend on God‘s grace moment by moment. And I am also learning to depend on Him through other people.

Our church has been very supportive. They are ready to do whatever we need to help us through this situation. We have had meals delivered. I have received rides to the doctors. And there are offers for more types of help. Tom and I are extremely grateful. We will continue to experience God‘s grace through all of this.

Dear Friend, you may be going through an extremely difficult situation. Whatever it is, I know that God is with you because I know that God is with me. I know that He is helping you, because I know that He is helping me. I know that other people will help you in His name, because other people are helping me. So, don't lose heart! You will get through this! He is faithful!

Your prayers continue to be appreciated. Thank you for walking this journey with me! I plan to give you an update next week. Even if it’s short…