I got a flu shot in September. I have gotten one every year for decades and never had the flu. This year was different. I did get the flu but from listening to the accounts of others beset with the same thing, I got a very light version of it, thankfully.
Still it has been a miserable week. An occasional fever, which always induces chills, and a bit of respiratory junk, which is mainly coughing. Bob got it first and passed it along to me, thank you sweetheart! And, of course, OTC meds to relieve symptoms always raise my blood sugar and I haven’t felt well enough to walk a lot, so that’s been a balancing act to try to keep the diabetes under control also.
I take precautions most of the time, wash my hands regularly, wipe off grocery carts and such. I guess since I have gone so many decades without getting much more than a cold, it never occurred to me that this year would be different.
Do you realize nothing ever just “occurs” to our God? Nothing ever takes Him by surprise either. As I thought about that this morning I thought about three things …
One, the Lord knows the path I take before I ever step foot on it: “But he knows the way that I take….” [Job 23:10 NIV]
Two, the Lord knows what I need before I even ask: “Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” [Matt 6:8 NIV]
Three, the Lord knows that I belong to Him: “The Lord knows those who are his….” [2 Tim 2:19 NIV]
Can’t get any plainer than that! Father, thank you. Amen.
