This past week I've experienced incredible allergy troubles. My nose has been working overtime to produce never ending amounts of snot and my throat decided to join in the fun. That's why I sounded like I'd been smoking for thirty years. I'm happy to say that I'm doing great today! I can breathe out of both, yes both, of my nostrils and I've only coughed a few times since I woke up. Anyway, my blog today isn't about how I'm feeling today. It's about what God taught me through my weekend of grossness.
On Saturday I woke up and I felt like I had been hit by a train. My body was weak and I could barely breathe or talk. Let me just say this, Saturday was NOT a good day to feel that way. We had a lot of work to do that day. Some of the team had to stay and finish up the work with Church of the Harvest that we didn't get done on Friday. The majority of the girls were helping out at the Spring Tea at church. I opted to take some allergy medicine and spend the whole day in bed. That night we had a prayer meeting at the church to end our spiritual emphasis week. I managed to drag myself out of bed and I made it to the gathering with the help of some wonderful people and a vehicle. Well, I wish I could say that I started feeling amazing and that I was jumping around in excitement at the prayer meeting, but I still felt like crap when I got there. I knew that I couldn't hold back on God because I didn't feel well, so I found a spot in the room and started praying. Before I knew it, I was apologizing to God for missing the day because I let myself lay around. I was just so convicted! God could've touched a life through mine that day, but I spent it in bed asleep. I know that God was really dealing with my heart, because I wouldn't have cared about sleeping...it HAD to be God. He's really stretching me to get beyond myself and to live my life so God can reach the world around me. Now I just have to learn to get out of bed and do something, anything. I'm so glad that God isn't too picky about who He decides to use to change the world :-) Much Love!