40 Days of Purposed - Day 4

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Day Four


I did not want to write this…

Today has been a dreadful day. I took my niece and Daniel shopping and left some of it behind due to the tantrum he had. I had to take Daniel for a chest x-ray at St Johns so his consultant could advise Little Haven Hospice how to manage Daniel’s care this weekend. Kevin and I are planning to go away, however, Daniel seems to be getting more breathless and isn’t looking too good at the moment. This x-ray wasn’t planned and it’s the 3rd day this week where we are doing something medical (the Community Nurse has visited twice this week and it’s only Wednesday!)

I feel anything other than a purposeful Christian so am pleased to be reminded that our life on earth is not it!! It is very easy to get bogged down with what is happening from day to day. Today’s chapter really spoke to me and reminded me that this life is preparation for eternity. Sometimes it is hard to see the wood from the trees and irrespective of what is going on in my life where I become earth focused God is the same today as he was yesterday and will be tomorrow.

Since Daniel has been discharged from hospital his development has gone slightly backwards. This is normal for children who have been admitted into hospital, but none the less disappointing. When I was thinking about this today, I began to understand that this is how God must feel when you know that your child can do more than they are actually doing, perhaps because they have forgotten, lose confidence in their abilities or just don’t feel like obeying. As believers we can choose to come to our heavenly Father who will give us all that we need to develop further if only we ask. God’s faithfulness is new every morning and so whilst today has been very difficult I am confident that when I wake up tomorrow God will give me the strength to deal with all that I need to.

Roll on tomorrow…