My family had an emergency while they were visiting over the weekend. My sister's emotional support dog got into someone else's medication, requiring a trip to pet urgent care. There was a lot of concern and worry and tears as the beloved animal underwent treatment.
As the family banded together duDurantring the emergency, I had the opportunity to consider God's hand in it all. I knew the accident wasn't anybody's fault. I knew He was in complete control of the situation. I had the chance to try and act as a spiritual anchor for certain individuals. The entire experience ultimately helped me recognize that I was not as prepared as I wish I could have been.
One of my big concerns while trying to maintain a daily mostly-spiritual blog is that I will appear as though I am trying to build myself up to appear like some hyper-spiritual individual, aggrandizing myself before the masses. I fear my attempts to provide my audience with my own thoughts about things will only create an impression that I think I'm more spiritual, and therefore, I know best.
In all honesty, though, I know I'm weak. I know my relationship with God is never exactly where it needs to be. I pray for help in overcoming my weaknesses.
The dog's trip to urgent care gave me another opportunity to consider where I was and how prepared I actually am to help others in a spiritual capacity. I, of course, decided to seek improvement in the things I recognized.
The dog, of course, made a full recovery. I'd volunteered to pick her up and deliver her back to her mom, and so was the first to see her right after she left the hospital.
As I drove north, my heart thanked Him for giving me the opportunity to ponder Him.
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