God-incidences

So yesterday started like any other ordinary day…got the morning routine done and older kids off to school and preschool. I then had to go and get a bloodtest done because I am being closely monitored with my Neutropenia. I am back on the injections twice a week again now which has been a concern because we there are some which do not recommend taking them while pregnant… and I am 28 weeks pregnant now with my 4th child.

As some know I have been very unwell now for  months with a persistent bout of bronchitis. After 6 courses of antibiotics is just wasn’t getting to the point where I felt better and I could feel myself slipping into the darkness of depression again. I needed a lift… I needed something to keep me going because sometimes being strong for so long really takes its toll. I have had to find alternative places to inject as I used to do it in my stomach and of course being pregnant that doesn’t work too well.   I have known that many people have been praying for me and supporting me by way of assistance at home or by dropping meals around and this has been very much appreciated.

So going back to yesterday’s events… I had a busy morning entertaining my beautiful 19mo daughter and put her down for her usual sleep about noon. I usually then use the days my 4yo is at preschool to just chill out on the lounge or something or get some sewing done… but yesterday I was so weary I just felt I needed to lie down in bed… I never seem to be able to sleep properly when I do this but yesterday I was granted two hours sleep in my bed… a much needed rest to help me recover from my illnesses. I got up thinking I should quickly grab a bit to eat before needing to pick up my kids and while my little one was still quiet. I walked past my door and saw something on my front door mat.

At this point I need to go back a bit. Early in August (over a month ago now) my husband went to church and it happened to be a service I couldn’t go to… I think I was unwell or I had a cake decorating class .. anyway I wasn’t there and he was. The sermon was on Proverbs 31, you know the one about the Noble woman. Anyway as I came home hubby was really keen to show me the sermon outline sheet and was excited about what was in it but couldn’t really express in words why he was keen to show me. No matter what he did … he couldn’t find the sheet… it had just disappeared. We thought of asking for a copy but there wasn’t one at church the next week and then I was going to email the minister who gave the talk but life and busyness and sickness just took over and we forgot all about it.

So anyway… back to yesterday… it was a blustery day.. it was windy enough to blow open my side colourbond gate.. but there sitting still and unmoved on my front mat was a piece of paper… you will never guess what it was!  It was the sermon outline… in pristine condition.. after we had have rain, wind and bushfires… there it was just sitting there waiting for me to pick it up! Someone was trying to tell me something… give me some encouragement. I picked up and was like… “You’re joking! How did that get there?” I wondered if someone had placed it there… but how would that explain how it wasn’t moving on a windy day??  Still pondering all this I then checked my letterbox and found a lovely posted package from a friend I hadn’t had much connection with in the last few years but she was aware of my health situation via facebook. She had sent me some lovely chocolates and encouraging card and a little book for me to read. It just lifted me and made the world of difference to how I had been feeling. This friend has encouraged me like this in the past and I feel very blessed to have had her in my life as a Godly sister.  It was funny because I looked at the bottom of the chocolates and the expiry date happened to be my birthday next year.. (not that they will last that long) but it was a reminder to me that God is in the ordinary things and he has this way of just telling you “Hey… I’m still here watching you and making sure you are ok” . An nice reminder he cares about me… even in the little details.

Later that night I was able to listen to the sermon based on the Prov 31 passage online… I felt encouraged and uplifted… not only by what was said in the sermon but the fact that hubby was excited about it and wanted to encourage me in my current endeavours and tell me he values me and how I am being his wife and mother to our children.  This encouragement came at just the right time…  he is now away for a few nights on school camp… and so this encouragement from him will stay with me and sustain me as I manage on my own for a few days.  

Now all this might seem a bit silly to anyone else but it has really meant a lot to me and I am thankful for the reminders. I feel all this has come together at just the right time just when I needed it and just how God planned it to happen. I love those God-incidences… he is always there… he loves me… and he is so Good!!!