S IS FOR SUSTAIN

As I went to my early morning physical therapy appointment I began to pray that I stop focusing on my pain and the questioning "How will I continue to live like this." Blah, blah, blah... Instead today I began to think of the therapist I was seeing. How was she doing? I will be more intentional to get to know her. As I prayed the whisper came to me. Give her your cell phone number and tell her that if she ever needs prayer or anything to call you. There it was. Purpose! After all she was more than half way through her pregnancy and I can be a on call friend for her. Lately I heard myself referred to as the on call Lainey. It gave me a small glimpse that God is sustaining me through this time in my life. This is a gift. I have a new friend and that's making the process of healing easier.

If we get up and ask God to sustain us through life pain he could switch our thoughts around and give us a new perspective.

This day I looked at what letter I am on in Christmas and found it to be S and my next thought was "Sustain."
How did God sustain Mary and Joseph as the trekked to Jerusalem? Both had the responsibility to be ready for the baby to come. We all have that same responsibility after all this is no ordinary baby.

Stroll through the day praying and being aware of God sustaining you. 

"Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken" (Psalm 55:22 NIV).

"I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me" (Psalm 3:5 NIV).

"The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven" (Hebrews 1:3 NIV). 
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