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Sunday, February 15, 2015

You Don't Know What You've Got Til it's Gone



I'm a people watcher.

Lately, when I watch people, I am drawn to the way they walk.

For two years now my own walking has been hampered. I am forced to think about how I walk every single day. Tasks I need to accomplish are organized by how many steps it will take to complete them. So, when I people watch now I watch how they walk.

Here is what I observe:

Most walking people pay no attention to walking. It doesn't even cross their minds how they are
going to get from A to B. They just go. And I used to be just like them.

Which brings me to the question:
How many other seemingly involuntary functions does my body perform daily, hourly, secondly, that I take completely for granted?

Hearing? Sight? My beating heart? My texting thumb? The fact that I can breathe?

These are no small things.

I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well.
-- Psalm 139:14

2 comments:

  1. The Lord has given me this conviction too, Joy. Each time I struggle with something I never had to pay attention to before, a new appreciation grows in my heart of all that he's given me to make this journey the best it can be. With each revelation, I'm reminded to remember how I am fearfully and wondrously made, and praise him constantly for that! It sure does put a damper on any pity-parties I might choose to indulge in! (Tell me, what has been hampering your walking? How can we pray?)

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  2. So often we don't appreciate all that our bodies can do, until they "betray" us....thanks for the reminder, Joy. I need to appreciate what I can do, and not focus on what I cannot. I am with Bobbi- how can we pray?

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