I know we’ve all had seasons of this in our life. I’m definitely having a season now and I’m praying that the season is at the end.
In 2019 alone I’ve had the following mishaps:
- Burned my hand with scalding water just out of the electric kettle, because the travel mug wasn’t closed and I bent over to pick something up. Pharmacist said not to pop the blisters. Bandaid covering blisters pulled skin off of back of hand where hand was burned but not blistered. Cost: weeks of tending to said area to avoid infection and hoping for no scaring. Only I notice the area of the burn, so I did pretty good!
- Failed to put my late husband’s pickup in park, which meant I didn’t get it completely turned off, resulting in two dead batteries and a failing starter. Cost: $500
- Tried to put something in my hard top convertible I shouldn’t have. Messed up roof liner. Cost $1000
- Metal signs from Hobby Lobby are great. Had one above my door leading to the garage. It fell. Decided to put it back, but it’s now warped and fell off the wall hitting me in the nose. Cost: possible permanent dent in my nose. Temporarily very sore nose that means it hurts to wear sunglasses and I need to be very careful wiping my eyes. That nose is like a sore thumb that you bump every time you turn around. Thankfully blowing my nose doesn’t hurt. Prayed for no black eyes and I think that one has been answered.
- Still no dishwasher in my home. Old one sprung a leak in October 2018. Overwhelming to try and pick a new one! Cost: continual need to hand wash dishes and otherwise what do you want to spend? $500 and up! I was going to pull the trigger, but the vehicle repairs kinda put a damper on that. Oh and of course I still get overwhelmed when I try to shop for one. Thinking I’ll just have to go take whatever is available in scratch and dent and call it good!
- Finally… mice! I just can’t get rid of the mice this year. It’s July 7th so it’s kind of like there’s only 80 days left till Christmas. It could quite possibly be only 60-80 days till it’s cold enough for the mice to come in again!! But it will just be new ones joining the ones that apparently have become my pets. Cost: not sure… 3 kinds of traps, wall plugs and boxes of bait have not done the trick. Really, really don’t want a cat, an NO I do not want a bull snake either!
What does this have to do with “Grace Under Pressure?” Sometimes you run out grace… there is just no way to maintain your perspective, to be joyful, to be positive. Sometimes you take a deep breath, breath a prayer asking God for favor that your blunders are over. That somehow you can have your brain back and just stop the foolish things that are happening. It was this way early in my grief, as hard as I tried to be careful I just couldn’t. Crazy, expensive things happened then too. So then you go into “extra careful” mode and you survive it. Well folks, I’m back in “extra careful” mode. With a divot in the bridge of my nose, it’s all I know to do. Slow down, be very intentional and pray for Grace to return.
“Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.”
Proverbs 28:26
Father, please keep me safe and help me each and every day to walk in wisdom. Help me to lean on You rather than trusting in myself. Help me to see what it is I’m supposed to learn in this season and to learn it quickly. Amen
Grace Under Pressure 
Amen!!
Jackie
“Make us Thy mountaineers, we would not linger on lower slopes” Amy Carmichael
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