I am tired this evening. It's been a busy week. It's been a week of ups and downs and a lot of thankfulness. Tuesday morning at 6:00 I was heading into Clarkston to the Aquatic center to exercise as I do every Tuesday and almost every Friday morning. Larry had left his truck parked down by the Church Sunday. I was dropping him off so he could bring the truck home. I backed up from our truck so that I could swing around him and continue on my journey. He looked at me and at first I thought he was just waving, but then I saw fear in his eyes. I thought he was afraid I was going to back into the truck behind and laughed and shook my head that no I wasn't going to hit the truck. I'd checked for traffic and as I was starting to pull into the highway he really looked upset. I tried to put the car in reverse and back it up since he looked upset, but as usual when I get nervous I had trouble reacting quickly enough. Just about that time a really big semi truck flew by my car. It couldn't have been more than 3 inches between the front of my car and the bumper of that truck. Apparently when I had looked for traffic coming up behind me the truck had been in my blind spot. I had come very close to being hit by a semi moving about 50 miles an hour (Juliaetta town limits--supposed to be 35). This really shook me up! I was so thankful to be alright. I say alright--I was shaking and sick to my stomach, but I was in one piece and very, very thankful. God in His mercy allowed me another day. I have been very thankful all week. It's amazing what something like that can do to help a person have a change of heart and adopt a very thankful attitude in all things.
We had a trip to Spokane to see the specialist I've been seeing at Spokane Rheumatology and I was told I needed to be very proud of myself. I'd lost 9 more pounds since I had seen him last and my pain is being better controlled. I'm having more good days than bad. And I am VERY grateful. God again is working in my life on my behalf. It's been a long time since I've been able to have any control over pain and years since I've been able to lose more than a few pounds and turn around and put them back on. My metabolism has been a mess. A little side blessing to the trip is getting to see our three daughters on our way home.
The rest of this week I've been going over and over my blessings. Why have I been having such positive experiences? Not every week is as eventful as this one has been, but every week IS full of opportunities to give God praise. We don't always see the way He is working and protecting us during our every day lives. I was given a glimpse this week of how close I came to going home to be with Him. Not everyone is rescued from the close call. I have been having positive results in my health care. Why God chooses to give me positive results or rescue some of us and take others home is beyond my comprehending. All I do know for sure is that God is in control--whatever may come. I'm so thankful that irregardless how our days and weeks go, He knows just what we need.
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