The cold and wind hit like a stone
Unyielding, chilling, hard
At first they huddled, cringed and turned
But then one brave one
Turned and faced the pain, the cold
Chose to face the hardness
Straight on
c2022 Lisa Lyons

There are not always answers to our never ending “why’s”. Sometimes things just happen. Not so good things. Very, very hard, never ending things. Physical as well as emotional. My first instinct is to ask “why?”, but over the past few years of seemingly constant injury and surgeries, I have learned that maybe God just wants me to be faithful. To trust Him, no matter what. Just to be…..to breathe…..to stay quietly in His green pastures beside His still waters. To praise Him, because He knows what He is doing. He is making me more like Him. He is strengthening me. He made me, He sustains me, He loves me. No matter what.
It is so freeing……I don’t have to figure out the why’s. I don’t have to do anything spectacular. I just have to be faithful.
Praying for you, because I know all of you are probably going through something hard right now as you read this. Big hugs. Love, Lisa
Photo: Sheep quietly trusting and abiding on a cliff edge in Donegal, Ireland.
It’s no small thing! And I might say, from experience, much easier when you’re a child rather than a….well…..more advanced age. 😉 Quick update: Since my ankle fusion revision and tendon transfer surgery in January, I’m out of the boot, back in tennis shoes, and working really hard every day to get my heel back down where it should be, and to get this rusty body to adapt to all the changes. It’s been a long recovery with many months still to go, but I knew that going into it. But isn’t it funny how it seems so much longer when you’re actually in it? God is keeping me going, though. 🙂 And for that I am thankful.
Some quotes that amazingly seem to apply to other situations as well.
“If you can’t walk, be the bird.” ~Lisa Lyons (but I have to say, I haven’t made it off the ground yet.. haha)
“My leg hasn’t fallen off yet.” ~Lisa Lyons (after the “How are you doing?” question and should be said with heavy sarcasm for full effect)
“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” ~Abraham Lincoln
Thanks for listening….I appreciate all of my readers, and sincerely pray that you are blessed today. Slainte, Lisa
Learning to walk again is a laugh a minute….hahahohoheehee. Sorry, a bit of hysteria there for a moment. 🙂 Actually, it’s going well, but I needed some traveling music this morning…..cue the theme from Rocky.
So whether you’re walking, running, hopping, working, or humming a tune in your head…here you go; your theme music for the day. You’re welcome. hahahohoheehee Slainte, Lisa
Hope and encouragement, peace and blessings, Lisa
“Everybody Hurts” by the Corrs