Thursday is over—Friday’s Fave Five

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Psalm 30:5

The beauty of some days is that they end.

We want pleasures to last forever; pain to end immediately.

Yesterday was one of those days. Nothing too awfully big happened, but enough did that I uttered throughout my day (no, begged is the more appropriate verb): “Please God! Some help here!”

And he came through.

1. “I don’t know what to do”
I said that about a million times yesterday. My mom’s nurses called me in the morning with some possibly, maybe, urgent health issues she had been developing over the past few days. What to do? What to do?

Getting to the right decision was the toughest part. But once we made it (thanks for the wisdom, God!), we just had to walk one step at a time.

2. Unfinished meals
Either the scales are wrong, or I’ve gained a pound or two this week. So it was lucky for me that both lunch and supper were constantly interrupted by phone calls yesterday. My lunch date with friends had to have been pretty miserable for them, but the ladies were great. In fact, so great that…

3. Substitute driver
…when I needed someone to take over a driving duty I had volunteered for, Kay stepped up to do it. Despite that it was way out of her way. Friends are blessings. That crisis was averted pretty easily (on my part anyway).

4. Ring, ring, ring
I received a lot of calls; I made a lot of calls. Most landed on answering machines. Some were to nonexistent numbers (user error); some were to phones with no service. Some had to be followed up with apologies (sorry, Jeff).

But all in all, without my cell phone, I can’t begin to imagine how much worse the day could have gone.

5. No electricity
So while I was waiting at the ER with my sister and mom, my daughter was at home alone in a storm. After it was over and I found out the electricity had gone out at our house, I felt bad.

But I felt worse when she told me she made it fine—because she lit candles.  Yikes—my daughter at home at night in a storm with no electricity—and fire! Thankfully, she’s a very mature 15-yr-old, and she really did make it fine.

* * *

When my head hit the pillow last night, I was drained in every way (and my mom was tucked away relatively healthy back in her own bed).

In the end, all was well. God was still in control, and I didn’t have to be. When you find what you’re searching for, you stop looking.

I re-read Helen Steiner Rice’s poem this morning, “This Too Shall Pass.” If you haven’t lately, be blessed by reading it again.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end; 
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23

Did you have any days this week that you were glad when they ended?
(And don’t get me started on my Monday!)

Join Susanne for more Friday’s Fave Five.