I started this blog as a means of helping myself and others deal with issues of domestic violence and/or child abuse. However, I've decided that sometimes, I make myself a victim.
This summer has been very eventful, and as more events occurred, I started on that "oh,me" "oh,my" routine. I re-injured my right shoulder just after school finished. I went to my doctor who treated it with a cortizone shot, with possible rehab. When the shot didn't work, I went to an orthopedist who decided that I've injured the rotator cuff and now have to have surgery.
Meanwhile, the people who were living rent free in our home in exchange for their labor in finishing the moldings moved into their own home and did very little of the work they promised to do almost 3 years ago. Then about 5 days later, we returned to the home to pick something up and discovered an upstairs toilet leak had turned the whole house into a flood zone. We were told that it looked like everything was going to be taken down to the studs and then be rebuilt.
This is not at all how I expected this summer to go, and I was feeling rather gloomy. But, praise be to God, He helped me remember that whatever I face, He is there to walk through everything with me. I am so thankful that I serve a God who meets my emotional needs. A shoulder that needs repairing and a house that needs to be rebuilt...I can leave those in His care and rejoice that He not only is willing to take it, but that He asks me to give it to Him. What a wonderful God I serve.
