Renewed Strength

Renewed Strength

9.1.15

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

Isaiah 40:31

This morning I'm overwhelmed and I'm grateful. I hit what was for me a big milestone.  I graduated from cardiac rehab! I've been enrolled since March and after so very many stops and starts.....in the hospital... Stop... Out again... Start... Back in.. Stop... Out again, but too weak... Stop... Start. A big roller coaster, but I rode it! With a great rehab team!

Last night I stayed up after the fam went to bed and looked back to the beginning of this journey. I was so weak in those first days. Two weeks in, I went to my first rehab and could only squeeze a 10 on the calipers (today, a 78).

"They that wait upon the Lord".... It was a long wait!  "Shall renew their strength"... I'm not where I'm going to be but God has brought me so far from where I was!! "They shall run and not be weary"... Well.... I can't run yet!  "They shall walk and not faint"....12 laps in 6 minutes today to be exact!

Still some humps to cross, but today, it feels like a REAL fresh start.  I believed Him when things looked bleak and He manifested His healing hand in my life and I got to see firsthand, the miracle of bad news turned to Hope!

He let me live this:  "He gives power to the faint,

    and to him who has no might he increases strength." Is. 40:29

If your tomorrow turns bad, if tomorrow starts your time "on the shelf", trust His heart! If your world crashes in today, trust His heart! You may have to wait, and it may be a long test, but He won't fail you!!! I promise! He promises!!

Six months ago, I woke up very early, earlier than this morning. I thought I had hit the side of my head on the nightstand and it must have caused the neck spasms I was having. Or maybe my head had slipped off of the pillow in the night and it had hurt my neck? Within an hour, I was rolling on the den floor wailing into a pillow with no idea I was having a massive heart attack. Followed by another and 5 procedures and more hospital stays and long, sleepless nights than I care to recall!

For altogether different reasons, I've cried quietly all morning. Happy tears! He's turned my "mourning into dancing", He's renewed my strength, and I can only bless God for all He's done! 

May you seek His face before you face any other today!