Brrr! ⛄
While the rest of South Africa is snowed under.....
My story
Episode 10
... is that on my way back from our local Spar, I stopped on our cobblestoned driveway to show my grandson the beautiful Crowned Hornbill on top of the building - how he could not have noticed that big red beak, I don't know (his mind was probably on the chocolate eggs in the shopping bag).
In my eagerness for him not to miss the sight, I shuffled here and there, trying to point his eyes in the right direction. One does not think about one's own safety at moments like these. So imagine how surprised I was to find my foot going sideways into one of the little holes between the stones. A sudden, shooting pain in my ankle alerted me to the fact that I had done damage. Down I went, shopping bag spilling and groceries rolling down the steep driveway towards my staircase. Have you ever seen a hefty granny being supported by her 8-year-old grandson? Shame, he nearly went down too!
But what a kind and sympathetic heart my little guy has. He moaned in sympathy with my painful limping all the way inside.
Earlier today, I encountered a seemingly unsolvable problem with my Zoom account. I tried to convert it from an annual subscription into a monthly subscription but somehow managed to renew the annual subscription instead. The Zoom official says there is no process in place to undo my shenanigans. Oh vey!
With my life feeling thus out of control, on my hobble up my 17 front steps, I thought perhaps God was saying I had to slow down a bit and do a bit of introspection and/or thinking.
My life is in a precarious state right now, as some of you will know, and I am unsure what the future holds for me. Who knows how difficult it is to spend time in deep meditation on God's Word and in prayer with an adorable, active eight-year-old around? I shall listen for the Still Small Voice for the remainder of the day and wake up in the middle of the night when my treasure is sleeping and the house is quiet and ask the Father to compassionately speak to me.
Right now, I am going to locate the castor oil and rub my damaged body part - the shooting pains are now reaching my thigh. Adonai Rafah. God my Healer.
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