Last winter was a harsh one at least it was for me. The back to back snowfall and back to back shoveling of snow was tedious, ugh! This one particular day we received a substantial amount of snow somewhere between eight to ten feet. With only the women folk at home this day no one wanted to take on the task of shoveling snow.
Often one of the neighbors would come out to assist, but
the previous week snow storm left us with four to six feet of
snow. And now more snow on top of what was already there overwhelmed
us all. No one was available to help the other for having to shovel
their own yard, which I understood. It was a real
mess. So I ended up having to shovel the yard on my
own. Of course I was angry because I DID NOT WANT TO SHOVEL AT ALL.
I was experiencing excruciating pain in my lower back and I was just miserable.
I paused for a moment to pray, “Jesus, I need you to be my
back”. God promised in his word that he would supply my needs, “But
my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus,
Philippians 4:19”, and that day I needed him to be my back. It may
sound ridiculous, but that was my prayer to God which he honored. I went
on to shovel my yard and to assist the lady next door with her
yard. God is good.
Thank God for giving me the strength to do the thing I dreaded,
but needed to be done. Having to do things you do not enjoy doing can
deplete you in so many ways. I have learned to surrender to God those things
that frustrate me. I still do not like to shovel snow, but there are times when
you must do what you gotta do - God is always good.
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