Lift Up Your Eyes

Well, it's been one of those days! It went really well up until about 3:00. I had some wonderful company last night and our kids had a great morning together. Then, the dreaded doctor's appointment! My left wrist has been bugging me off and on for a year now. I had a couple of shots IN MY WRIST and the first one was quite helpful. It actually kept me pain free for about 10 months. Then, BOOM. Pain starts back. I went back to the doctor thinking that I would endure another horrible shot, and that would be the end of it. I was wrong. So, I broke down and went back today. To try to make this already long story shorter...I'm going under the knife on May 26! It's really depressing! It's going to be so inconvenient. I've got two small children to take care of, blah, blah, blah! So many people have much worse troubles than me! It's so easy for me to get down and feel sorry for myself, and then, I came across this page in a book I keep by my bed:

When you feel down, everything around you seems to fall apart, and you begin to lose your strength. Your head and hands and heart begin to droop. Even your eyes and your voice are lowered.

You are downcast because you are looking at your problems, and this only makes you feel worse. Sometimes you are tempted to say, "Oh, what's the use?" and just give up. But God is waiting for you to lift up your eyes and look to Him for help.

Life will always bring discouraging situations, but you don't have to let them get you down. Despite life's distressing circumstances, you can be confident in the Lord, the lifter of your head.

Lift up your eyes, hands, head, and heart, and look not at your problems, but at the one who has promised to see you through to victory. Smile...it will lift your spirit.

But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
Psalm 3:3

I pray that I can remember these words when I get down about things happening in my life...and "not look at my problems, but at the One who has promised to see me through to victory!"