Wednesday's Word

​Sometimes the break we need is to be broken. ~KE

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Damon had waited for her to get her bag and then they ran through Dallas Airport to the skycap to get to their gate. She was determined to get on that plane, especially considering she was a day late in getting home.  They got to their gate with only moments to spare, boarded and made their way to their seats. “Do you want me to lift that up for you?” Damon asked. “Sure, that would be great,” but remembered she wanted her laptop to catch up on some work.
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She opened the front pocket, went to grab it and grabbed at nothing. The realization came super-sonically fast and as her heart beat out of her chest and the blood disappeared from her face, her world stood still for a second as she remembered that she had forgotten her laptop on the first plane.

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Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. Have you ever done something you wish you could take back, something that just no matter how much “faith” or “hope” one has, you just can’t make sense of it?  Come on in for an encouraging word for such a time as this.
They got to their gate with only moments to spare, boarded and made their way to their seats. “Do you want me to lift that up for you?” Damon asked. “Sure, that would be great,” but remembered she wanted her laptop to catch up on some work. She opened the front pocket, went to grab it and grabbed at nothing!

The realization came super-sonically fast and as her heart beat out of her chest and the blood disappeared from her face, her world stood still for a second as she remembered that she had forgotten her laptop on the first plane.

The moments passed by in a blur, filled with tears that turned all-out sobs as she raced against the others who were trying to board the plane. She was met with a compassionate staff who called over to the other tower, unfortunately to no avail; they had already left. She made it back to her seat in total shock, numbed by her own self-anger and it wasn’t until they were already up in the air, well into the return home she remembered He was with her.

The hours and days that passed were a blurry mix of frustration, anger with herself, and hope. Hope revealed itself to her after buying a replacement computer after shopping a few times.  COVID had sent computers flying off the shelves with all the distance learning and there wasn’t anything similar to her long-lost laptop available without ordering. She wound up with a beast of a computer that was 17 inches versus her compact and powerful 14-inch but she finally had a computer.

As soon as she got home, she prayed over it, and herself as computer issues sent her to a not-so-good place. She signed into her Microsoft account, hoping against the dread that it was the right account, the right password. 😊 Suddenly her screensaver from her other laptop appeared and the shortcuts, too. And then documents that she was sure were gone forever began to appear as well. She sat and wept tears of gratitude, grateful for something to be thankful for.

Many of those closest to her shared their frustration over this latest attack in her life wondering why she continued to do ministry and put herself through this; or why hadn’t God just given her a break. Her faith responded: “But God did not make me leave that computer on the plane; perhaps I was more motivated by fear than faith when I ran without retrieving it. This is yet another opportunity for God to be God in my life. And perhaps the break I needed was to be further broken in another area of my life? I don’t know.”

My friend, how would you respond? How do you respond when unexpected crises happen in your life?

To this day, I don’t have answers – (and I still don’t have my laptop). What I do have is hope that God will bring good from it because His Word promises that. His Word promises that He is concerned about all that concerns me. His Word promises that His plan is to lift me up, give me a hope.

Perhaps when crying for a break, we get just that, revelation into another area of life that needs to be broken that it can fully rely on and in the Hope of Christ.

Thoughtfully,
Kim-Evinda

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