It’s been an interesting week with issues with my hand. Sunday I noticed a sore spot on the back and when looking at noticed it was quite swollen. I joked with someone about how the older we get the longer it takes for bug bites to affect us. By evening it was going down, and I figured it was just that…a spider bite.
The next day I noticed redness on a knuckle next to the area that had been swollen. I watched as it grew and started having concerns. After work I did the web medical search thing, of course. It seemed to point to nothing more than a bruise, and I couldn’t figure out what would cause it. I checked with Dr. Mom (we’re never too old to do that now, are we?!) and she was just as puzzled. I decided to watch it and wait.
Well, by Tuesday, another knuckle had started bruising. Now I was getting annoyed. There was no pain, but it was beginning to look a little nasty. As the day progressed, the knuckle in between reddened and it now looked like something traumatized my hand. Still no pain.
But during this time, I’d had a conversation with my pastor about some people who’d prayed on Sunday, and I recounted how the woman I was with had squeezed my hand harder than I’d ever had it squeezed before (and I’ve had a woman in labor hanging on for dear life!) It dawned on me then that it was bruising from that. Still no pain, but at least half of the back of my hand is seriously bruised. (The bite was just a coincidence.)
I share this because she has no internet, and those of you who know her are under strict orders to not say a word…it would hurt her severely. But what a wonderful reminder to me for as long as it lasts to be in constant prayer for this new Christian. Not that I haven’t prayed for close to a year since meeting her. Not that she’s not on my mind anyway. But I suspect she needs some extra prayers, and so I was given a reminder for just that purpose. If you happen to think about her, could you pray for her, too. She’s got lots going on in her life right now, and God knows the details. Thanks!
The next day I noticed redness on a knuckle next to the area that had been swollen. I watched as it grew and started having concerns. After work I did the web medical search thing, of course. It seemed to point to nothing more than a bruise, and I couldn’t figure out what would cause it. I checked with Dr. Mom (we’re never too old to do that now, are we?!) and she was just as puzzled. I decided to watch it and wait.
Well, by Tuesday, another knuckle had started bruising. Now I was getting annoyed. There was no pain, but it was beginning to look a little nasty. As the day progressed, the knuckle in between reddened and it now looked like something traumatized my hand. Still no pain.
But during this time, I’d had a conversation with my pastor about some people who’d prayed on Sunday, and I recounted how the woman I was with had squeezed my hand harder than I’d ever had it squeezed before (and I’ve had a woman in labor hanging on for dear life!) It dawned on me then that it was bruising from that. Still no pain, but at least half of the back of my hand is seriously bruised. (The bite was just a coincidence.)
I share this because she has no internet, and those of you who know her are under strict orders to not say a word…it would hurt her severely. But what a wonderful reminder to me for as long as it lasts to be in constant prayer for this new Christian. Not that I haven’t prayed for close to a year since meeting her. Not that she’s not on my mind anyway. But I suspect she needs some extra prayers, and so I was given a reminder for just that purpose. If you happen to think about her, could you pray for her, too. She’s got lots going on in her life right now, and God knows the details. Thanks!
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