God threw up some guard rails for me this week, protecting me from myself. The first of which was a friend gently telling me that some actions I were taking were not wise. She said this in total love, not to condemn me or say what I was doing was inherently wrong, but that it could lead somewhere I did not want to go.
The next came in the form of being sick on Saturday. I woke up feeling awful. I'm pretty sure it was mostly due to the fact that last week I was still going full speed ahead. That did not bode well with the amount of work I put into the retreat last weekend, so I simply crashed and spent the day resting and watching TV on Saturday.
When these things initially happened I kicked myself mightily - I "should have been" on my guard more, I "should have" rested more, I shouldn't have needed others or God to step in and correct me. However, God could have allowed much bigger things into my life before lovingly correcting me, but out of His grace they were minor thing.
I recognize this as God's gentle work in my life to keep me humble, reliant on Him and aware of my need of the Body of Christ to walk with me.
God does protect us from ourselves fortunately!
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