"Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley
of Aijalon." And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped... Joshua
10: 12-13
Ohhhhh... I'd love
to see God in action like that! What kind of prayer would it take to
see the impossible happen... to see God come through? I know God will
answer as I pray in alignment with his promises so that his power and
glory are demonstrated. So... what should I pray for? What _can_ I
pray for that would bring God honor, demonstrate his power, and be in
alignment with his promises?
Father
God, I want that! I want to see you in action. I want to see my own
version of the sun standing still at my work. I want to see impossible
things happen today so I can have more crazy God-stories to tell!
Thinking of what to pray for... still thinking...ah well, time to see my patient.
“Room
five please. Sorry, we’ve only got this room left. Would you mind
climbing up onto this mat today? I know it’s a little high, but I have a
little step-stool here you can use. You okay up there? I need to go
grab some supplies so stay up there and don't fall off.”
This
is ridiculous! To ask a patient to climb up onto a chest-high mat and
then ask them not to fall off? I know that when we move into the new
building, we get new equipment. I know that nothing big is being
ordered because it'll just be wasted once we move. When we move... it
was supposed to be in 2013, then summer of 2014, now early 2016? Who
knows when we'll move! All I know is that right now, equipment isn't
working and the risk of injury to staff and to patients rise as time
passes.
Frustrated and annoyed, I pray:
God,
this situation sucks! Everyone’s working hard, but the lack of working
treatment rooms really slows down the whole process. We’ve got 6
treatment rooms right now, but two have mats that don’t work and one
room is small so that treating the bottom of a patient’s foot is really
really difficult! To top it off, the office sink is clogged. Grrrrrrr…
God, can you just fix something? Even one more room with a working mat
would make all the difference… although, new mats would be even
better! *deep sigh* I don’t know what to do about the sink; we’ve
already asked for it to be looked at, but the process is so slow. God,
I’m fed up… can you just do something today? Anything!
After lunch:
“Everyone, we can’t use room one for now.”
What?!? A completely unusable room? What in the world is going on?
I
watch a co-worker grab tape and place a sign over the office sink: “DO
NOT USE.” Well, okay, I know that this office sink is clogged. Someone
came earlier to unclog it, but that didn’t work so he was supposed to
come back later. *shrug* Guess the sink got more clogged? But what’s
that got to do with room one?
Curious,
I take a peek. Black-colored water is steadily dripping from the sink
and pooling over the trash containers, over the floor, and across the
mat’s feet. What in the world is happening?!? One side of the room is
coated in black-watery stuff! Is that coffee grounds from the clogged
sink? Argh, I guess someone decided to wash their hands in the clogged
office sink and because this treatment room’s sink shares the same pipe,
the water evened itself out and poured out into our treatment room; one
treatment room down... that leaves 3 working rooms and 2 rooms with
broken mats. God, what in the world are you doing? I thought I prayed
for stuff to get fixed, not more broken and messed up!
*deep sigh*
“What in the world are we going to do?”
“Why don’t we move the working mat from the flooded room one into room five where the mat doesn’t work?”
“Great idea! Who wants to help me move the mats?”
Looking around, everyone in my dept is either super busy or injured. Disappointed, I’m ready to give up.
“Why don’t you call some of the techs to help?
Couple
phone calls later, the working mat in room one is moved into room five
and room five’s broken mat is moved into room one. YAY!!! Praise the
Lord! That makes four completely working rooms and only two messed-up
rooms. Hurray!!!
Father
God, sorry for doubting you. Yes, you answered my prayer for an extra
working treatment room, but the way in which the whole process occurred
was totally unexpected! I never dreamed that stuff would get so
messed-up and crazy as the process you choose to work through in answer
to my prayer.
God, thank you
for all the support at work throughout the moving/fixing process… that
everyone stayed calm so I stayed sane. Thank you for the words of
wisdom from co-workers, for fellow staff members not in our department
willing to drop everything and come help, for the decrease in number of
patients who showed up for their appointments so that the lack of rooms
did not cause a stir. Thank you for the timing of everything going
wrong and even the timing of when things got fixed. Thank you that the
issue escalated so much that we potentially may get new mats to replace
the two broken ones! Thank you that the both the sink in the office and
in treatment room one got completely fixed and are now even cleaner
than before. Hurray!!!
God,
you listen to my silly complaints and you answer my crazy prayers… but
how you go about doing so is completely unexpected. *wide grin* Lord,
thank you for coming through for me and for my department.
In Jesus’ name, I give praise to my God, a God who cares enough to listen and to provide, amen.
What do I dare pray for next? How will I see God answer? =D I'm excited!
So
what did I learn? Be careful how I pray! Asking in the name of Jesus
so that God will be glorified… God will answer, but I find he does it in
his timing and in his way. *wry smile*
Take care! Hope you all are enjoying the increase in sunshine!
*big hugs* --Kristy
