Glen and I have been getting ready to leave Keswick for several weeks. We plan on this being our last trip. Driving from California each year has become a challenge, so we decided we would not drive this far again. And besides all of the logical reasons, I’m just plain tired! I am continuously reminded that I am 10 years older than I was when we first came to volunteer and my health is not as good as it was then.
While preparing for my workshop on “What Trips You Up?” I kept shuffling past a little slip of paper with a Bible verse handwritten on it. I have no idea how long the paper has been in my folder or who gave the verse to me or what translation of the Bible it is. The paper could have been in my folder for as long as twenty years and the translation sounds much like the New Living Translation although it is not an exact, word-for-word quote. However, I do know the verse came to my attention right on time.  It reads, “So take a new grip with your tired hands, stand firm on your shaky legs, and mark out a straight, smooth path for your feet so that those who follow you, though weak and lame, will not fall and hurt themselves, but become strong” (Heb 12:12-13).  As those of you who saw me this summer know, my feet are an issue for me as I am forced to use a scooter instead of walking, and sit on a stool instead of standing. God mentions my feet in those verses! And He promises that those who follow won’t fall, but they will become strong.

The New King James Version reads:
“Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed” (Hebrews 12:12-13 NKJV).

God is reminding me to slow down. He is also reminding me that He will take care of me.

That little slip of paper had to live in my folder for nearly 20 years just so that the message could be given to me right on time!

God has a special message for you, too.  Do you know what it is?

Marilyn Willett Heavilin

Marilyn Is a wife and mother; author & International conference speaker
 Author of Roses In December,
December’s Song
Becoming A Woman of Honor,
Profound Common Sense
When Your Dreams Die,
Grief Is A Family Affair,
I’m Listening, Lord