When I fall...

Ps 17:5 says, "My steps have held fast to Your paths.
My feet have not slipped."

Well, this morning my feet didn't slip, but I did stumble. I was walking on the sidewalk up to the building in which I work for TU. (NOT my House Mom job) I felt the toe of my sandal hit something and I went for a ways before I fell. I have no idea how long/short that was, but I do remember trying to regain my balance, then realizing that was NOT going to happen. It was a frightening feeling. I had my coffee cup in my hand and wanted to move it before I fell, but didn't have enough time. My head hit my coffee cup, so I now have a small 'goose egg' on my forehead, along with a skinned-up left elbow and a scrape along the side of my right knee. (How did I do THAT???)     Well, of course I wasn't too happy about this. But, as time went by, I realized how fortunate I was. I had my coffee cup in my left hand, my purse on my left arm and my work bag in my right hand. If I hadn't, chances are that I'd have put both hands out and I could have broken both my wrists. THANK YOU, LORD! And, had I not had my coffee cup 'in the way,' my head could have hit the sidewalk. I could have had (at least) a concussion, blacked out and/or TU would have a new crack in their sidewalk!

I guess all this is to say two things. Even though I did fall, it could have been SO MUCH WORSE. And, we all stumble from time to time...spiritually. I know I do! But He provided someone there to help me. She saw me fall and came over to help me. Then, later, after I'd immediately gone to the restroom, as my elbow was bleeding, and had told my co-workers what had happened, one of them suggested (strongly) that I go to the kitchen and get some ice on my forehead to discourage bruising. I thought it was a strong possibility I'd end up with 'raccoon eyes.' Well, it's rare that I ever see my supervisor's boss and he came into the kitchen when I was in there. He urged me (strongly) to go the TU medical center. I hadn't even considered doing that. One of my co-workers walked me over, just in case. Well, they told me to DRIVE to another medical facility, as there was no doctor on the premises. OK. I just fell and hit my head and they told me to DRIVE. Plus, being a House Mom on the TU campus is like being invisible. Even though they have shrunk the parking down to nearly nothing, they refuse to designate any parking for any of the six House Moms who LIVE on campus. AND they now have a batch of Teach for America students living in the dorms behind our houses who are also taking up parking for the next four weeks. So, not only were they telling me to drive to another medical center, this would also entail me giving up my parking space in the middle of the day! Well, Campus Security had to come and fill out a report since I fell on TU property, so they drove me to the other medical facility, then picked me up and brought me back.  Again, Thank You, Lord! Because of this, I ended up spending an hour and a half at the medical facility and missed my electrician that was going to come today. AAARRRGGGHHH! But...yes, it could have been SO MUCH WORSE! Even though He let me fall, He still protected me. Hmmm...8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. ⁹ “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts." per Isaiah 55. Would I have fallen if I could have avoided it? YOU BET! But, again, it could have been so much worse. One more mystery to add to the list!   :)