{"id":732,"date":"2011-11-10T23:31:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T04:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/?p=732"},"modified":"2011-11-10T23:31:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T04:31:06","slug":"one-of-those-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/11\/one-of-those-days.html","title":{"rendered":"One of Those Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Have you ever had a day when everything that could go wrong did?\u00a0 Well, I have had that kind of week.\u00a0 My husband had knee surgery a few days ago and is in a rehab center now.\u00a0 He probably will be gone another week.\u00a0 That means all the household duties fall on me, which isn&#8217;t too bad except for garbage detail. Lugging that heavy can down our inclined driveway always makes my back ache.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then I just find out that both of our boys and their families are coming home for Thanksgiving, and to do their Christmas exchange the next day.\u00a0 I am quite excited about seeing all them, 10 extras total. However, I don&#8217;t have my Christmas shopping done and I have all that wrapping to do before Thanksgiving.\u00a0 Oh, my goodness!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rich is resting in rehab and I&#8217;m running around like a chicken with their head cut off.\u00a0 I have seen this for real and it is not a pretty sight.\u00a0 I have all the shopping, wrapping, cooking, and cleaning to do, plus I go to see\u00a0Rich for about 2 hours every day.\u00a0 I get tired just thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then, to top it off, I fell flat on my face about 3 o&#8217;clock in the morning yesterday, and now I can hardly move.\u00a0 I think I pulled every muscle in my body.\u00a0 It took me almost an hour to get myself off the floor and into my chair again.\u00a0 No use in calling for help, there was\u00a0 no one else here but my two cats.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 I feel better just telling someone about my trying week.\u00a0 But, the truth is God has been with me through it all and He has covered me with His love. He tells us in II Corinthians 12:9, &#8221;\u00a0My grace is sufficient for thee; for My strength is made perfect in weakness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tonight my missionary friend came over so I could repair his photo boards for his presentation at church on Sunday, so I spent about 4 hours on that.\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0 I am very tired, but I know God has been with me all the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Have you ever had a day when everything that could go wrong did?\u00a0 Well, I have had that kind of week.\u00a0 My husband had knee surgery a few days ago and is in a rehab center now.\u00a0 He probably will be gone another week.\u00a0 That means all the household duties fall on me, which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[19,41,20],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","category-inspiration","tag-faith","tag-ministry","tag-strength"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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