Jesus is Calling... Am I Answering?

A dear friend sent me a care package, and it included the Jesus Calling devotional and a few other goodies.

Actually, several sweet friends have sent lots of goodies and cards and food and and and... I'm terribly behind on thank you notes. (Miss Morris, I see you hanging your head in shame!) But, I so appreciate all of the kindness you have all shown me.

So, back to this devotional... 

"Recall that I am able to do immeasurably more than all you ask or imagine. Instead of trying to direct Me to do this and that, seek to attune yourself to what I am already doing."

Whoa. I mean, sure, we all know that God isn't at our beck and call, but how often are our prayers, or at least mine, 

     Please Lord help me do this.

          Please Lord provide that. 

               Please Lord give me give me give me. 

Or when I'm especially spiritual, it's

     Thank you Lord for helping me do this (task I'm about to do).

          Thank you Lord for providing that (thing which I need but haven't received yet).

              

But when do I ever actually attune myself to what he's already done? I feel like "attune" implies "change my attitude/actions to match" and honestly, that's not very easy.

It's downright hard. 

But aren't we called to do hard things?

Aren't we fully equipped to do hard things, when we listen to His words of encouragement?

Truly, He can do more than I can ask or think, and that includes helping me attune myself to what He's already done.

In case you're wondering, Round Two was much easier than the first - it was really only about 6 days of feeling really run down. Some of the other symptoms lasted longer than that, but I managed them much better this time and they slowed me down but didn't totally derail me from normal activities. I'm geared up and ready for Round Three's infusion on Monday! James is off work to take me that day, and I'm planning to FINALLY finish sewing Luke's stocking... that I started when he was born, ha!