monday morning mindfulness: my firm foundation
I am so thankful for this online community & I want to be a little more intentional about chatting about things, encouraging one another, & reminding each other that many of us are probably feeling similar things, or have at different times. These monday morning mindfulness posts are going to be little glimpses into my heart & life: the good, the bad & the ugly. So much can be learned from different experiences, especially when you are practicing mindfulness.
With all of that being said, today’s topic is: my firm foundation.
Many of you know that Piper recently had to have a bilateral patellar fixation surgery. (To dumb it down, they had to deepen the grooves in her knees for her kneecaps to stay in place as well as tighten all the ligaments in the area that had been loosened & rotate everything back to where it should be to function properly). It was quite the surprise to learn that she needed this surgery, so to say that I was stressed would be putting it lightly.
Since Piper’s recovery plan includes limited activity for eight weeks, I converted my guest bedroom to be her “recovery suite”. I wanted an area where we could be together & I wouldn’t worry about her moving around too much or jumping onto furniture. I moved my bedroom TV into this room, but unfortunately it had died & is no longer working. I love reading, but the stress of Piper’s surgery made reading feel like a dreadful option for my already tired brain.
In the same week that she had surgery, my roomba also got damaged. I ran it while I was at school & it bumped into Piper’s full water bowl, dumping a majority of the water out & sucking it up. The area where everything gets collected became moldy & there was no way to get it completely dried out & clean again.
All of these expensive stressors about put me over the edge.
But then at church on Sunday while we were worshiping & singing Firm Foundation by Maverick City Music, I realized exactly what had been going on. The verse that really hit me was this:
I've still got joy in chaos
I've got peace that makes no sense
I won't be going under
I'm not held by my own strength
'Cause I've built my life on Jesus
He's never let me down
He's faithful through every season
So why would He fail now?
He won't
Satan had sensed my weakness & was attacking my peace.
I had posted about Piper’s surgery on social media — both on the blog & on my personal accounts. We had so many people praying for us! So it makes perfect sense that Satan would sense my feelings of comfort + peace & would do everything he could to sabotage them. & I’ll be honest, it worked… for a bit. We get to steal our power right back from him when we’re able to identify his attacks & refuse to let him win.
Christ is my firm foundation & He’ll never let me down!
Even when my life feels really hard & stressful. He won’t fail!
