June 28, 2006
GO
by B.J. Hamrick
Go”.
It seems like a simple command. All a person has to do is pick up one foot and put it in front the other. As a child, I promised God I would do this. That my life was His. That whatever He wanted me to do — wherever He wanted me to go — I would follow.
I didn’t know that would involve staying in bed.
Just after my 10th birthday, I awoke with a sore throat. I thought after a few days I’d get better, but a week went by and I still felt like I had the flu. (On a funny note: my dad once called one of his friends on the telephone, and an exchange student answered. “Hello?” my dad asked, “Can I talk with Bob?” “I am sorry,” the exchange student said, “but he is in bed with the fly and he cannot get up.”)So basically, I was “in bed with the fly” for the better part of 11 years.
My heart started doing crazy things, and my brain started having seizures. The infection affected my body in a lot of strange ways.I was terrified — wondering what on earth God was doing. In the words of Deborah Klassen, “God — You must be writing one incredible heavenly story, because what You’re doing makes no earthly sense.”
And it didn’t.
And it doesn’t. But that has to be OK. He was laying the groundwork for something later in my life — something that would bring me to the point of knowing He is trustworthy. Eight months ago, I woke up one morning — just like on that day after my 10th birthday — but this time I was well. God, through some amazing new medical technologies, had healed my body.
I’ve been dancing ever since.But I don’t want to forget God’s command on my life.
“Go”.
I don’t want to forget that if He asks me to put one foot in front of the other and leave everything I know — everything familiar to me — that I can trust Him. That He is worthy of my praise. Where is God asking you to go today?
This devo is written by B.J. Hamrick, author, editor and humorist. I first met B.J. when she shared her amazing writing with me in Real Teens, Real Stories, Real Life. She’s an amazing young writer that is going to one day be really big in the publishing world. Trust me!
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