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October 15, 2005
For Such a Time As This
For Such a Time As This
by Cindy Tucker
In today’s devotional time, I read that we were redeemed to become sons of God. One of the prayer suggestions was to pray that I realize more fully what it means to be an heir of God and live that way, as I would live a life of privilege.
Wow! I am a princess, a daughter of the king! Great thought!
But on this particular day, as on many days, I don’t feel like royalty. For one thing, I have a big “handicap” that doesn’t go away- being paraplegic. It impacts me every day. Some days it takes me 2 hours to get ready for the day. Then its stuff like cats getting in the house, the dog getting out, having to put my wheelchair together to get in and out of the car, and this just to get out of my driveway! All the while, I am griping, “Lord, how am I supposed to do normal stuff everyone else does, let alone great things for You with this burden You have allowed me to have, that it appears, will never go away in this life.”
I get to my destination, the YMCA, and realize I better straighten up and not glare at everyone I see. This gets increasingly unlikely as I lose my special card. You see, I have to use a special entrance to the Y, go through two doors, and then use the card to get into the pool. It is a pain, especially since the card is one more thing for me to lose. On, did I mention that everyone else can just go through the doors and get to the pool from the dressing room?
I tell myself to stop feeling sorry for myself, get in the pool, and swim. Be thankful for the Y, the pool lift, the guard who helps me, having the time to come here and exercise. Other people have problems, too.
It’s so easy to say, “God, I would do such great things for You- if only! If only I wasn’t handicapped, if only I wasn’t sick, if only I wasn’t pregnant right now, I didn’t have so many kids, I wasn’t so old, I wasn’t too young. If only I had more time, a neater house, more money, more talent. If only, if only.
You hear a lot of people quote Esther and say, “For such a time as this” in reference to when momentous events occur like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. But sometimes “for such a time as this” refers to the everyday grind. I wasn’t created to a great witness only in times of crisis. I was created to live in victory every day. Every routine, uneventful, busy, little things going wrong day of my life. And even though I have had catastrophic things happen to me and those I love, even in the midst of all the suffering around me, I still have to be reminded of this. Not “if only”, for such a time as this- be a princess. Be royal- through God’s mercy and grace.
Posted by fraubleuler at October 15, 2005 08:20 AM
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