Journal Update 12/20 From Kristi
Today marks one month since Zachary’s accident. It is no coincidence that today is a Sunday - a sweet Sabbath rest. Sundays have always been a day when we become still and let the Lord refresh us when we honor the Lord with our stillness. Like Zac, his body is still. You could say it is at rest. And in that motionless constraint, his heart yearns to honor the Lord. Don’t we all secretly desire constraints at times? For when we rest, God is able to work.
I was blessed by a text from a friend earlier today, commenting on how Gabriel approached Joseph in his sleep. She quoted: “Sleep always signifies how perfectly passive is the receiver; God is the only one active now.” And then concluded that this is a great reminder to me to be still and let HIM do the work. Yes, Jesus!!!
We will be as still as You want us to be in order that YOU may do all the work!!! We were blessed to join our home church of Calvary Heritage as they streamed the Sunday service online. Our hearts were filled with joy when they all turned around and waved at the camera to say hi to us. Rich shared a beautiful truth that sunk deep into our hearts: “Jesus came from glory to infancy that we may go from infancy to glory...Zac was brought once again to infancy that God would be brought the glory.” (John 9).
We spent our afternoon listening to required educational videos about spinal cord injuries and taking a 15-page multiple choice test in order to qualify Zac to roam the Craig campus by himself. We were quite proud to turn in our completed homework by the end of the night!! (We have been limited to only our fourth floor, but now we can go on any floor by ourselves, cross the glass skybridge and go outside on campus!! - hey, it’s the simple joys! Haha) Tomorrow: we roam!!
Trying to keep ourselves occupied on this quiet weekend, Zac practiced mastering the joystick on the wheelchair, maneuvering between objects and somehow found out how to put it in turbo mode, which caused great belly laughing in both of us. He also graciously endured our selfie photo session in front of the Christmas tree.
As I was rubbing lotion on his feet this evening, he started to laugh. “I can ‘feel’ that,” he said. “Not in the sense of a normal touch, but nerves are certainly being triggered.” So I tested him, told him to close his eyes and tell me when he could sense me rubbing his feet. He knew immediately when I began to rub his left foot. He was slower with his right, but could still identify which foot I was rubbing. Wow, if only every day was Sunday. If only every day I would remember to rest. To be still. Lord, help me to continually abide in Your Sabbath rest. Let me keep resting, so You can keep working. Tomorrow the busy schedule begins. We are excited!
