Clouds

Today started out as just another Monday. Went to Micro, learned about pathogens of the cardiovascular system, went to lunch, sat through 1.5 too many hours of anatomy, complained about how hard the last anatomy test was, was thankful that I still passed, and I continued on with my day. I got a wake up call when I opened a text from Nathanael saying that he would be going to the UW for surgery on his neck. He had fallen this past weekend and couldn't shake a sore neck, so he got it checked out today. A whirlwind later, he is at home in a neck brace for 2 weeks.

Thinking he would be in recovery for days, I was planning to see him in Madison tomorrow and emailed my honors prof so I could skip my class at 11. I wrote to her that I received a really dark cloud of news. I honestly was in shock. Nathanael's parents are on a cruise and I didn't know if I would have to quick hop in my car, if his brothers could see him, if my parents needed to see him; I didn't know what vertebrae were hurt/broken/fractured or really anything that was going on. I felt so in the dark being 3 hours away. I worried about surgery around the spinal cord but was comforted that he had endured the suffering he experienced all weekend. I just asked my friends to pray. Nathanael and I had just been talking about God working in mysterious ways and I didn't really know what He was doing here.

Then I wrote that I could see the silver lining. Trinity has OPUS tomorrow-a celebration of learning, so we don't have any classes in the afternoon so I could easily drive to Madison to see Nathanael. Thankfully he is already home so I can skip 6 extra hours of driving and just plan on seeing him when I get back home on Thursday afternoon.

This day has been very mysterious, kind of a freak accident. However, God [not-so-gently] reminded me that every breath of life is in His hands. As I finish my final projects and assignments for the semesters my personality requires that I see the need to see control in my own hands as I complete my sophomore year. God has the plans for my life, that's something I can work on seeing.