Good morning everyone. I know you must think I am crazy considering what I put as the subject of this email. If your weather is like my weather, I would not generally describe it as a beautiful morning. But let me tell you a little story and you’ll see where I am coming from.
It all started Sunday morning shortly after I got up. I had a very bad pain in my right shoulder – around on my back in what I call the shoulder muscle. I still had it Monday and Tuesday and by Wednesday it was pretty much a constant pain. I had decided I probably has bursitis. Now I know I’m not a doctor, but the internet is a great thing and I had all the symptoms. At Church Wednesday night I wiggled and squirmed, trying to find a comfortable position. If a child had been sitting beside me doing all that moving, I’m pretty sure I would have told him/her to “sit still”. Finally I sat with the corner of the pew pushing into the muscle and for some reason that eased it off a little.
First thing Thursday morning I went to the doctor. Four hours later….yep….four hours….I find that maybe it’s spurs or arthritis. Not what I wanted to hear. But the doctor wants the radiologist to read the x-rays and give a professional opinion. I respect that because I would rather the doctor not be second-guessing what might be wrong. So it will probably be Monday before I hear anything. She gave me some pain medication. I came back to work and I hate to admit I didn’t get a thing done. But it hurt so bad, I just wanted to crawl in a hole and die!! I picked up the prescription after work, went home and took one of the pills right away. Then I curled up in my recliner and waited for it to start to work. It never did away with the pain but made it tolerable. I took another before I went to bed and finally got a good night’s rest.
I told you all that to tell you why it’s a beautiful morning. When I opened my back door to go to my car, I saw the most beautiful sight. There was a rainbow stretching from one side of the sky to the other. The sky had been very dark when I had let Haley out a little earlier. I stepped back in the house, picked up my camera (which always stays on my kitchen table) and took some pictures. Then as I headed down my road to US 64 I noticed that it was either a double rainbow or a reflection of the first rainbow. I don’t know which, but it was beautiful. I stopped on the side of the road just before I got on the bridge to take more pictures. I just couldn’t help but think of how magnificent God’s creations are. Who can put a rainbow in the sky…God. Why can’t everyone just get that through their heads? I am sure there are some scientists that will explain it all away- gases, or some such thing. But I choose to believe God put it there this morning just to brighten my day. And it really worked.
So, that’s why I say “what a beautiful morning”. I know the sun isn’t shining brightly but I saw God’s promise that He would never destroy the world again with water. It just brought to mind all the other promises He has made.
I hope you can open the pictures. The first two are taken from my back porch. The last one is taken at the foot of the Manns Harbor Bridge looking North. I hope you can see the second rainbow in that picture. It’s very faint and to the right.
Have a great day everyone.
Brenda
boutlaw@carolinaregion.com
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