June Steamy Knight

June Steamy Knight©

A Limerick A Day to Keep You On Your Way© 

There is a Knight all mine that breathes my love of steamy air.

It comforts me as I write my lover this longing prayer.

He is my breath,

Long after death.

My Knight is coming to rescue me, enemy beware.

 

My Knight has won every battle.©  

The middle of May was not was I was expecting. Work was going very well and I was making headway with debts.  Who doesn’t want to be out of debt? It’s a noose around one’s neck.  Our nation is in serious debt and it is also choking us.

But here in my little selfish world I was working hard and doing what I could to chip away my debt.  The debt I am responsible for.  And then, BOOM!.  Covid hit.  Hit hard.  Got it from a vaccinated client.  Yes, you heard right.  They also got sick.  Without ranting on pros and cons, so much for an experimental drug.

So down I went on May 12^th.  After a week of high fever and relentless nausea and the inability to eat, just drink as well as barely making it to the bathroom and back to the bed, my oldest daughter came with tears to convince me to go to the ER.  My other daughter was making sure I was drinking and still alive.  Bless them both dearly.  Also, many friends were praying and I felt all of their prayers.

It is true that as you get older you get very stubborn. Not showering for 10 days is quite disgusting.  But I had no strength to do so.  As my oldest daughter was crying to take me to the ER I was adamant I would not go without showering.  So she lovingly cried all the more as I let her brush my mangled hair.  The other daughter put a lounge chair in the shower so I could sit.  Oh was I ever feeling old.

Off to the ER we went.  The air on my face felt so good.  I had lost track of days but the thankfulness of being outside was wonderous.  The covid rules still in place allowed my daughter to drop me at the door while she found a parking place.  I did think I was going to pass out and could not wait for her to come and bring me inside.  She was allowed to stay until they came with the wheelchair.  After obviously testing positive for covid and two rounds of IV’s I got to come back home.  It was still several more days of actually being able to eat and stand longer than a minute.

Both my daughters were so helpful and without them I truly may have slowly died of dehydration. They made sure I drank and began to eat again. I specifically asked a friend to pray for an appetite and I know she broke through to heaven.  My oldest sister also brought food as well as another dear friend.  It almost seems surreal to have been that ill.  I did know I would survive.

How?

I never thought for one minute God was not on my side.  I prayed for more of His Presence in a tangible way but I didn’t doubt He was not with me.  Even as I felt I lost so many days and suddenly May was June God was aware of every movement I made. HIS breath is my life on earth and in heaven. HE is my shining Knight and as soon as the enemy came my Knight began His rescue mission.  He worked through the care of my family and friends, through the medical community, and my faith in His love for me.  His Grace was all over this.

I still do not know when I can return to work.  The fatigue is more than you think possible.  I will trust His provision to carry me through until that time.  He is faithful.

My prayer is for all those who have been ill from this virus or lost a loved one that God will show Himself faithful to you. He truly is the only One that is able to help us through pain and loss and somehow see in the end one day we shall be in His Presence and all this pain will be wiped away.

 

Psalm 40:10 King James Version

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Revelation 21:4 King James Version

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away

 

Pray this prayer with me.

Lord, when I don’t understand Your plan help me know Your love.  In Jesus Name we ask.  Amen.

 

 

Written by Paula Ann Kochanek

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