Encouragement from God

So, this morning I got to work eventually, but only after going to the dentist for a root canal.  No worries, I survived.  I will spare you the details, but needless to say it was not something I want to do again and in fact, there were some rough spots in there.  So I was a little down when coming into work.

God has a way of knowing just when we need to be picked up.  This weekend my wife had an activity at the church for the ladies of the church related to artistic use of Scripture.  And one of those pieces was laying on my table in my office as I came in, so the first thing I saw while down from the procedure on my mouth was:

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."  Prov. 3:5

I found this almost comical as I was really struggling with not only the pain of a near tortuous experience, but I was struggling with the worry of if it happened again.  I was dealing the other stresses of course as well and all of it was adding up and I was leaning on my own understanding.  And there sat this simple word art reminding me that I am not to lean on my own understanding. 

I am so grateful for a God who loves us enough to remind us now and again that He still loves us and has given us His Word to tell us how we should live.  Thank you Lord for your grace to me and the loving reminder that I should not rely on myself, but place my trust wholly in you who made me!