It’s been a week…
Life is a compilation of moments. This present moment you are somewhere reading this blog which will be immediately followed by your next moment, and the next, which will eventually lead to the moment you retire to bed tonight, and so on. On Monday of this week I had an unexpected moment while hiking with my family on an easy trail we had hiked previously this summer. On a downward curve in the trail and just after alerting my “crew” to watch their footing for small loose rocks, it happened. Before you could say, “Whoops,” I was on the ground in excruciating pain. I knew instantly this was not going to be a “get up and walk it off” moment. I was in trouble and my family knew it!
As God would have it, just on the other side of the lake two men were fishing who witnessed my “moment.” As outdoorsmen, they knew this was not going to be good. Within minutes they were there, one on each side of me, and practically carried me the quarter mile to our vehicle. We all talked along the way, even made a few jokes. It was already dark when we got to the truck. Once they were sure we were safely inside I saw one of the men extend his hand to the other and say, “Hi, my name is Roger.” The other gentleman replied, “I’m Bill.” That’s when we all realized how cool this moment had become. A stranded family experiencing an unexpected moment being rescued by two complete strangers who by entering this family’s moment, created their own unique…moment.
To make a short story longer, we had traveled north of our home for this expedition so it took ninety minutes to arrive at the emergency room of the hospital closest to where we live. Within minutes I was in an examination room then promptly admitted for tendon surgery the next day. Did I mention that Moments Matter? Let me allow you to get to your next moment.
Here’s the punch line. I could not have asked for a better hospital experience. Scottsdale Healthcare, Thompson Peak, Off the chain!! Every doctor, nurse, staff, perfect. Surgery was in and out, not one issue. Even the food was great, and this, coming from the unabashed “foodie” that I am. There’s a few weeks of rehab ahead, but as this has been, so shall it continue, led by the Lord who is Master of causing “all things to work together for good…”
This blog comes to you from my last moments in the hospital as I await my wife to be “sprung.” So how’s your week been going? Not exactly the way I had planned mine. Here’s the take home lesson. In life it’s not what happens to you. It’s how we respond to what happens to us that determines how we enter the next moment. You can build positive or negative. Good attitude and expectation or otherwise. Our choices order the quality of our future. So take it from someone fresh off an unexpected moment. The God you serve may not have ordered it, but He will allow you to make the most of it, and, with heavenly style. It’s you choice. I believe you will make the wise one.
And don’t miss our next moment together, today at 6PM/EST on Ralph Gerard Radio.
You’re A Champion!
Ralph D. Gerard
