Powerful Pain Reliever

I went to bed last night, hoping a good night’s sleep would make my headache go away. I gauged how bad it was. Not splitting or throbbing. More like a dull cloud.

I snuggled into my warm, cozy bed and willed the headache to leave. I tried talking myself into getting up and walking through a cold house to the downstairs bathroom for Tylenol, but didn’t want to leave my warm cocoon.

I tossed and turned and dozed in and out. I stared at the ceiling, wondering why I didn’t just get up and take care of it.

I got up this morning, headache still intact. I hoped moving around would help. Perhaps breakfast would make it subside. Not so.

Finally, after two hours, I took Tylenol.

And my headache went away.

Why didn’t I take Tylenol before bed last night? During the night? This morning? Why did I wait so long to seek relief? Since the pain wasn’t to crisis mode, I was willing to live with it. I hoped it would go away on its own. I hoped the situation would resolve itself.

I often do the same thing with God when I have a problem. I continue to carry it around when I don’t need to, hoping it will leave on its own. I hope the situation will resolve itself. And finally, when I’m tired of the pain, I go to the Pain Reliever.

Since He is the only one who can make things better, why do I wait so long to go?

I think of the many, many times God has taken care of my problems. He is so good and I am so slow to learn. May I someday learn to trust Him sooner.  

“When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Thy consolations delight my soul.” –Ps. 94:19--