A Combination

Today I'm combining a couple of things. First, Foto Friday. The theme was fresh fruit, well, I didn't make it to the farmer's market and the closest thing to fresh fruit I currently have is a couple of apples whose freshness may be suspect.

So, I'm posting this pretty bloom (which incidentally is no longer there, thanks to the bazillion degree weather we've been having).

The other thing I've wanted to do for some time. This blog has 5 minute Fridays. She gives a topic and you write for 5 minutes on that topic--no edits, just write. I've wanted to do it for a while but have never been brave enough. But, I'm going to give it a shot.

The idea this week is WHOLE. Here goes:

This word is a tough one for me. In some ways, I never feel completely whole. Missing a limb and walking on something that isn't God-given creates a longing, I suppose.

I know when I wake up in the morning a piece of me is in the corner, having been "juiced up" overnight. It is a part of me and yet it isn't.

It's funny how something can be so much a part of you--you almost can't imagine life without it. And yet it isn't really part of you at all. It's an add-on, a nice something that some how, kind of takes the place of the real one but not quite.

The add-on, while making life easier and creating in me a grateful heart, doesn't take away the memory of the real thing. Sometimes I have to think really hard but I do remember what life was like with my 2 God-given legs.

But I've learned that God in His grace and mercy can take something that is an "add-on" and uses it. He teaches through it and fills the longing.

My five minutes are up! It's not nearly as long as I thought!