Well, I’ve missed a couple of days of posting, but have a good reason.

On Saturday while changing a tire, the tire changer jammed, and when I tapped it with my hammer, the arm swung around and cut off the end of my left ring finger!

Not exactly what I was wishing for, but immediately a series of God sightings began to appear.

• I could effectively stop the bleeding with my handkerchief.
• My son Josh was with me and took me right over to the emergency room.
• When we got there, no one was in the waiting room! And I was taken right in (very unusual for a Saturday).
• Athis point I had very little pain - up until they washed my hurt finger with salt water and that did smart!
• Since there was nothing left to sew up, they just wrapped it and sent me home with instructions.
• The low level of pain continued on and I didn’t need to use the strong painkiller they’d prescribed.
• When we came out of the emergency room, there was a puddle of oil around my back tire, but I could find no source on the van.
• On the day home we found the cause: there was a leak in a brake line - but we made it safely home anyway.
• The van is my only vehicle, so now we were stranded; but the Lord provided as my neighbor came right over and fixed it!
• Then on Tuesday, as instructed, I called an orthopedic sergeon. After listening, the secretary asked, “Can you be here in 20 minutes?” Unheard of getting such a quick appointment!
• And a final God sighting: the doctor I saw was a Turk! And we had a nice conversation in Turkish!

So in the midst of what could look like a little tragedy (I can’t type very well with only 9 fingers!) God is doing many good things.

Truly “Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” Psalm 27:6

My wounded finger and Psalm 23