Easter Holiday weekend

I left work on Thursday with a feeling of excitement!  It was Easter holiday weekend and I was off work!  I was going to play softball!  Real softball!  For a church league!  Eeeee!  I haven't played since intramural sports in college!  Never been much of a ball player due to lack to arm power and severe clutziness but I was still allowed to play.  I was so excited!  I was doing ok - had some good hits, but my catching and throwing needs work.  It was near the end of practice and I went to catch a fly ball and I put both my glove and my bare hand out.  {Why? I do not know} The softball was flying through the air aiming for my glove and then it randomly decided, 'umm I don't like the looks of that glove, I'm going to hit that little hand right beside it!'  BAMMM!  My hand was hit by the evil softball.  Yeah, it hurt.  It swelled up like a blimp!  I put ice on it overnight and the next day I woke up to a still swollen, blue thumb.  Good Friday was spent running around trying to get errands done and trying to find a family practice open on Easter weekend.  It took me forever to get in touch with anyone, but I finally saw a NP.  She refused to wrap it and advised me to get an x-ray.  She sent me to probably the only family practice opened that day!  Lake Wylie Express Care was awesome.  They don't run like an urgent care so the co-pay is less!  They took an x-ray, found nothing broken but advised me to wear a brace to keep my thumb still because they could find hairline fractures that may not show up right away.  I am not to use my thumb.  Booooo!  Do you realize how much you use your thumb?  It seriously helps you do a lot!  I can't open a door or grab a drink, and it's tricky trying to wash my hair.  My hand-writing looks like chicken scratch. 

Lesson learned - Thumbs are great little phalanges to keep on hand {pun intended} so keep them safe {in a glove}.  Secondly, only use a glove to catch a softball... if they let you play again. 

The rest of my weekend involved visiting family - my Mamaw {mom's mom} who is still recooperating from hip replacement surgery {please pray for quick healing and her ability to walk better} and my other Mamaw {dad's mom} who I just got to hang out with in the kitchen a little bit.  She cooked an awesome dinner and I got to sneak a few bites before I left.  I got see everyone and catch up a little. 

The best part of my weekend was Sunday morning church.  The service was great, the message was taken from Romans 8.  {Love it!} Pastor said it was one of his favorite chapters in the Bible!  Mine too!  I love Romans 8.  It's so powerful, I actually printed it up months ago and taped it to my bathroom mirror. 

The sermon was about the resurrection and the new life we have only through Jesus Christ.  It was a wonderful reminder of God's power living within us as we walk in the Spirit, walking with Jesus Christ guiding us.  Dying to our old nature, our sinful self and becoming more like Jesus.  What if we all behaved like Christ everyday?  Christians are human, full of flaws and weaknesses and we make mistakes.  I fail miserably everyday but I know God loves me and cares for me.  Thank you for nailing my sins to the cross and the blood that you shed Jesus!  The sacrifice you made out of love for me was so pure and wonderful!  Your love is amazing!  Thank you for conquering hell, death and the grave that I may have a relationship with You!  That within itself is amazing!  The fact that because of His sacrifice, the veil in the temple split and we now have a pathway to talk with God, to know Him, to have fellowship with Him and enjoy Him.  Before then... only priests could talk with God.  lol!  Silly Catholics.  That's not needed anymore!  You're missing out!  I love Jesus!