Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Refined By Fire

This has a more literal meaning as of late. On Sunday, I had some candles lit in my room and left for just a minute. When I returned, the middle section of my curtains was in flames. I know....the classic story. As I was trying to put it out, I burned my left wrist. I ran to the kitchen to get some water to throw on the fire while calling our doctor about my burn. The water put out the fire and I didn't damage too much in the process. I am left with two small third degree burns on my left wrist. It was quite a scary experience. I am SO thankful for SO many reasons: the fire and damage could have been a lot worse, my burn could have been a lot worse, Dr. Tyler and his family had just arrived back in Uganda on Friday - I'm so thankful they were here to help!

My wrist is in the process of healing - we'll know more of the permanent scarring in about two weeks. I feel like besides my physical injury, my heart has been "under fire" recently too. I know God is using everything to refine me to be more like His Son, but these past few days have been more challenging. If you think of it, please pray that I would rest in God's truth alone and that I would stand strong against the attacks of the evil one. I really appreciate your support and prayers!

With all that's been going on, I have found comfort in these words from C.S. Lewis, "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world." Lord, please give me ears to hear what you are saying to me.


11 comments:

Anonymous said...

loving you....
praying specifically....

Anonymous said...

Dre, I am so happy that you are okay, I will keep you in my prayers as always. Have a great weekend and a good labor day! please be careful and stay safe. :-) love you Dre, talk to you soon.

Anonymous said...

Drea.....
I love you so much and am thankful that everything is ok!!! I am also praying for you in these ways! Please know you are always on my heart and mind! Miss you, love you always, Steph

Anonymous said...

Dear Andrea,
You are SO precious to all of us!! God bless you, keep you safe and meet your every need. We love you very much, Much love, your aunt Nancy.

Cindy Lynn said...

I will definitely be praying Andrea! I hope that you are not in too much pain and know that your beauty far exceeds any scars :)

Heather said...

You don't know me, but I found your blog when when googleing Uganda. I was in Jinja this past May-July. Just wanted to let you know that I'm praying for you!

~Heather

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Anonymous said...

DRE! I LOVE that you have internet now...I'm SO glad that God protected you from it being even worse! You'll always have something that will remind you of your time there...that's for sure! I love you SO much and I'm so thankful for our friendship! LUAAF! NOWETYP! WWWAT!
~YTS

Anonymous said...

Andrea, what a scary experience. Glad to see you are doing OK. You never cease to amaze me and on top of everything else with your talents, you can now be considered a fire fighter/multi tasker. My best and know we are thinking of you. Uncle Rog

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Andrea,

Thanks for sharing, I will be praying for you. In Christ - Paul

Anonymous said...

I can visualize this whole thing happening!! Now that I know you are ok its kinda funny!! I hope you think so too!! You are in my prayers always!!

Sara