Blabbable Secrets

When the phone rang my heart jumped. The last time I saw a hospital pop  up on the caller ID it was the Emergency Room calling for us to come and be with our teenager who had cut herself up as a result of being on a drunken binge.

Thankfully this time it was the nurse calling to let us know that they were going to go ahead and refill her birth control pills but that she was long over due as far as yearly exams and pap tests go. I let the nurse know that she isn’t living in our house at the moment and made sure to give her a mobile number where she could be reached.

I also told the nurse that it was perfectly fine to go ahead and refill those birth control pills via mail order and that if they needed her to pay a co-pay when she came in for her exam to give us a call and we would pay for that over the phone.

I guess today I just wanted to say that I am glad and relieved that my daughter is making a conscious effort to keep from becoming pregnant. The fact that she is sexually active is not the most ideal scenario but at least she is protecting herself from becoming pregnant at a young age. Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, well.. that’s another ball of wax I hope she is keeping in the back of her mind.

I came across this bible verse the other day. I wish I had referenced it or had knowledge of it before I got her dramatic phone call announcing that she was leaving town. This is what it said:

But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” Exodus 14: 13-14

Reading this verse and relating it to the story in the Bible is a reminder that I do not need to be afraid of what my teenager is doing. When she breaks her dramatic news to me I can rest and be sure that the Lord will rescue me. God will handle the situation no matter how disturbing it seems to me at that moment. I can remain calm. I keep telling myself that now when I find my mind is wondering what she is up to and starting to worry all over again.