Honestly, I never thought that I would be among those folks who made a point of watching Wheel of Fortune after dinner.  It was a favorite activity of my Mom and Dad in their later years.  I remember laughing about it and promising myself that I would never join that club.

Well, that laugh is on me now.  Yes, we are regulars in the Wheel club, proceeded by the challenge of Jeopardy!  Mom would get a kick out of seeing me trying to solve the word puzzles and talking to the contestants when they make a foolish mistake or land on the bankrupt spot.

I sometimes feel that life is like that big Wheel of Fortune.  It turns and it stops at inopportune times without any personal control.  You can lose a turn or your winnings. 

Now, I know that my life is not subject to that type of chance.  I know that God created me with a wild card called free will.  I can make decisions and I can control the consequences of my life to a certain extent.

However, even armed with this knowledge, sometimes the Wheel throws me a curve that I can’t control.  Like this virus…  I can’t see it; can’t prevent it from entering my body or harming my family or my friends.  I can take all the necessary precautions and it can still infect me and make me sick.  It is scary and I am not used to being scared.

So, it is a times like this that I completely surrender to the will of God and practicing trusting that God’s unconditional love will bring me to a safe, trusted place.  Wheel of Fortune is fun to watch and play but it is not the way I choose to live my life.  I live loved and protected in the hands of God.

Terri