At the beginning of
summer, my dear friend Truck, got spooked and sent me sailing through the air
(I got bucked off a horse). I actually
planned my decent a little more than you would think – I bailed in the safest
place and way I could conjure in that intense moment. I don’t know how I landed; I was very focused
on rolling away from the eight excited horse hooves and getting to my
feet. Once on my feet and both horses
were under control, I checked myself over and was rather disappointed to see my
wrist was double its normal size… Yes
indeed, I broke it. It was actually two
minor fractures, one on the end of each arm bone. The Dr. said it should be healed up in a month
or so and I would know it was healed because I could put pressure on it and it
will not hurt.
So, the fracture is
healed now, but still not normal. It
still hurts if I twist my wrist or flex it too far. I still wear a brace most of the time. Today is the first day it has felt painless
while typing… I can use it to cut my
fried egg, I can use it to brush my teeth – but it is still twingy and I can
feel it is not back to normal when I do those simple things. I tried to grab the full coffee pot this morning;
I almost scalded myself with that pot of coffee – to soon, to heavy.
The whole healing
of bones is just like the healing of our heart when something bad happens in
our lives. The process is slow, it send
you arrows of pain when you least expect it, we need support and braces around
it. And if we jump in without support,
and convince ourselves we are fine – we will be scalded. While we will one day
return to normal functioning, things will never be as they were before…
But that is the
key. Someday we will return to normal
functioning. God will provide healing;
he is there to support us all the way.
He gives us hope for our futures.
Romans
8:24-25 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope
at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do
not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Someday the pain will be a memory,
life goes on, and God goes with us. I
know things aren’t the same, everything that happens in our life changes us and
mold us – just be sure the changes strengthen your faith and relationship with
God. Stick to prayer. Stick to hope.
Psalm 119: 142,143 Your justice is eternal, and your
instructions are perfectly true. As
pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.
Psalm 119:49,50
Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. Your promise revives me; it comforts me in
all my troubles.
Acts 3:16 Through faith in the name of Jesus, this
man was healed- and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before
your very eyes.
James 4:7,8 So humble yourselves
before God. Resist the devil, and he
will flee from you. Come close to God,
and God will come close to you…
“Come close to God,
and God will come close to you”… ‘nough said.
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