Saturday, July 15, 2017

#32 Facing Our Giants:

Recently I made the comment that I was thankful for the way God has allowed my journey to progress over the last several months. God always knows what He's doing despite the fact that I question and have doubts at times as to why things are happening the way that they are happening. However, my statement went on to say that had I ended up with the lack of mobility after my first surgery in August that I did after my second surgery in January, it certainly would have been much more difficult to fight back, to stay with the therapy and to remain motivated to get stronger and better. While the lack of mobility that I had in my left hand after the surgery in August was difficult to accept because of the fact that I lost my ability to play the piano, I know that God was using that as an opportunity to prepare me for what would come next. I can look back in my life and see other times when difficult things happened and I wondered why, but then I can look at another experience that came later and realize that God was using different experiences in my life to prepare me for the next step just as he prepared David to face Goliath when he allowed David the opportunity to face the lion and bear while tending sheep.

I'm not saying that every giant we face in our life is in preparation of another bigger giant yet to come. However, I am thankful that God uses those experiences to get us ready for the next step.  I'm also thankful that I never face those giants alone.


So, I keep on with the therapy both with the help of professionals and at home with things that they show me to do. Quite regularly, sometimes every few days, I will see some new progression in my mobility and those little improvements give me the encouragement to keep trying, to keep moving forward.


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