A year ago today, I fell about 20 feet from a ladder. I didn't remember the date, but someone ask me if it was about this time last year. I have plenty of bills from UVa that start on May 24, 2006. As I lay in the hospital I told God that whatever he chose to do, I would give him praise. With 5 broken ribs, a broken scapula, a broken vertebrae, and a collapsed lung, I felt like truly broken. In the midst of this "brokenness" I was surrounded by God's love. My family, friends, and church supported me and my family. There was a tremendous outpouring of love from our church - some people I barely even knew. It meant a lot that they brought meals and mainly that they took time to visit me. God was always with me. He strengthened me and healed me. Here is a verse that was part of a devotional I did this morning: Psalm 138:3-8 3 When I called, you answered me;
you greatly emboldened me.
4 May all the kings of the earth praise you, LORD,
when they hear what you have decreed.
5 May they sing of the ways of the LORD,
for the glory of the LORD is great.
6 Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly,
but he takes notice of the proud from afar.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life.
You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes;
with your right hand you save me.
8 The LORD will vindicate me;
your love, LORD, endures forever—
do not abandon the works of your hands.
I thought this was appropriate as I marked the annivesary of my fall. I won't bore you with the details, but God far exceeded my prayer of healing. The doctors and therapist were surprised at how well I healed. Now, after a year, not only did God restore me to where I was, but I'm in the best shape I've been in since my 20s. Praise God!!!
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