You Just Don’t Understand
Written: November 1st, 2017
I’m just leaving my 2nd Of 3 physical therapy sessions this week. And here soon I will call an older gentleman I just met for the very first time. You see, while there may be nearly 25 years between us there is so much we have in common. Most of all we both know what it feels like to feel knocked down physically and emotionally everyday we wake up.
Even while struggling presently myself I just couldn’t ignore that painful look on his face. I’m all too familiar with what it’s like to keep wondering if you’ll ever feel great again. I could tell his confidence was fading and his discomfort was overwhelming. Enough so that I just had to get up off my therapy table and take down his name and number.
I can’t wait to provide him some long overdue encouragement. His therapist actually admitted to me that he had to pretty much beg him to even come to today’s visit. That was final confirmation that this guy desperately needs to hear from someone that truly understands his suffering.
God made it very clear to me that “Tag sir, you’re it. I’ve allowed your suffering for such times as this and I’ve equipped you to minister to this gentleman.” So, let me get on with my God given assignment. Oh and make sure you don’t miss yours my friend.
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-5
Pastor Craig Crosby 