It Always Follows Me

Overall, I’ve had a blessed week. Great quality time with my wife and a much needed break from the normal grind of ministry and work life. Aimee and I are both so used to staying fully engaged in helping others every day. It’s always good, and necessary, to step away and breathe for a bit.

The weather has been beautiful. The laughter has been real. The peace has been refreshing. The stress level has been low.

Yet one thing still remains. I still wish I could take a full break from my body. There’s just no escaping it. The pain always finds me. It follows me wherever I go, quietly waiting for its moment to remind me of my limits and to knock the air right out of my sails.

Still, God keeps using this discomfort to draw me closer to Him, to keep my heart tender toward the pain of others and to remind me not to live in self-dependence. I may never again be who I was physically ten years ago, and that’s a hard reality to accept. But every season of life brings something that humbles us and brings us to our knees.

Thank you for your continued prayers. God’s grace remains more than enough.

“And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’” James 4:6 (NLT)