Recovering

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  So it’s been one week now that I have had my rotator cuff surgery. I’m still in pain, still nauseous and still lightheaded. I wonder when this is all going to end. I wonder if all this pain has been worth it? Will I be able to do the things that I hope for in the future, things like kayaking again and riding a bike. Will I ever get out of this dark hole?
  

  
  

  Joseph probably felt the same thing when he got thrown in the pit by his brothers and then sold him to slavery and then put in prison because Potiphar's wife had the hots for Joseph Those were a lot of years that he could’ve felt like what a waste. But God doesn’t waste hurts and pains and disillusionment in our lives. The word assures us that God works all things together For good for those who love him. 

  
  

  We know the end of Joseph story. He was able to interpret pharaohs dream and because of this he was put in second in command of the whole nation of Egypt. He stored up the grain and wheat during the years of plenty so that when the salmon came he would have food for all, even his brothers who came from a far land, Israel. I know Joseph ended well but we wonder about ourselves. New paragraph the Bible tells us faith is the assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen. I certainly think we need faith in these times, I do because of my surgery, but everything that’s happening in our country and especially with the election. We may have faith that President Trump will remain our president or we may doubt it, but the faith of the Bible is a much deeper and profound issue. Without faith we have no hope. Without hope we are the most pitiable of all beings.

  
  

  I don’t have a lot of faith right now as my stomach is nauseous my head is light in my pain is throbbing but I do look to the future of when this will end in to the things that God is teaching me through these difficult times. I must see with the eyes of faith and not with just physical eyes. I must look beyond my pain, my hurts and my disappointment. I must look to a future where Jesus Christ reign supreme in Joel the sorrow and pain melts away and his glorious presence.  Evaluating  the pains of this life in comparison to that glorious day Will pale if our eyes are seeing into the eternal realm.

  
  

  While many wait with little hope, Those of the faith have much reason to hope. Whatever the outcome of this historical election, let us not lose sight of our eternal destination and I have the plans that God has for us on this earth. It may be that God will use us to feed many hopeless people during these end times as the World darkens in the hopes of this world fade.

  
  

  We might grown with the pain that we are experiencing at this moment, but the future glory Will undoubtedly overshadow any darkness we are experiencing in our lives at this moment. Let us not lose heart but like the impossible press on to the glorious hope and future that Christ has given us by faith. Hope in the only one who Is worth putting your trust in and whose hope never fades, Jesus Christ.

  
  

  Ps. It's a week later and I'm off the heavy medication and doing much better. Though I'm still tied up in a knot with this contraption of a sling, my mind is clear and focused on what God is doing. He is so faithful!!
  
  

  
  

  
  

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