Job 23:10-11 (NIV)
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested
me, I will come forth as gold. 11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I
have kept to his way without turning aside.
It is a great comfort to those who mean honestly that God
understands their meaning, though men do not, cannot, or will not. [Matthew
Henry]
Dan McConchie, vice president of government affairs at
Americans United for Life, was riding his motorcycle through a suburban
intersection when a car came into his lane and pushed him into on-coming
traffic. When he woke two weeks later in a Level 1 trauma center, he was a
mess. Six broken ribs, deflated left lung, broken clavicle, broken shoulder
blade, and five broken vertebrae. Worst of all, amidst all the broken bones, he
had a spinal-cord injury that left him a paraplegic. The neurosurgeon told his
wife that it would be a "miracle" if he'd ever walk again.
Eight years later Dan is still in a wheelchair.
"What I learned," Dan said, "is that this
life isn't for our comfort. Instead, the purpose of this life is that we become
conformed to the image of Christ. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen when
everything is unicorns and rainbows. It instead happens when life is tough,
when we are forced to rely upon God through prayer just to make it through the
day. That is when he is most at work in our lives molding us into who he
designed us to be."
"My prayers are different today than they were eight
years ago. Back then, I looked at God like Santa Claus. I asked him to send
nice things my way. Now, I have one prayer that I pray more than any other:
'Lord, may I be able to say at the end of today that I was faithful.'"
[Van Morris, Mt. Washington, Kentucky; source; Dan
McConchie,"Prayer and Faith in the Midst of Personal Tragedy,"
Washington Times (3-22-16)]
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