Challenges of Life

So life seemed to be really picking up for me the last couple months. My mental health had really stabilized, I started working a job that seems like a perfect fit for me, I was finding Christian community, the Word has been really powerful to read, etc. Not that those things aren't still true, but one split second on Monday added a little challenge to everything. When I was in college I tore my ACL in a collegiate basketball game. It ultimately ended my career due to complications that arose from the injury. Well on Monday, I was playing basketball with the residents (teenage boys) at work and just so happened to tear my other ACL. One week into work and I'll be out for 2 to 3 months most likely. Part of me is like, "seriously? Can't I just have a smooth chunk of time where life is going well??" Thankfully, though, God has given me immense grace and peace about the current situation. Yes, there are moments when the pain is really bad and/or I'm stranded at home and every tiny task takes so much time and effort, and I get discouraged. And in the back of my mind is always the fear that the same complications in my other knee will manifest themselves in this knee. But overall, I feel like I've been okay with everything. God always has a purpose in mind when he gives us trials. They are always an opportunity to draw nearer to Him and to be changed by Him. The trials seem to be unending in the last couple years of my life, but nonetheless, it's kinda cool to think about how it's all part of this plan for my life, and that these trials will draw me nearer to Him and better equip me to do the ministry He has set out for me. So, the blog might be a little more active these next couple months as I have ample time on my hands! Pray that this will be a rich time in the Word and with the Lord, and that I will be able to articulate the things He is revealing to me that I might share it on here and possibly bless others. Until next time....