My Motorcycle Injuries

 One of my brothers-in-law is in the hospital with a very serious condition. It's the same hospital that I was taken to almost ten years ago because of the motorcycle accident. At 51 years of age he has had a stroke. After they cleared out two blood clots from his brain, he had a heart attack. The following day he experienced trouble with his breathing and they discovered that he had a combination of pneumonia and congestive heart failure, along with more blood clots in his brain and heart. Things looked bad for him, but he is now slowly recovering as the medical people continue to work hard while his loved ones continue to pray. I cannot help but to think of what it will take for him to become more fully functional within his physical and mental capacities. His rehabilitation process has already begun, but I still wonder what it is that lies ahead for him as he deals with the aftereffects of these things that have happened to his body. I have been observing the heartache that his ...

I am a believer in divine authority. I’m very much confident that every event in my life serves a purpose within the wisdom and ultimate design of God. Further, I concede that life’s events involve things that can be distinctly measured as being good or bad within a strictly human perspective. However, our lives are established for the glory of God, and personal comfort or gratification are simply added benefits, of sorts, within the human experience. It is because of my faith that I sometimes grow a bit ashamed of myself when I become frustrated or discouraged with the things that arise through the aftereffects of my accident injuries. I know better than to allow circumstances to guide my feelings and I should respond accordingly with a sense of peace and assurance. I fully recognize that the motorcycle accident that I was involved in, the one that damaged so much of my body and continues to cause so many problems for me, was ordained of God for a purpose. To state things very plainly...