Crisis blessings.
November 17, 2022
I’ve seen crisis do four GOOD things in my life: refine, teach, shine a light on my inconsistent living, and most important–change me.
Crisis shocks us, not God. I brought on one crisis. With more impulse and desire for excitement than wisdom, I jumped from a 30-foot cliff into Crater Lake, Oregon–incredibly beautiful, 66 degree cold water–the purest, deepest lake in our nation.
Result: a broken vertebra. Eight weeks in a body brace refining, teaching, shining a light on my inconsistent living, and changing me.
Refined calendar: only necessary activities and healing.
Lesson: God’s design of our spines is unfathomable and complex.
Inconsistent: not thanking God for walking, driving, flying, swimming, skiing, all His tender mercies.
Changed? No more leaping from cliffs–interference with God’s current calling on my life.