Long time no see
Ok, so it's been a long time since I've updated this. People may have
forgotten about me by now, but I decided for those of you who read
this, it's time to let you know a little bit about my life over the
past few months. I just want to tell you all a little story.
I have had really bad shin splints this entire soccer season. They have gotten worse as the season has progressed, so much so that many times i can't even walk or sit without pain. It's gotten so bad over the past few weeks that I was about to be out for the rest of the season, which is only 2 more games but I've never ever had to sit the bench because of an injury. On a sidenote: it was after I completely gave this up to God on Wednesday night that I had the most pain I've ever felt and that I was told I probably had stress fractures, so I have really been wrestling with God about it all and why He would make the situation worse when I thought He was supposed to take care of me. I was then reminded through my personal devotions as I was reading the book of Job, that this is what I should be striving for, a higer standard of living and faith. So I told God I wasn't going to let the devil win on this one, and I praised Him despite my frustration and sadness as I felt like everything was being taken away from me. So we were supposed to have a game today in which I wasn't going to play because I didn't want to further the fracture. But due to a misunderstading of times, the game was postponed to Monday. So I took the time to go to the doctor to get X-rays and see how bad the damage is. Now, in the past my shins have been tender to the touch, where if they were touched it would hurt really bad (a symptom of a stress fracture). When I went to the doctor today, he pushed on them and I felt no pain. My atheltic trainer told me I had symptoms of a stress fracture, the X-rays showed that I was fine, just a severe case of shin splints that if I continued to play on them, I wouldn't cause permament damage. Now I always thought of God's healing power to be to relieve me of my pain. However, although I'm still in pain, all I wanted was to be able to play, and I can. I have the physical ability to play in these last two games because I gave it up to God. While in the waiting room, Cory and I met a lady who went to Bethany back in the 60's. She was telling us stories about how she lived it up in college (as much as was possible at an AG church in the 60s) and she told us it was the best years of her life. That hit both Cory and I hard as we realized how much we need to appreciate the time we have now because before we know it, we will be sitting in a waiting room telling two young college kids about our experiences in college and will we be able to say they were the best years of our lives? So whether injured or healthy, stressed or not, I've decided to enjoy the time that God has given me at Bethany so that I can look back and see them being the best years of my life.
I have had really bad shin splints this entire soccer season. They have gotten worse as the season has progressed, so much so that many times i can't even walk or sit without pain. It's gotten so bad over the past few weeks that I was about to be out for the rest of the season, which is only 2 more games but I've never ever had to sit the bench because of an injury. On a sidenote: it was after I completely gave this up to God on Wednesday night that I had the most pain I've ever felt and that I was told I probably had stress fractures, so I have really been wrestling with God about it all and why He would make the situation worse when I thought He was supposed to take care of me. I was then reminded through my personal devotions as I was reading the book of Job, that this is what I should be striving for, a higer standard of living and faith. So I told God I wasn't going to let the devil win on this one, and I praised Him despite my frustration and sadness as I felt like everything was being taken away from me. So we were supposed to have a game today in which I wasn't going to play because I didn't want to further the fracture. But due to a misunderstading of times, the game was postponed to Monday. So I took the time to go to the doctor to get X-rays and see how bad the damage is. Now, in the past my shins have been tender to the touch, where if they were touched it would hurt really bad (a symptom of a stress fracture). When I went to the doctor today, he pushed on them and I felt no pain. My atheltic trainer told me I had symptoms of a stress fracture, the X-rays showed that I was fine, just a severe case of shin splints that if I continued to play on them, I wouldn't cause permament damage. Now I always thought of God's healing power to be to relieve me of my pain. However, although I'm still in pain, all I wanted was to be able to play, and I can. I have the physical ability to play in these last two games because I gave it up to God. While in the waiting room, Cory and I met a lady who went to Bethany back in the 60's. She was telling us stories about how she lived it up in college (as much as was possible at an AG church in the 60s) and she told us it was the best years of her life. That hit both Cory and I hard as we realized how much we need to appreciate the time we have now because before we know it, we will be sitting in a waiting room telling two young college kids about our experiences in college and will we be able to say they were the best years of our lives? So whether injured or healthy, stressed or not, I've decided to enjoy the time that God has given me at Bethany so that I can look back and see them being the best years of my life.