This morning, we had a front come through. I didn't have to look at a weather map. My neck and back told me in no uncertain terms. The weather map told me the same thing, but in a nicer way with lines and colors instead of pain and spasms. I basically laid on the couch and shuddered while my wife and I watched a Beth Moore DVD.

It's mornings like these when I draw comfort from simple truths. Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. He really does. Life is a little more complicated, of course. One thing this experience is helping me to learn is that the approval of man is harder to get than God's, but that God's approval is the only approval that really matters. All I have to do is look at him and he tells me how much he loves me and cares about me. I love him, and I'm falling deeper into that love every day we go through this awful experience.

Another song that brings me comfort is Rich Mullins' simple entreaty called Hold Me Jesus.


Thanks for listening to me. It helps to know that you're out there reading this. If you get the chance, pray for me, for my healing and that God would provide for us.

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