five years on

Categories: ouch, god

Tags: Accident, Cycling, God

Date: 19 February 2012 13:02:51

Five years on

Diary of an accident victim Part 53

Monday 14 March 2011

Five years ago today I was in an accident. Cycling home from work I was helped to dismount by a driver turning into my path, which led to me enjoying a stay in hospital, and not enjoying hospital food. A lot of time has passed since then, but I still have to use a stick if I need to walk for any length of time. I have good days and bad days. On the good days I walk OK, on the bad ones it is painful even resting. So how does it feel to be a Christian living in pain every day, does God not heal? Despite all that I am going through I would say, "Yes, I believe that God can heal." It times passed I have received healing through prayer, and have even seen people healed through my praying for them (though this was rare). So why not this time? Has God stopped loving me? No, of course he hasn't. I still see the Lord working in the lives of others and sometimes feel his presence when meditating. I believe God loves me just as much now as he did before, in fact I have become aware that God is present with you through suffering in a way that I was missing before. But I wish the pain would go. (To keep things up to date, September last year was another steroid injection into the talonavicular joint of the right ankle.)

...to be continued.

This was first posted on St Pixels blog on 14 March ’11 To see the blogs about the accident and recovery together please use the “ouch” link under Categories