Friday, October 12, 2007

Practical Words

It has been amazing in these past four weeks of physical therapy (following my knee surgery) how difficult it has been to maintain my disciplined routine of writing. However, I have been so blessed to make some new friends and learn an incredible amount by hanging out 3 days a week with people facing physical challenges such as surgery, injury, and chronic illness.

Today, as I went for my Friday visit to the gym (therapy punishment arena), I was greeted by darkness in the room. I was plenty dissapointed, but was somewhat relieved that another guy showed up as well...so I wasn't the dense guy who missed the announcement that they would be closed today. But on to the point...

We found ourselves in the parking lot talking about a topic that had come up on Monday. He shared about what had happened during the rest of the week in his life and, on at least 4 occassions, I was able to share a Biblical truth from the text of my sermon for Sunday. Now I know that I cannot use his life as an illustration on all 4 points Sunday morning. However, it sure is great to be reminded that the Word of God is so practical in our daily lives and that it can make a difference, not only in our eternity, but in the joy/satisfaction of our every day journey.

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