Friends & Family: June 2025

Discerning the Why in God’s Ways

I woke discouraged this morning. My shoulders and arms continue to resist healing despite all the physical therapy appointments and my diligent home exercises. It’s one step forward, two steps back, then two forward and one back. And the last two days ,my leg has been hurting where I broke it. This morning when I stood up, the discomfort remained, and my discouragement increased. I’d been mostly pain-free, so I wondered, “What did I do?”

I’ve written before about the book, The Gospel According to Job, by Mike Mason, with high praise and recommendations. A friend here, one of many to whom I’ve given a copy, has been saying to me over and over how much it’s helping her in this hard season of her life. Her praise motivated me to grab my own copy and begin to read it again myself.