The Troughs

October 21, 2009 is a day that I will never forget. It is the day that I nearly lost my life. I cannot believe it has been 4 years. I fractured multiple vertebrae in my back and suffered a liver laceration and a hematoma after falling over 40 feet. The doctors thought I may never walk again.

I walked 2 days after my fall.

Yesterday, my Facebook status was "As many tragedies and difficult things my family has been through, there are even more miracles. Thanks be to God!"

My life has had many downs, but God has been with me and my family every step of the way, guiding us, loving us, helping us...

As some of you know, I am in two Bible studies. For one of them, we are reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. In one of the chapters we read for last night's study, he talks about the ups and downs of life, the undulation of life.

"It may surprise you to learn that in [God's] efforts to get permanent possession of a soul, He relies on the troughs more than on the peaks."
-C.S. Lewis

I have to say that I feel God on a much deeper level when I am in a "trough." During multiple times last week when my brother was missing, I felt a sense of peace which completely surpassed all understanding. I relied on God during that time in a way that I only rely on Him during rough times. I made it through that time without going to the hsopital because of God's strength inside of me. His presence, His love, His light inside of me.

I want to leave with a song that helped me get through last week. It came on the Christian radio station and I ended up downloading it so I could listen to it all the time. It helped me to put my trust in God and to move through the trough that I was in.