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| Chelsea and I on our last day together this time around. |
It was a Monday night in downtown Columbia at a local coffee
shop. Chelsea had invited me to join her
college girls’ Bible study group. One of
the girls in her group is a beautiful young woman with a difficult and
sometimes debilitating condition that causes her muscles to contract
unexpectedly. Chelsea had invited each
of us to tell something we were thankful for and it was my turn to share. Across the table from me the young girl had
broken into a sweat as she tried to control sudden, excruciatingly painful
spasms. Her shoulder was contracting, and
her arm was starting to twist backwards.
Chelsea remained calm and assuring.
Neither pity or extra notice would be welcome. However, my face didn’t hide my concern, maybe even
horror, and she felt the need to apologize, “I’m sorry…for some reason my arm
isn’t cooperating.” Desperately holding back tears of compassion, I looked into
the brave girl’s eyes and said, “God is faithful. Always.
I am so thankful for this.”
Many of the unexpected blessings over the past weeks were
due to being invited into life with our kids in their day to day ministries
through relationships as well as planned discipleship groups and outreach. I
watched them live out the challenging, fun, hard, growing stuff of life with
wisdom, love and grace. I learned so much from each of them. And I asked God to give me more grace like
they have.
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