I planned to just crush the construction work because I love to work physically and push the envelope whenever possible. God had other plans for my time. I hurt my back on one of the very first days and could barely walk after that. For the rest of the day, I spent a lot of time in bed. Then with an injured back I could not do anything except spend time with our hosts and walk back and forth to the church for devotions and meals. This was a very meaningful lesson in pride and humility. Not only could I not crush the work like I enjoy, I couldn’t even work at all. So my false pride in achievement was sore and I was tempted time and time again to work, but Candice and Sara Dunn counseled me against it. So during my lesson in humility, I developed a very special relationship with our hosts. The husband and father of the house we stayed in even testified that his 7 month depression was lifted as a result of our time together. God was at work the whole time. He just wanted me to sit, listen and invest time in people rather than manual labor. God knows what is best and even in the trials and injuries of life, something extraordinary is going on behind the scenes. ”Cease striving; be still and know that I am God.”
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