I can not even begin to phatom or imagine the excruciating pain you must have been in busting a tendon ,,, ouch !
Yes, my situation has been life long...
But, was reading Isaiah chapter 48 last night....
In there God said, in the furnace of affliction I have chosen thee...
We fellowship with Christ in our afflictions, and he fellowships with us in our afflictions...
Even if I were to tell you what has happen to me in the last year and half you would need a whole box of Kleenex tissues....
But for some reason, my whole life pains and struggles, and what has happened to me in the last 1 1/2 year, I am still here, endured much.
Still my faith, no matter how weak it is now, it is still intact.
I have been through the crucible, refined like Gold.
What is considered pain, struggles, suffering, disappointments, heart aches, hell on earth, God will bring it forth as fine Gold.
Once God brings me through all of this, I will have a very compelling testimony, one heck of a testimony.
A well seasoned battle tested saint of God.....
God’s tests are not to destroy us, God’s tests are to refine you and to prove you that you are the real deal...
Do not get discouraged when God is testing you, God isn’t finished with all of us yet.....
I know that’s hard to believe in the mist of his testing or our suffering, but without knowing that God is bringing forth something good, it all seems all in futility for those who are non believers.
To be honest, blowing the tendon was 5 minutes of agony followed by weeks of dread and introspection. Talking to God helped. The pain was over after 5 minutes. The hard part was thinking in my head “I might never be able to work again.” God got me through that.