A New Journey
Leon Peters rehabilitation Center
Today we joined the Leon Peters rehabilitation Center on the 6th floor of the hospital. A welcome change of scenery, knowing that we are transitioning from medical care to therapy and forward progress! We were informed that there are only two spinal cord facilities in California, one here in Fresno and the other in San Francisco. Having Hannah so close to our family and friends will be critical in the days to come. Support is vital.
Let me make something very clear...
If you read this journal and only look at us, you might well miss the brightness. Our lives are carrying a PRECIOUS Message, in the details of a normal human ordinary life. We have a story to tell, but we as everyday people are nothing special.We know that our 'normalness' is to prevent anyone from confusing God's incomparable power... with us, Bonner and Hannah.
Those that know know us know that we're not much to look at. We've been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we're not demoralized; we're not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do; we've been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn't left our side; we've been thrown down, but we haven't broken.
What they did to Jesus, they do to us...trial and torture, mockery and murder; what Jesus did among them, he does in us...He lives! Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus' sake, which makes Jesus' life all the more evident in us. While we're going through the worst, if you are REALLY listening you're getting in on the best!
We're not keeping this quiet...not on your life.
Just like the psalmist who wrote, "I believed it, so I said it," Bonner and Hannah are saying what we believe. And what we believe is that the One who raised up Jesus will just as certainly raise us up with you who believe...alive. Every detail works to our mutual advantage and to God's glory: more and more favor, more and more people, more and more praise!
So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.
These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever.
See 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
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