About two years ago, I wrestled with the deepest despair of my life, why God would have left me on this earth after my severe traumatic brain injury and three strokes. I was broken in body, brain, and spirit, unable to do anything or be anything other than a source of pain for everyone I loved. It seemed that everyone would eventually stop being so sad if I weren’t here anymore. God had OBVIOUSLY made a mistake. RIGHT?! But over time, I was able to hear God’s words in my heart: “You are not a mistake because I do NOT MAKE MISTAKES. There is purpose — just wait, you’ll see.”
If we have a pulse, we have purpose. We are not still on earth by accident. We are here today because we’ve been called by God to this unique place and circumstance, to this moment in time and history. We are here because there is more to life for us to experience and more work for us to do and more love for us to give. If we can’t fathom why or figure out how, it doesn’t matter; we don’t have to know all those answers before we start living. In fact, those questions can’t begin to be answered until we step into this ‘new normal’ life first. We are all living out some version of a second chance; some of us are just more aware of it than others. Our second chance life is not the one just out of reach; it’s the one right in front of us. It’s the one God has been calling us to all along.
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