10 years ago today I underwent brain surgery to operate on my Arnold Chiari malformation. It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years, a third of my lifetime, since that surgery. Yet rare is the day that goes by when I don't think about it since I have a constant reminder on my body. The truth is I wasn't crazy about having that scar following the surgery, I didn't want to look different. Over these ten years I have grown more comfortable with that scar as it tells the story of a God who was a faithful to a scared 20 year old kid. Following the surgery as I was "coming to" my Pastor, Daryl Blank, was at my bedside. I asked him to read Psalm 62, it begins: "For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken." 10 years later my scar serves as a constant reminder that God is faithful. That is good news!
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I add my praises to a God who cares so much for our loved ones and watches over them in ways immeasurable.
It's a great scar and tells a great story!
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