Every day I live in pain. Mostly it’s my left arm. The limb I almost lost in a freak accident a few years ago. Now my brain erroneously senses sharp pain there at every moment. I’m numb in several fingers. I can’t grip things with my thumb. I used to be the big, strong, go-to fix-it guy at the church where I’m an executive pastor. The guy who could lift his kids and swing them around without breaking a sweat.
I’m not that guy anymore.
And yet I give thanks for the accident that forever changed my life. I’ve come to believe that pain can be a blessing. That loss itself can be an opportunity.
Not convinced? Well, let me tell you my story.…
It happened on my daughter Cara’s sixth birthday. It was
