Wow...was just thinking back with some friends...
and came to the realisation, that exactly one year ago, at this date...
I was sitting in a hospital bed with a broken ankle
waiting for my the swelling to subside, and the op to insert the metal plate...
I can hardly remember my emotions then...
but i do remember the myriad thoughts running through my head...
Can I walk properly again? Would i be able to play football?
When i'm old, how will the ache be like with a metal plate?
How would i be able to look after myself post-op?
3 months off the foot then 3 months physio...pain, pain, pain...
What would i be able to handle? When would the pain stop?
Now...looking back...I realise that, i've forgotten the pain, but none of the lessons!
Those were formative moments for me, to be broken (in the physical sense)
yet...sensing & seeing God's goodness all around me
Thank you for those who came alongside to help me in any way!
Big shoutout for those that came to visit me (even as i was sleeping!!)
Thank you for those who dropped me messages and notes!
And yeah...those who gave me gifts and even belated birthday gifts! haha! (better late than never!!)
Special thanks to David Chan and family for caring from moment one,
and for letting me live in your cosy home for afew months, i'm privileged to call you friends!
Thank you those who always popped by to visit, my brothers, the Leongs, other Doverites!
Thanks for all of you who helped me in any small way through out my disability!
Thankfulness is a lost and forgotten art, so even though it's been a year,
I still want to write a special note of thanks to all of you, to let you know, i did not forget! =)
Want to share a verse that hit me with the force of a ton of bricks!
and came to the realisation, that exactly one year ago, at this date...
I was sitting in a hospital bed with a broken ankle
waiting for my the swelling to subside, and the op to insert the metal plate...
I can hardly remember my emotions then...
but i do remember the myriad thoughts running through my head...
Can I walk properly again? Would i be able to play football?
When i'm old, how will the ache be like with a metal plate?
How would i be able to look after myself post-op?
3 months off the foot then 3 months physio...pain, pain, pain...
What would i be able to handle? When would the pain stop?
Now...looking back...I realise that, i've forgotten the pain, but none of the lessons!
Those were formative moments for me, to be broken (in the physical sense)
yet...sensing & seeing God's goodness all around me
Thank you for those who came alongside to help me in any way!
Big shoutout for those that came to visit me (even as i was sleeping!!)
Thank you for those who dropped me messages and notes!
And yeah...those who gave me gifts and even belated birthday gifts! haha! (better late than never!!)
Special thanks to David Chan and family for caring from moment one,
and for letting me live in your cosy home for afew months, i'm privileged to call you friends!
Thank you those who always popped by to visit, my brothers, the Leongs, other Doverites!
Thanks for all of you who helped me in any small way through out my disability!
Thankfulness is a lost and forgotten art, so even though it's been a year,
I still want to write a special note of thanks to all of you, to let you know, i did not forget! =)
Want to share a verse that hit me with the force of a ton of bricks!
A God-loyal person will see right through the wicked
and undo the evil they've planned.
Proverbs 21:12
This somehow encouraged me greatly,
of how...certain things we will never really know,
yet at the end of the day, one thing remains
and clinging on to God through all seasons,
is the best way to see His hand of faithfulness!
No brokenness can really truly break us...
as long as we know we're in the Master's hands! =)
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