“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.”
I’m a cautious and safe driver–although no guarantees what my family would say now that my entire family is made up of males since my daughter went off to college!
My thirty-five-year driver’s record was stellar until last year. We had an entire year of a Job season that we went through as a family. All the members of the family got sick and four out of five went to the hospital–one with surgery–one with three blood transfusions. You get the picture.
I was in three car accidents and all of them were 100% the other driver’s fault. One of them actually happened while my car was parked outside our house!
When that year ended, no one was happier to see that severe trail from the rear-view window than me. Then out of nowhere a car rear-ends me in stop-and-go traffic on the freeway. The driver was a gardener who had a trailer. The force of impact made him crashed into the back of the truck twice. It didn’t seem that severe at the time, but there was major damage.
I didn’t know until later that it totaled the car–only this time it wasn’t my car, it was my husband’s truck. Need I say more…than it did not go over so well coming home that night even though it was not my fault.
Here we were again with the stress of physically getting better and fighting with the insurance companies over the settlements.
There are two types of settlements–physical damage to your property, and pain and suffering.
Although it did take months to get our physical damage settlement, we were able to buy my daughter a new “used” car. One that is far more reliable for her to drive up and down the coast of California to her school.
Her older car went to her brothers who were now getting their driver’s permit and license.
For the second settlement, the insurance company offered me a settlement for pain and suffering. I was happy with it, but my husband said, “No–it’s not enough!”
So, I reluctantly went back to the insurance company to get more for pain and suffering. To be honest, I didn’t think I’d get anymore. Through much paperwork and a few months, I received almost double what they offered in the beginning!
This was now enough money to cover my daughter’s full amount of her school tuition. It was amazing to see that bill stamped, “Paid in full.”
If you are in a season where it seems like there is thing after thing coming against you–whether it is physical damage in your body, or the pain and suffering of a broken relationship–God knows. He keeps a record, and unlike the insurance company we will not have to say, “It’s not enough!”
We don’t have to come to Him to plead with Him for our recompense. We come–knowing whose we are–and rightfully expecting full recompense for those things that were killed, stolen, or destroyed in our lives.
Today trust Him for your physical recompense. Trust Him for your pain and suffering recompense. Repayment may not come on the 1st or the 15th, but God’s repayment plan is always on time. God’s recompense is exceedingly and abundantly beyond what you can imagine. When he gets done, your situation will be stamped “Paid in full!”
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.”
Psalm 27:13
One fateful decision landed me smack in the middle of my own Wilderness…
Though I was obeying God’s voice, I spent the next several years “walking on water,” even though it felt more like I was treading water. A Journey Out of the Wilderness is for people going through a rough time—a Wilderness experience—where you feel as though you are “down for the count” and ready to give up. Wilderness Wanderers feel as though they are doing laps around the mountain, passing the same tree over and over again wondering, “Will this never end?” However, being in the Wilderness will be one of the most transformational times of your life.
I needed this… thank you!
I’m glad it helped you! 🙂 sherry