A Fracture and God’s Goodness
I believe God sees the beginning from the end. Perhaps the devil also sees into the future?.
I am in a very grateful mood this morning, thanking the Lord for how far He has brought me and for His protection over me even when I knew not what He had in store for me.
I am especially grateful that He restored my left leg and has continually preserved my legs knowing fully well how much I will need those legs.
In far away Grenoble in France and way back in 2001, I almost lost the proper use of my left leg. I had a domestic fall in the kitchen and fractured my ankle. Fortunately, the fracture was a clean break. I woke up in the hospital after being in a 3 day coma. Please do not ask me how, because I knoweth not the answer?.
My ankle was eventually mended and I walked on crutches for over a year before I miraculously dropped the crutches. I remember vividly the day the crutches were forcefully taken away from me at a church program by a visiting Minister of God to our Church. I remember not his name. Perhaps my then pastor’s wife, Hannah Oyebanjo, can help with the Minister’s name. I couldn’t walk properly after dropping the crutches. I had developed anisomelia due to my poorly healed fracture and one leg had become shorter than the other leg. I limped. I was grateful that I could walk without crutches so I did not consider my limping as a handicap. Then one day, many months after I stopped walking with crutches, a colleague of mine brought my attention to the fact that I no longer limped. Please do not ask me how, because I knoweth not the answer ?.
I believe that God saw beyond what I could see. He knew I needed to walk properly. He rectified the poorly healed fracture and now I walk without a limp. Furthermore, I began to run 11 years after my accident. I believe God knew I would need the joy of running even when I knew nothing about running. He knows me more than I know myself. Running has allowed me to see and appreciate God’s creations in many different lands.
I stumbled on this picture of my left leg, showing a plate and seven screws holding everything in place and I was instantly reminded of God’s goodness to me.
I apologize for often forgetting about how I was healed. I believe that God has given me the opportunity to share His healing story.
I am in awe of God’s goodness as I prepare for my 110th marathon in my 75th country.
Please join me in raising praises to the Healer of all times. I pray we will not lose the tools/instruments/talents with which we have been blessed by God. Amen?.
Dayo Akinbode Reiman
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