Sometimes, the pain we have worked so hard to avoid is the one thing that leads us to where God calls us to go. Sometimes, feeling our need is the greatest work of faith we can surrender to.

I woke up like any other day.

But, when I got up from my bed, a sharp pain shot through my ankle. My leg jerked and my step crumpled. I couldn’t walk.

What was going on?

I hadn’t done anything strenuous. Hadn’t hurt it.

Or did I?…

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