The Blessing
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God Romans 8:28 A blessing has dropped into my life; or rather I dropped into a blessing. When Covid initially mandated that we all stay home my wife and I developed an outdoor exercise course - largely intended to get our two boys outside to burn some energy. One of the things we added was a 25' climbing rope hung from a tree in our woods (as hind sight usually provides I now have full clarity that maintenance and routine inspection should have been something to not neglect). On Thursday, 20 October shortly before noon I decided to run through the course quickly before meeting friends for lunch. After I reached the top of the climbing rope the portion wrapped around the tree limb broke and I fell approximately 20' to the ground. I could tell my back was hurt, but I was able to move and actually stood up right after the fall. However, my right foot was not able to support my weight and I ...