Slipped On My Own Icy Steps, Broke Leg Badly - Is God Chastening Me? I Will Have Orthopedic Surgery!

The Lord Jesus Christ has already completely paid for sins of believers like I.

1John2:2:

1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

But, our faithful Heavenly Father does chasten his true children.

1Corinthians11:

³¹For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

³²But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

Hebrews12:

⁷If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

⁸But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

⁹Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Later in this web page I give a different explanation, that it could be God's behind-the-scenes protection of his child, at work, rather then his chastening, regarding my leg.

God could be multi-tasking, too.

It could be all-of-the-above.

I suspect this is the true case.

So, I ask, "Why God?"

There are no such things as coincidences or actual accidents. God controls everything.

Matthew 10:

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. (Father's will)

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

I'm scheduled for orthopedic surgery next week to fix my broken leg. Guess I will have some screws in me from now on.

I puzzle as I try to figure out what lesson God is trying to teach me.

There is of course the obvious - find a reliable way to de-ice the steps so this does not happen again to me or others.

I have insurance, sick leave, etc. Others in my family have none of these. So, of course, this must be a big part of the lesson.

I have to chuckle inside. A few years back my Tricare for Life and Medicare insurances were rather disdained.

But now with Obamacare, oh sorry, of course, the Affordable Health Care Act, screwing up much of our US healthcare system, my existing government health-care coverages seem to be quite welcome, thank you.

Yes, I suspect a more serious shortcoming in my life, which I think I will not go into, Is God's major target.

And with his mighty help, I think I had better get serious about getting in line.

I can tell from Scripture that he must be concerned about my carelessness, in that certain area.

I don't want the risk, at all, of more broken bones, or worse.

I can tell, too, he is providing the enablements for me to change. He is not leaving me to my own resources.

Philippians2:

¹²Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

At this point I want to go in an entirely different direction regarding God's sovereignty and omniscience (all knowing) protection, as the reason for my broken leg, instead of the explanation of discipline or chastening.

I tell my true story of driving a van of furniture from North Pole, Alaska (near Fairbanks) to Washington State. (about 2300 miles, about 600 miles unpaved, at the time)

We did a “do it yourself” move, from Fairbanks, Alaska (actually the town of North Pole where Santa’s house is -- where kids send letters to him) -- to Spokane in 1982.

The military would pay us 80% of what they would have to pay a commercial mover.

I drove the Alaska highway in an old Ford, 40 foot van, I bought.

I prayed a lot.

I prayed a lot, but approaching Muncho Lake, British Columbia, Canada, I realized that one of my rear dual tires was flat, although the other tire was carrying the whole load. Praise God for that!

I could tell by the comparative temperature feel of both tires, that one was flat.

I couldn’t understand why God was allowing this to happen -- since I had prayed diligently.

But, God had a mechanic waiting at Muncho lake.—

He said a number of the tire lugs were broken -- a VERY dangerous situation!

Then I realized, I had a very dangerous situation, and God had stopped me, and he was providing the necessary fix.

The mechanic only had General Motors lugs, but he machined them to fit my old Ford truck.

He only charged me about $65. I breathed a huge sigh of relief, and praised God like crazy.

So what started out as a troubling, puzzle and a disappointment, turned out as God’s great shepherding help and sovereign protection to me.

I may well look back on my broken leg and realize it was God's loving protection, and not chastening at all.

Our babies, mine, and my kins-folk's, will be waiting for us in heaven!

God foresees, he actually foreknows, the future, and protects us believers from things too difficult for us.

I sent, by letter, this, to our young married, kinfolk, couple who lost their first baby during birth, recently.

See my web page, Loss of a Child for details.

1 Thessalonians 2:12-14

¹²That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

¹³For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

¹⁴For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

If you are not sure you are a genuine believer in the Lord Jesus Christ --

To become a Christian see my pages They Came to Jesus, and Jesus Gets a Visitor in the Night.

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