This has certainly been an interesting week. Over the weekend I have somehow hurt my back, which has basically left been bed ridden. Today is the first time that I have sat in a chair for a week (and it hurts).

I have been trying to force my recovery, but to no avail. Every morning I would get up and say, today is the day that I am going to get back into action, to only find myself worse off than the previous day. You cannot fight or speed up nature’s natural healing process.

What have I learned (so far) from this? God is the one that is in control of our physical and spiritual lives. We cannot make it grow or heal, the only thing that we can do is create an environment in which healing and growth can take place. For me at this stage, that environment seems to be flat on my back. This has been a pretty humbling experience.