Today marks the almost 3-month point when I contracted covid, and the 2-month point since I was released from the hospital. I continue to look back at the past three months with one key emotion: gratitude. Despite having had to go through the most harrowing experience of my life, I am deeply grateful because my Father in Heaven has been with me and watching over me through all of it. I continue to be reminded of the story of the old gentleman who was a survivor of the Willie and Martin handcart company tragedy, and his comment that the members of that company became “acquainted with God in their extremities”. This phrase perfectly reflects how I also feel about my experience. For whatever reason – that I am still trying to figure out – through this experience with covid/pneumonia, my Father in Heaven decided to reach into my life and literally pull me deeply into His endlessly loving embrace, and into a deep relationship where I not only k...
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