Day 62

 

Broken Feet

 

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

 

1 Thessalonians 5:18

 

My son broke his foot. How he did it I don't know. I don't even know how long it was broken before we discovered it. What  sounds even worse is it turned out both of his feet were broken and we didn't know it.

You may be wondering how such a neglectful parent escaped child protective services. In my defense he was walking fine and we noticed he was limping only when basketball season started. Everyday in practice his limp would become more pronounced. We took him to a podiatrist who saw his age (at the time he was in Jr. High) and the shape of his foot  and told us that he would take an x-ray but was sure it was broken. The x-ray proved him right and he explained that kids of that age with feet shaped like his often suffered from stress fractures in their heels. So Ethan wore a walking boot for a couple of months on one foot and then switched it to the other foot.

So you see, my child did not suffer from child abuse. I have abused my lawn mower on occasion and regularly abuse the English language but never my son. The only thing abused on this occasion was my checking account.

We did have medical insurance and I was thankful for that. Not everyone has insurance or a job for that matter. The trouble was that the cost to fix two broken feet was not enough to go over my deductible.

I was thankful for that too. You see a lot of people go over their deductible year after year. My family never goes over the deductible. We are all healthy people and rarely go to a doctor.

Being thankful has a lot to do with perspective. If you look at most things you can find something to be thankful for. You don't have to be thankful for some tragedy but you can be thankful while in the midst of a tragedy.

I am thankful that my son's feet healed. I am thankful I could pay for the care he needed. And I am thankful he only has two feet.

 

Upon Further Review:

 

Read Philippians 4:4-7

• In whom do we rejoice always?
• What can we do about anxiety?
• When we pray with thanksgiving what do we receive?