Being Injured and God's Healing
Posted at 07:18 AM on July 30, 2008 by PastorEstey
Hi anyone and everyone.
I was recently injured on my state job. I am a Pastor but I am also a Correction officer in the prison system here in Connecticut. I actually deliver the license plates that the Inmates make to our local DMVs. Well, one of my workers clipped the back of my right foot with two pallets of plates (each one weighing in at an impressive 800lbs, so that was 1600 pounds that hit me). The doctors said it should have detached my Achillies Tendon but somehow it didn't. So I was hobbling around with a cane and a pronounced limp for a while. But here I am, a pastor, a man of faith, a teacher who was teaching about God's healing power... and I've got a cane. This may have confused some of my students. Why would God allow this? (They may have asked themselves) My response is; Because God gets the glory for my healing. God gets the glory for the miracle of the tendon remaining intact. God gets the glory for me not receive surgery. God gets the glory... Read More »
General
| Name: | Bernard Estey |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of Birth: | March 6, 1966 |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Country: | United States |
| Hometown: | Stafford Springs, CT |
| Web Site: | http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Stafford.Baptist.Church.860-684-5024 |
| About Me: | My life is not my own. It belongs to God first, my family second, and then the rest of the world. I am last... maybe someday that will make me first. (Matt. 19:30) |
Social
| Interested In: | I love to exercise (when I actually get a chance to do it), puppetry (as if you didn't notice), playing guitar and drums, singing in the choir, wrestling with Ethan (my three year old). |
| Favorite Music: | Toby Mac, Newsboys, Lifehouse, LaRue, Carman, Steven Curtis Chapman, P.O.D., Jars of Clay, and most Praise and Worship Music. |
| Favorite Movies: | I like anything where good triumphs over evil. |
| Favorite Books: | The Left Behind series, and anything written by Frank Perreti. And of course the number one best seller of all time. |