I Kings 19:6b (MSG) (Elijah) ate the meal and went back to sleep.
When the doctor finally declared me “cancer free,” everyone celebrated. Then a friend told me, “It will take you two years to get over this.” I am so thankful for that piece of reality, because everyone (including me) expected life to go back to normal. It didn’t. I was exhausted and unable to jump back quickly. I worried that my pace would never return. Elijah’s story helps us understand PTSD, the grace of God, His renewal processes, and the grace we need to have for ourselves. God does renew and restore—Job’s story illustrates that. Have you been through some kind of trauma? Eat the meal God provides for you, sleep and give yourself time to recover. Talk to a good Christian counselor to understand the real impact of what you’ve been through. God cares. He is not finished with you. He will give you restoration that “nourishes you…all the way to the mountain of God” (vs 8).
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