"Can you live with it?"

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A year ago today I was with my brother at a hospital. He had surgery on his eye. He had surgery a few months before on the same eye for a detached retina. Unfortunately the retina detached again at another place. Not exactly what we had prayed for.

When he called me to tell me what was going on, he was understandably upset. The odds weren’t as good that the second surgery would work.

His imagination went into overdrive with worry, just like yours and mine would if we were in his position. He didn’t want to go through the incredible pain again. Or, to inconvenience his wife or worry his children or burden our parents. And what if he couldn’t work, he’d lose lots of business.

So I said to him, “Buddy, all we have is today. None of this stuff may ever happen, but right now is what’s happening. And here’s what we know: You can live with whatever life brings because God is with you today.”

Like my brother, whatever situation you’re facing, you can live with it because God is with you today.

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