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Not Worthy: God’s Grace and Glory in Nahum’s Traumatic Brain Injury, Morganton Boulevard SW, Lenoir, NC (2025)

07/09/2024

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works. Psalm 73:28

One of the most beautiful and rewarding aspects of walking with God and trusting Him particularly in adversity is the opportunity to declare and testify of the good works of our faithful God.

Nahum’s surgery is finished, and we are with him in recovery. He isn’t awake yet and has a nerve block that will help him with pain for a few hours. The surgeon said that all went well.

Nahum has bio cards (pictured below) with his picture, name verse, and story. He and I gave his cards to nurses, hospital staff, and the surgeon this morning before his surgery. We told each of them that they could have a smile to keep. The surgeon said when she met with us after the surgery that everyone in the OR read Nahum’s story. The most wonderful thing about that is not that these people had the opportunity to learn about Nahum but, far more importantly, that they had the opportunity to read about the Savior Who died on a cross for them and thereby accomplished hope for our todays and for our eternity. What an opportunity we have today to point to Christ and His sufficiency all because a tree limb fell on a little boy which caused traumatic brain injury which caused Nahum’s muscles to contract tightly and pull his hip out of its socket which brought us to the point of surgery on this day so that some strangers in Charlotte, North Carolina, could hear the sweet and satisfying name of Jesus! What a good, sovereign God Who graciously enables us moment by moment to rest in His control!

We are so unworthy of the honor of being here and pointing to Christ but so thankful to be included in the eternal story of Jesus.

Jesus is worthy!

Thank you for your continued prayers. I will update later after Nahum is awake and we can better assess his condition.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Romans 11:33-36

10/03/2023

What if your life and mine are lived in such a way as to show that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the most valuable thing in all of the world?

What if God makes your life and mine platforms where others can see the sufficiency and worth of Christ?

Will any loss or sorrow or trial be too great if through them the glory of Christ is shown?

I think that they will seem as “light afflictions which are but for a moment” even as they work “for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” So “we look not at the things which are seen, for they are temporal, but at the things which are not seen; for they are eternal.” Additionally, “I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Then, not now. There, not here. His glory, not ours.

We have not been thrown under the bus. God is faithful and good, and He continues to show His kindness and favor to us. Traumatic brain injury is not at all what God did TO us but what He is doing IN us and FOR us. It isn’t easy, fun, or comfortable, but we are strengthened, loved, and comforted by the eternal God. I can think of no better place to be except for Heaven where we will be free from sin and face to face with Jesus.

In the meantime, God keeps helping our faith to grow as He shows His faithfulness and trustworthiness. We really can trust Him, the Dearest and Best, with our dearest and best loves. There is no one else like Him.

Nahum is doing well. He made it back to therapy today and will return to school tomorrow. His biggest challenges are the discomfort of the brace and his inability to sit in his wheelchair safely and comfortably. His wheelchair doesn’t accommodate his brace or his legs at their current stretch. We have other places for him to sit at home or in the classroom, but transporting him is a challenge. We are waiting to hear about getting a better wheelchair for him to use for the next six weeks.

We do intensely dislike the brace and are planning a Brace-Burning Bash. We have discovered that Nahum doesn’t get quite as upset about the brace if it is on the outside of his clothes, but he still enjoys our talking about a farewell party for the brace. It is a visible reminder to me of the truth of life that those things which are good and best for me are not usually the most comfortable or pleasant.

So many truths to learn . . . So much refining needed for my heart . . . So much growth needed for my faith . . . I am thankful for my patient and good Shepherd Who is faithful to lead me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.

Jesus is worthy.

08/14/2023

Nahum—The name means means Comforter.

Nahum Philip Meister was named for Nahum 1:7 which says, “The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.” This is the perfect verse for Nahum’s life.

I am so thankful that God didn’t jump on our train on March 27, 2021, but he had been preparing us and Nahum for that day long before the tree limb fell. What a good and faithful God He is!

Nahum wrote his name today at therapy. God would be just as good if Nahum had no more gains. God is immutable and can never be more or less of what He is; He is good, never better or worse. Yet . . . I am so very thankful for this good improvement and gain for Nahum.

Nahum, Comforter
God, the God of all comfort
Jesus is worthy.

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