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I refused to put pain in my backpack
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
While hiking with my husband on a primitive trail in Arches National Park, Utah, I climbed a section of steep rock to bypass a deep puddle on the path. Halfway up, I began to slip and had to quickly twist my back into the rock to stop sliding. When I made it to the top, I was so elated that I forgot about the incident and hiked to the trail’s end.
The next morning, my neck and shoulders were sore and stiff. I was puzzled—until I remembered the climb up the slick rock.
I turn to God whenever I face a challenge, and find His help to be sufficient in every circumstance. So I realized that the quickest way to find freedom from the intense pain would be to focus on what was going on spiritually.
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