to my receiver, and right when I did the teams Big stud defensive end hit me underneath my face mask on my chin. The hit had broken my jaw. Of course I did not know that at the time, so I managed to finish out the rest of the game, which we lost. I went to the doctor the next morning and the x-rays confirmed that my jaw was indeed broken. They said I was going to be out for 6-8 weeks, however the season had only 5 weeks left. I was devastated! I did not know what I was going to do because this kind of thing had never happened to me. I was our team’s only quarterback and I accounted for about 75% of the team’s points. I felt like I let the team down. I had it so good in the beginning, and I never realized it, and I was punished for that via a broken jaw. Fortunately I got a second opinion, and I never missed a game, but I did loose a step. But it did not matter how I was playing; it was just so good to get back into the mix again. The end of that season felt like I had accomplished more than any of the seasons prior to that because I had that period of suffering in the middle. Maybe that was God’s way of telling me that I was taking my good health for granite, and He let my jaw be broke to show me how good my life actually was.Suffering is always going to be painful no matter if God is the one who is doing it to us or not. What we need to realize is that suffering with faith in God is much more justifiable than suffering without. In I Peter it says “However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.”(I Peter 4:16). So suffering as a Christian is all right because it means that you share an aspect of Christ’s life, and you should continue to praise God. “So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good”(I Peter 4:19). This is our answer: Have fait...
