Hardships

Thriving During Seasons of Barrenness

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Every human wants to live a fruitful life.  We all desire to do something worthwhile, something that blesses people.  We need to feel significant.

But life on earth occasionally brings seasons of barrenness.  Those times of fruitlessness confuse us, hurt us, and test us.  Nevertheless, you cannot escape all seasons of barrenness.

Accept barren seasons as normal cycles of life.  God designed humans to be fruitful in season.  Fruitful seasons bring joy, but cannot last forever.

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Assets, not Liabilities

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     After becoming legally blind and losing my driver’s license at age 29 I made lots of changes in my lifestyle.  Obviously, I could no longer drive so my wonderful wife plus friends at the church became my chauffeurs.  Nobody complained, no one criticized my inability.  In fact, after I gave up my driver’s license I imagined the Board asking me to resign because, after all, who needs a pastor who can’t drive a car.  Well, at the first board meeting after the Department of Public Safety refused to renew my license, the Board told me not to worry about it because they would help me with transportation.

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More Lessons My Impairments Have Taught Me!

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Being legally blind because of totally blind spots could have proven an insurmountable barrier to happiness.  In fact, there were times during my 20’s that I felt quite resentful for the way I perceived God had treated me.  He mercifully changed my attitude and I started looking for lessons for life contained within the physical impairment I was born with.  Hopefully some of these lessons will help you deal with the more unpleasant side of life. …

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More Lessons My Physical Impairment Taught Me

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In one of my recent blogs I listed four lessons my physical impairment has taught me.  Here are some more valuable lessons I have learned from my physical impairments.

  1. Don’t take yourself too seriously; find humor in your differences and struggles.  As my wife drove me to my office one morning we passed a jogger.  I commented, “That guys looks absolutely worn out.”  Two or three days later Delores told me that the jogger was a female.  I responded, “Well, at least that polar bear looks worn out.” …

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Things Physical Impairment Taught Me

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    1. Never concentrate on what you can’t do; always think about what you can do.
    2. Never concentrate on what you can’t have; always think about what you can have.
    3. Never consider your differences from other people as road blocks to success;  always consider your differences as doorways to success.
    4. Appreciate and never depreciate yourself.

Due to vision impairments I lost my driver’s license at the age of 29.  My wife became the prettiest chauffeur on planet earth.  When I could no longer read print, she became our only reader in our family.  The Things Physical Impairment Taught Me  helped me accept life as it treated me instead of resenting my heavenly Father, myself and others.

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens  me,” Philippians 4:13 (KJV).

Pastor James Fields

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