The struggle began again this week; worse than which club to use on a difficult golf shot. Back pain! MRI showed arthritis and muscle spasms. Return to Physical Therapy and the therapy pool. Once again I heard the two voices battling in my head. One reminded me it had been nine years since I retired, \u201cfrom a position, but not from a calling.\u201d The voice continued, \u201cYou\u2019ve carried too much heavy luggage to too many places, traveled in too many tight airline seats for too many miles, slept on too many bad mattresses in too many hotels, prayer-walked in too many hot places resulting in too many skin cancer surgeries. Your body is worn out. It\u2019s time to stay home and write another book.\u201d The other voice reminded me how many times I said there is no such thing as retiring from God\u2019s call. The voice uttered, \u201cYou said you would keep going as long as God gave you strength and even quoted, Psalm 71:18 about being grayheaded and still declaring \u201cstrength to this generation\u201d and \u201cpower to everyone who is to come.\u201d What to do! Which voice is God\u2019s, and which is Satan\u2019s? Tough struggle! When you\u2019re on the back nine of life, someone needs to point you to #18 and then help you to the club house for rest and refreshment. I\u2019m not there yet, but I\u2019m a lot closer to #18 than I am to #1, and every now and then, the struggle returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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