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REACH FORWARD | STRETCHING TOWARD THE FUTURE
DAY 24: YOU CAN COME
BACK FROM THIS!
MINISTER SAM BROWN
NEHEMIAH 2:17-20
Reflection:
No matter what has been broken in your life, God is calling you to reach inward, rise up,
and rebuild with faith and courage.
Expanded Focus:
Family, I want to pause today and encourage you: you can come back from whatever you
are going through or facing. Every test that arises in your life has an expiration date, and
by faith, I declare that day is today. Rebuilding takes faith and an unrelenting attitude that
pushes you to rise to an occasion when everything in you wants you to surrender to
circumstances. I know what it feels like to lose everything I held of value and have to
rebuild. In July 2015, I was involved in an unforeseen accident with fireworks. I was
surrounded by my family and friends, whom I had grown up with, and at that moment, I
thought my life was absolutely over. I watched my life flash before my eyes as I lay there
helpless, waiting for emergency services, hearing the panic and concern in my family’s
voices.
As I was being transported to the hospital, thoughts raced through my mind—losing my
life, losing my career in law enforcement, and the faces of the people I loved most were all
that I could envision at the time. Fear tried to take the place of my faith. But in the midst
of that chaos, I heard the voice of the Lord speak to me clearly:
