It's Only a Flat Tire in the Rain
Navigating Life's Bumpy Roads with Faith and Grace
Chapter One
When Life Happens
Crises bring us face-to face with our inadequacy
and our inadequacy in turn leads us to the inexhaustible
sufficiency of God.
—CATHERINE MARSHALL
DEAF!" ... I sat there stunned. Numbness came
over me. Then, as the word began to sink into my
being, all sorts of emotions ran through my mind. "James
can't be deaf!" I shouted at the doctor. At that time, all I
knew of deafness was those people who chased me down
in the supermarket parking lot, handing me cards that
said "I'm deaf; please help me by buying a key chain." I
always felt sorry for them.
"I assure you your son is deaf," the doctor replied.
"We'll need to run more tests to determine the severity of
his deafness. But he is deaf."
On this day, when my ex-wife and I found ourselves
in the hospital with James, my lif ... read full excerpt from It's Only a Flat Tire in the Rain: Navigating Life's Bumpy Roads with Faith and Grace ebook
