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"Healing = Courage + Action + Grace"

On January 21st, 2014 Johnathan Sandberg gave a devotional address at BYU with this title. It really impacted me. With my other posts I've said a lot about my back problems. This address that Brother Sandberg gave me hope and confidence to heal. So I'm going to share some of my thoughts and feelings on that for this post.

Let me share me notes from the devotional. **I never got around to fully posting my thoughts on this. So here's the link to the devotional.**
Healing is a gift. Healing is growth, time, change. It does hurt. It requires suffering, even though it's a gift.

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jonathan-g-sandberg/healing-courage-action-grace/

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