Journey to Wholeness

Scripture: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight." — Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV)

For years, I thought physical therapy was simply my profession. Every day, I help people regain movement. I assess pain. I evaluate posture. I correct positioning. I help restore strength after injury or illness. I remind patients that healing isn't instant. It requires consistency, patience, and trust in the process.

I loved the work, but I never realized God was teaching me something much bigger. One day while reading Peter, I noticed something I had read many times before. Peter was a fisherman. When Jesus called him, He didn't say, "Forget everything you've learned." He said, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." Jesus didn't discard Peter's experience. He used it. The same hands that once pulled fish from the sea would now pull people into the Kingdom.

That made me ask What if God has been doing the same thing with me? Maybe He never intended for physical therapy to be the destination. Maybe it was always preparation. In physical therapy, alignment matters. A person's posture affects how they move. Their positioning determines whether healing progresses or pain persists. When the body is out of alignment, compensation begins. One weak area forces another part of the body to work harder until everything starts hurting. Isn't that true spiritually, too?

How many of us have spent years compensating? Working harder instead of healing deeper. Performing instead of becoming. Carrying responsibilities we were never positioned to carry. Trying to force movement while our hearts remain misaligned.

I've come to realize that my calling isn't that different from my profession. I still care about alignment. Only now, I'm less concerned with knees and hips and more concerned with hearts.

I want women to examine their spiritual posture. Are we bound under pressure or surrendered before God? I want women to consider their positioning. Have we placed ourselves where culture tells us to stand, or where God has called us to remain? And I want for women to discover peace. Not the kind that comes from having everything figured out, but the peace that comes from being aligned with the One who holds it all together.

That's what wholeness looks like. Not perfection but alignment. The more I walk with God, the more I realize He isn't asking me to become someone completely different. He's taking the skills He's already built in me and giving them purpose.

I spent years helping people recover their physical walk. Now I believe He's inviting me to help women recover their spiritual one. Maybe that's what God does with all of us. He rarely wastes our training. He repurposes it. The very thing you thought was "just your job" may have been preparing you for your calling all along.

Reflection

Where in your life has God been teaching you through your profession, your experiences, or even your pain? What skills have you overlooked because they seemed ordinary? Ask God to show you how He might be using them for something greater.

With grace, LaToya