Pinned Down by God: Learning to Trust in the Midst of Pain

About six months prior to writing this article, I celebrated my 40th birthday.  I had heard of a midlife crisis but never really understood what it was or how it manifested itself.  From the little I had gathered from television—America’s main source of education—I came to believe that a midlife crisis was when men or women in midlife (ages 40-60) attempted to relive their younger years by—in the case of men—purchasing expensive sports cars, styling large gold chains around their necks, and wearing their shirts unbuttoned to just below their nipple line—in the case of women—piling on the makeup, hitting the gym, and wearing miniskirts too short even for Angelina Jolie.  ​

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