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# "Trials are Precious" | Mere Orthodoxy
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/trials-are-precious/
- Published: 2016-05-06T13:01:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T16:40:58.000Z
- Description: Rob and Ruth Meador discuss how God has revealed himself to them and preserved them in the aftermath of Rob's traumatic brain injury.
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Jake Meador, Devotional, Formation

Going to interrupt our Trump coverage for a moment to share this video.

On December 8, my dad suffered a traumatic brain injury due to a drug complication to treat some blood clots in his lungs. He had emergency brain surgery the morning of the 8th. After that, he was in a medically induced coma until December 23\. Since that time he has been in the hospital going through therapy to try and help him recover as much as he can from the brain injury.

Recently our family’s church did a video with my parents at the rehab hospital where dad is staying to talk about the past few months and how God has been faithful to them through this dark time.

Here’s the video: