An old guy ln hospital can get really tired doing nothing, or doing anything for that matter.

1-22 arrive  IU Health Methodist 5:30 A.M.
Rolled to ICU  2:00
1-28 tfr rm still in ICU.  That eve tfr to main floor.
1-29 tubes, wires removed
Will move to Miller's Tipton in a day or two.
Thank you, Lord, for your tender care.
Thank you, Dr. Beckman and the IU Health Team.

Thank you, friends for your concern and prayers.  Thanks especially, Coleen and Ďon for caring for JoAnn.

Ten-word Wednesday 2

 Remember when Tony advertised the frosting for
what it was?

 

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than   these?”
    For it is not wise to ask such questions.  Ecclesiastes 7:10  (NIV)

Recess

I am in the OR or in ICU.  I have no idea when I may be back here.  Meanwhile, enjoy your visits around the blogosphere.  Stay warm.

*Jim*         *Chuck*     *Grace*         

 *Pearl*      *Sharkey*

                    *Lin*          *Jono*
   
                                        *Murr*           *Vee*

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.  --Psalm 28:7 (KJV) 

Ten-word Wednesday

Beloved Beautiful got coloring books for Christmas.  She is thrickled.

Just the Tip of the Iceberg #T

We have a poltergeist living in our house.  We cannot catch him in the act of performing his nefarious tricks, but he is busy.  Worse, he seems to strike with increasing frequency as the weeks
 and months go by.  It is no longer amusing.



In November while BBBH was away vanilla laid a hearing aid on the table next his work station.  The next morning he noted that it was still just where he put it.  No need to wear it, he thought, there is no one here and certainly there is nothing worth watching on the tube.  So he left it.  The day passed and vanilla retired for the night.

The next morning vanilla decided that since he was going to the library that he might utilize the equipment, so going to the table, what?  The hearing aid was not there.  In a certain degree of frustration, looked the house over, wracked his brain for a clue as to whether or not he had moved it and forgotten about it.  After about the third day, vanilla decided that when BBBH returned she would easily locate the lost item.

She came home.  She did not find it.

Then last week vanilla filled out a ten-page admissions questionnaire for the hospital.  There was a line requiring the spouse's signature.  He had her sign it.  She remembers signing it.  A few days later he went to the folder where it should be and it was not there.  It was not on any table, bookshelf, desk, or anyplace else that vanilla and BBBH looked, which was essentially everywhere. Numerous times over the course of many days.

Both items are still missing.

But if I get my hands on the poltergeist, well, mayhem may ensue.

God's Mercy #T

Does God withhold blessings and communications?  I don't know the theology requisite to a response to this question.  I do know that over the years I have heard people, dear saints of The Kingdom, say that it seemed God did not hear their prayers; that the ceiling above them was of brass and their petitions would not penetrate it.  Just this past week as I attempted to exchange words of consolation to a newly widowed friend she responded with, "God did not answer my prayers."

A difficult moment in the lives of two Christians as they converse at the foot of the casket of the  dear departed spouse, the one wracked with grief and doubt, the other feeling failure in his role as comforter.  We know that God does all things well and in His wisdom chooses the timing of His blessings.  We know this, and we know that it is ours to accept God at His word, to await His time.  And yet.

We read in Isaiah 54:8  "In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer."  (KJV)

Doubt is not sin; we are human.  Yet He will hold us in His hand in spite of our own tenuous grip.

btw, I have heard it said that doubt is the opposite of faith.  No.  In fact, doubt may be the foundation of faith, for without questioning there is no basis for believing.  Or so I think.

I pray as the father of the stricken son in Mark chapter nine, " Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."

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