September 4th, 2006 & September 5th, 2006
I missed the Jubilee. I wanted to go. I prayed for those who were blessed to go, that they would have a blast and walk away with something in their hearts. As for me, I didn’t go, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t learn anything from the weekend. I had the pleasure of taking IV Steroids again over the latter three days of the week. And during this experience, I walked into the IV room where there was this teenager getting a treatment of her own. I guess she was about 16 or 17 or so… she was young. And she had to be excused at one point, I asked the nurse about her, she said that she was mature for a girl her age going through MS. She also gave a bit of warning to me for the medical school, but on the side she said that the youngest patient the medical school is treating is a four year old child.
And that put things into a real perspective for me. I had to really role that around in my head. It wasn’t one of those “instant inspirations” like some smart people get, but for a nimrod like me, it takes a few days to sink in.
1st Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
I put this up here for a reason. Not that it is just scripture, but there is more to it than that. This is a biblical definition of love, in a sense.
Love – patient, kind, humble, hopeful, unfailing, protecting, trusting, persevering, …
So here it is, a definition from the bible of what the definition of love is. And here I have this disease that is causing me indescribable pain at the age of 32, there is a girl who is a teenager going through roughly the same thing, and most likely a four year old out there who also is going through the same thing. So what is the difference between us all? What separates us?
Mark 12:28-31
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Now, there is a definition of love, and I am to love the LORD with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. Is my love to God patient? Does my love to God show trust? When I pray, is my prayer self-seeking? What does my love for God say about my devotion to God? There is a teenager who may have known life without her disease. There is a four-year old who doesn’t know anything but the disease. And here I am at the age of 32 complaining. What do I have to complain about? I’ve been blessed in many, many ways. Here are just a few blessings God has given me…
Some Blessings:
I missed the Jubilee. I wanted to go. I prayed for those who were blessed to go, that they would have a blast and walk away with something in their hearts. As for me, I didn’t go, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t learn anything from the weekend. I had the pleasure of taking IV Steroids again over the latter three days of the week. And during this experience, I walked into the IV room where there was this teenager getting a treatment of her own. I guess she was about 16 or 17 or so… she was young. And she had to be excused at one point, I asked the nurse about her, she said that she was mature for a girl her age going through MS. She also gave a bit of warning to me for the medical school, but on the side she said that the youngest patient the medical school is treating is a four year old child.
And that put things into a real perspective for me. I had to really role that around in my head. It wasn’t one of those “instant inspirations” like some smart people get, but for a nimrod like me, it takes a few days to sink in.
1st Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
I put this up here for a reason. Not that it is just scripture, but there is more to it than that. This is a biblical definition of love, in a sense.
Love – patient, kind, humble, hopeful, unfailing, protecting, trusting, persevering, …
So here it is, a definition from the bible of what the definition of love is. And here I have this disease that is causing me indescribable pain at the age of 32, there is a girl who is a teenager going through roughly the same thing, and most likely a four year old out there who also is going through the same thing. So what is the difference between us all? What separates us?
Mark 12:28-31
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Now, there is a definition of love, and I am to love the LORD with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. Is my love to God patient? Does my love to God show trust? When I pray, is my prayer self-seeking? What does my love for God say about my devotion to God? There is a teenager who may have known life without her disease. There is a four-year old who doesn’t know anything but the disease. And here I am at the age of 32 complaining. What do I have to complain about? I’ve been blessed in many, many ways. Here are just a few blessings God has given me…
Some Blessings:
- Family
- Friends
- Books
- The Bible
- Food
- Transportation
- Home
- School
- Doctors
- Medication
- A Cat
- Baseball
- Traffic
- Telephone
- Computer
- Hot Summer Days
- Cold Winter Nights
- Rainy Days
- Holidays
- Movies
- Toys
- Light Bulbs
- Paint
- Cartoons
- Comedy
- Flowers
- Butterflies
- Poetry
- Chocolate
- Frogs
- Lizards
- Opossums
- Armadillos
- Raccoons
- Rabbits
- Deer
- Chickens (and Roosters)
- Stars in the Evening Sky
- Meteor Showers
- Sunsets
- Storm Fronts
I really could just go on and on… I think I should have put chocolate down twice. It’s just that good. But I think about this: the Bible doesn’t command God to love me with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his mind and with all his strength. The reason is, God already does that. He already does. Johnny Out.
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