One thing is for certain is that as one gets older, illness takes more out of you. I grew up with adages such as “you can’t make the club in the tub,” “Hubbell you need to learn the difference between pain and injury,” and “chicks love scars.” Things have changed thank goodness, but as I…
Not Okay
You have noted my lamentation, put my tears in your bottle; — Psalm 56:8. Almost every morning Suzy is up before me. When I come down the stairs she usually asks, “Are you okay?” She is right to ask, my arthritis and the treatment take a lot out of me, but I usually answer no matter…
Wherever You Go
Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. — Joshua 1:9b. In Ruth 1:16–17, Ruth tells Naomi, her Israelite mother-in-law, “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you…
Second Guessing
With hindsight, wouldn’t we all do things differently? Examining mistakes after the fact is one of the best ways to learn, but there is a time and place for second guessing. When it is used to shift blame and obfuscate we must call it out. Like most all of us I have been deeply affected…
House on Sand
And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act will be like the foolish man who built his house on sand. — Matthew 7:26. I know enough about construction to understand that any building, house, or structure is only as stable as its foundation. If one doesn’t sink the pilings deep enough, if…