004: Allergies are Killing Me
4Jan2010 Filed under: Me Author: Larry
On New Year’s Eve while I was at First Night with my family, an insipid darkness joined the unexpected arctic wind… that darkness has been mercilessly relegating me to an array of allergy symptoms that is relentless. Violent sneezes, eyes that itch so badly you want to rip them out, and an interminable headache… misery.
Tonight, I am at my worst. I’m not sneezing as much and my eyes don’t itch… but my throat hurts and I have dry mouth and I feel generally miserable. So… I’m drinking tea (no that’s not coffee in the picture) in hopes of soothing my irritated throat.
I actually feel sick – truly ill as if I’ve come down with something (which I guess is a possibility) – only time will tell I suppose. So, I’ve got little to say and I can’t seem to bring my brain to come up with some clever bit of nuance or tidy little analogy of how this is just like the toil we face on earth… our bodies still mired somewhat by our flesh, we are no longer dead, but alive in Christ. He is our Great Physician and the Spirit is the medicine we need on a daily basis to keep the sickness (our flesh) at bay… now, if only he would heal me of this blasted allergy… but, again, this is evidence of my need for grace. So, I pray in faith for healing while loving Him for the reminder that I need Him… would seem masochistic if it weren’t for the beauty of faith.
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Hopefully, you see in these writings a man who is staying The Course and pursuing The Path amidst the pitfalls and selfish ways of being a son of Adam. I pray earnestly that my writing would encourage some of you by showing you that this journey - though arduous and sometimes tragic - is a journey of great satisfaction. A satisfaction greater than our greatest imaginings. The trials and refining fire of tribulation are to be recognized as a small shadow of the suffering of our Savior so that we can rejoice, as Peter and the disciples did, to be counted worthy to suffer for the sake of the Name.