I haven't worn my sling today.
Went to church and preached and celebrated.
I spoke about 'faith', which I have learned a lot about in the last two weeks.
Bern's care for me has given me 'faith' in my life.
Faith may be something we gain from others.
Maybe....
I didn'twear my sling most of yesterday.
Last night I couldn't sleep for the pain in my shoulder.
I went downstairs at 2:30 a.m. to take pain pills.
I slept maybe 2 hours.
I called and got myself outof the Diocesan Convention.
I'll be better better by Sunday and go to church and preach.
But theworld series begins tonight.
GO YANKEES!!!
The doctor took off my cast and I have both hands free again.
I'll be writing more about my condition in the days to come.
But above all, VOTE!
For Harris and Tim.....
Sunday a.m.coming in from the back porch, the storm door caught my right foot and made me fall.
I went to church in pain and couldn't sleep that night.
Ifrractured my right thumb and shoulder.
Cast and sling take away mt right hand--can't do much .
Bern takes care of me lovinngly.
Won't be posting for awhille. So keep me in your hearts.
Tomorrow I'm talking about Mark's Jesus condemning rich people.
In the first century, Jews thought wealth meant God's approval of rich people's lives.
But Jesus turns away a rich young man who won't give up his wealth to follow Jesus.
The disciples are shocked but Jesus tells them: "it is harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.
Pretty tough, no?
Some early scholars suggested that there was a gate to Jerusalem that was called 'the needle' and a camel could go through on it's knees. But why would a camel owner do that because there were other gates.
Besides, history says there was no such gate.
But Jesus saves the rich by saying "In God, all things are possible."
In God all things are possible.
Something to ponder and reflect on.
In God, all things are possible....
I've been sneezing and blowing my nose for two days.
I got the Covid booster yesterday and blamed it. But Bern told me I was crazy....Which I am.
I feel better tonight at 9 p.m. so I hope that holds.
Not great to have a cold as it's getting colder out in the world.
I hate both kinds of 'cold'.
...we started reading Ezekiel, which I don't think many of the other 5 there had ever read.
People were astounded at God's bitterness and punishment toward the people of Israel in exile.
They were thinking of Luke's depiction on God as forgiving and loving.
Ezekiel is a different matter.
God is angry and feels betrayed by the people of Israel.
Don't get on God's bad side!
