Fever of 102 isn't a good thing, at least, not for this adult. It started Sunday night and I had to miss a couple of days from work all due to the non-glamorous flare up of diverticulitis. Monday was a complete loss to me other than the realization that family is a wonderful blessing. Tuesday I had healed enough that I could keep my eyes open for five minute increments which was enough time to read. I wish I was at work. The things that I read!
I have to tell you that I tend to try and shield what my eyes see. I know that I take everything to heart and I become overwhelmed with sadness too easily so I try my best to avoid anything that is disconcerting. I know this is wrong but how many assaults can a heart take? So for me to have found these articles, well, it is something I would usually avoid.
Which brings me to my Facebook. I have set it up so that I see all the various things I am interested in - slant it so that I see happy things and keep up-to-date on work, etc. My Facebook page isn't just friends. I don't have that many friends and 98% of them don't write on Facebook sooooo it wouldn't be very interesting if I waited to read something on my newsfeed. I went out and found stuff that I DO find interesting. I love science, arts, architecture, food, Kansas City, Atlanta, Princeton, California, Colorado, Burns & McDonnell, engineering, music, and anything and everything I can get my hands on concerning the Bible.
Okay back to wishing that I hadn't read so much while I was healing:
Ground up chinese babies found in capsules sold for stamina. It was a blogger that was writing about this news and he made a point (or many) that haunt me. Joe Carter - The Gospel Coalition
In the middle of the night I woke up wondering how much of all of this God will ask me about. I fear that He will ask me where I was when all of this was going on.
This is one article that so alarmed me that I thought it would garner a comment or two from someone . . . but dead silence (even when I went to the Discover Magazine page there were only two comments): "The Beating Heart Donors"
There were a myriad of other things I read and some I 'shared' or 'liked' on Facebook but most I didn't even think about sharing. I know few people take the time to read anything other than a few short words and there are probably too many of us out here trying to shield our hearts from all the blackness.
No comments:
Post a Comment