Good morning and welcome. Today we will be celebrating
Thursday, June 21, 2018, all day long. I survived my esophagram yesterday. I will admit to being a tad apprehensive because I didn't really know what to expect. Yes. I did check it out on the web. I just wasn't sure how I would react to the barium concoction. I got there early and they took me back early. Sometimes that happens. Not always. I was first escorted to a changing room to get my gown on. All I had to remove was my shirt. An elderly fellow was having a heated argument about having to take all his clothes off. They were telling him it was necessary for the procedure he was scheduled for. He didn't want to do it. They finally went and fetched his wife from the waiting area and she assisted him in getting ready for his procedure. Once in the x-ray room, two ladies explained to me what would be happening. They were ever so nice. They said they were trying to grab the doctor and the test shouldn't be more than 10 to 15 minutes. The doctor who looked younger than our youngest came in and explained to me what he would be doing. He essentially said the same things the ladies had already shared. They took pictures of me swallowing the barium stuff. It was all very painless. Once finished, I gave the two ladies our Santa and Mrs. Claus cards as souvenirs. They were very excited. One wanted a Lexus and the other a BMW. I told them that I get those requests quite often. Now we wait for the ENT to receive the findings and then I will be notified. Meanwhile. Hurry up. And wait. And, oh yeah. Be patient.
I tried to find out how much time does one spend in a lifetime waiting. I wasn't able to get an overall estimate for that, however, I did find that we spend an average of 6 months during our time here on the planet waiting in line. That seems like a long time, but, by comparison, they estimate the average person will spend 9 years of their life using their phone. We can add to that the time we spend waiting at the doctor's office, the time spent waiting in traffic, and even the time we spend on hold while waiting for a response. The bottom line, we do spend a lot of our time waiting. Many years ago I would occasionally pick up an elderly lady and carry her to Church. She hated waiting. As we would approach a traffic signal she would begin beating on the dash and praying out loud for the light not to turn red. While we find that amusing when we talk about it today, how different are we in our 'waiting'? Sure, we may not beat on the dash or pray out loud for God to intervene, but, what about our attitude and our stress level when we are having to wait? I don't know about you, but, for me, I can always improve in that particular area. It seems like some days people are on a mission to delay my progress as much as they can. To make it worse, they all seem to be cooperating together. Here's a true statement: "Don't sweat the small stuff and when it is all said and done, most of it is small stuff."
That doesn't mean we don't get weary along the way. The daily news cycle in and of itself is enough to totally exhaust most of anyone's energy. I've been somewhat of a news hound most of my life. I want to know the facts. I want to be satisfied that I am getting the best information possible. Not so much these days. In fact, I can well understand at nearly 72 years young how the little kid feels when they hide their eyes thinking they cannot be seen. That's what today's news world has done to me. I do peek over the covers enough to get a sense of what is going on. For instance, the other day I mentioned to you my reading of the Inspector General's report on the Clinton email investigation and other issues. My conclusion: Bias with a capital 'B'. I think I was on target. A layperson can spot the bias on every page of that report. This was clearly exposed by Representative Gowdy in his grilling of the IG himself. How disingenuous for the end result to say they found no political motivation that drove the actions taken. The IG offered up how that different people can come to different conclusions based on the information provided in the report. You think? How about this? There were people at the FBI and the Justice Department at the highest levels who indicated they would do almost anything to make sure that Donald Trump did not become president of the United States. This was not a secondary matter to them as it was clearly an obsession as borne out in their correspondence through emails and text messages. You might be one of those who says, so what? Forget that it is Donald Trump for a moment. Do you want people manipulating outcomes on behalf of who they think is suitable to serve? (Supposedly, that's why we have elections!) Do you want them using the vast powers entrusted to them to do those types of manipulations? I'll let us all think about that for a while. Like I say, I picked that one up when I came up for air the other day. Enjoy, remember to rest in the Lord, and He will see us through. We have His word on it. (Matthew 11:28-30)
Amen. ....More later.
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