Thursday 6/19/2014 5:06 AM
For the past three months I have been experiencing pain in
my left shoulder. It has been getting
progressively worse in spite of taking some prescribed anti-inflammatory
medication and doing some physical therapy.
It is surprising to me how much I use my left shoulder without really
thinking about it in spite of the fact that I am right-handed. As I age my body seems to be wearing out and
this is simply another reminder. This
morning I am scheduled to have an MRI of my left shoulder. I hope they are able to diagnose the problem
and that it is correctible.
My psalm for the week is Psalm 103 and it includes these
verses, “…for (God) knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are
dust. The life of mortals is like grass,
they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more. But
from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and
his righteousness with their children’s children – with those who keep his
covenant and remember to obey his precepts.”
These verses are a good reminder for me.
I might be surprised and disappointed by what I see as a decline in my
physical abilities but God certainly isn’t surprised. He knows how I was formed and is aware that
what Carl Sagan called stardust is the building material of my body. He also is keenly aware of my
mortality. Even though I may not like to
think about it, God knows that one hundred years from now, at the most, only
one or two people will even be aware that I lived. The good news is that God loves me
anyway. God’s love for me is not
determined by my usefulness to him; God’s love is unconditional.
I’m quite certain the MRI I have this morning will show a
pinched nerve or something like that.
But even if the results would result in a more serious diagnosis one
thing will not change; God loves me regardless of the outcome.
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