I’m going to have surgery tomorrow…and it is a good thing! I’m praying that God will allow my doctor to be his agent of repair on some stuff that just got torn in the middle of me. The thing that surprised me was how careful my doctor wants me to be as I’m getting ready for this procedure. First, I have not been allowed to shave for the past 48 hours and won’t be able to do that again until after surgery. Because they are working on the middle section of me, they don’t want any portal for bacteria to join in the party. I have to wash all my bed linens (I’m sleeping in my study) so they are clean before I go to bed tonight, I have to wash all my clothes and take a shower with special soap before I go to bed. I will need to get up before dawn and then take another shower before I head to the hospital and get in another set of freshly cleaned clothes. And I’m doing all this gladly because I don’t want anything to sidetrack what my doctor is going to do for me. I got to thinking about this whole process for my physical body and thought about how careful we followers of Jesus are about our spiritual selves. What do we do to keep the devil and sin in general from attacking our relationship with this Jesus of the Bible? Are we careful about what we take into our hearts and minds? Are we selective about what comes into our eyes and ears? I wonder how much of the time we take in the “spiritual bacteria” out there into our very hearts and allow it to undo the good work that God is doing in us and through us. I’m going to be really careful about doing just what the Doc says about preventative measures for my physical health. But this is a real challenge to me and maybe to you to be careful about the things that are out there that attack our following this Jesus of the Bible each day. So, when I get back home tomorrow, I need to take on the next challenge of making sure a different kind of infection doesn’t interfere with the love and kindness that Jesus is pouring into my heart and that it doesn’t dull what I’m supposed to be living out in the world each day as his follower. Join me in washing and cleaning the stuff away that dull the goodness and grace and love of God for you and me. Here’s our Bible verse for today…
2 Corinthians 10:5 BSB We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Remember, I’m praying for you today….
PJ
2 Corinthians 10:5 BSB We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Remember, I’m praying for you today….
PJ