Saturday 29 May 2010

All drugged up
























In growing toenails are a painful thing, hence my trip to the hospital last week to have my big toe checked out. I left with a whole bunch of pills and a more painful toe, given that the nurse poked it with a silver nitrate coated stick - it's hardly surprising. so for the past 5 days I have been popping these bad boys which have helped the infection but also do a fair amount to upset ones tummy. A quick read through the flip side of the 'patient information leaflet' above informs me, under the 'side effects' heading that this is a potential problem, along with liver failure, inflammation of the large intestine and severe abdominal pain, among other things. A comforting note that the more serious side effects are rare concludes that section. I'm sure I'll be fine.

Tuesday 18 May 2010

New life makes losing life easier

Lots of people say that raising children teaches you about God and yourself, and how you relate. As I rocked my baby brother to sleep in my arms late one night last week I experienced this for the first time. The thing is, he is crying because he wants comforting but despite being in my arms for a good ten minutes he was still crying. This not because he wasn't comforted by my presence, the simple truth is that it takes a lot longer to get over something than it takes to get on top of you. Fortunately, by comparison to my brother, I am incredibly patient so I held him through the crying and the after sniffles, right through to deep sleep. That's when it stuck me, God isn't a whole lot different. He hangs on in there, from before things go bad, right through till they are better again. We might be too busy crying to notice that he is holding us, but he is a lot more patient than we all are so when we come to our senses and find him by our side, we look back and see that through the dark night, he was there, holding us all the while... A simple truth that I have heard a thousand times, but never experienced the impact of it on my life until now.

Thursday 6 May 2010