I’m pretty sure I was on an adrenaline “high” during my cousin’s wedding - it was so fun having all our family here!! But it felt like adrenaline started to decline on Saturday, and totally disappeared by Sunday afternoon.
In addition to being tired, my ear was really hurting. So back to the ENT on Tuesday - the ruptured eardrum from a couple of weeks ago, which initially looked like a tear, had turned into a hole, complete with a middle/inner ear infection.. The pain is a combination ear/mouth pain. It hurts to chew and feels like my jaw is locking up at times. Fun!
It has definitely been a “How am I going to handle this?” week. I’ve been resting - but also having fun. Choosing joy. It is the comfort that helps get through the hard days. 🙂
This was in my memories today, written by a high school friend, and it is so timely! We so easily forget that THIS world is temporary!! I’m thankful that the frustrations and pains of this life will come to an end, and that our permanent home will have no sorrow, crying or pain. 🙂
"This is the only chance I will have to live by faith. Only for this lifetime will I endure hardship... This is the only time I will ever be old. I want to do “old” well. This is the only opportunity I will have to experience pain. I don’t want to waste the experience.
Hardship, pain, old... these are words for this world. Only in this existence am I called to walk by faith, not sight. Walking by faith is a passing privilege. It’s “passing”, because we know where this chapter ends - a personal audience with Jesus. I don’t know what the road will be like along the way, but I know where it leads: the presence of Jesus, where we discover that life has only just begun." - John Stumble
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