I would like a 24-hour period in which I did not find out something I didn't want to hear. Just one. But lately it seems that in each 24-hour period I have, such is not the case. Today I had to pay $81.98 to fix a lug nut on Star's tire. That was not really news I wanted to hear. Yesterday I got a phone call too early in the morning. I found out my cousin Jason is in the hospital again. Hopefully this infection doesn't jeopardize the bone marrow transplant that is scheduled for the end of the month. The day before that was Sunday and, well it was pretty much a nightmare. I care not to elaborate reasonings for the nightmare simply because there are too many. Saturday I found out my little cousin was hospitalized for having seizures . . . again. This time they are putting her on meds. If you think about it, pray for Megan. No one really knows what's going on and if this keeps happening, they are worried about brain damage.
Do I even need to tell you how bad Friday was? My post from the 5th should give some clue to my emotional state that day. I went through having a job and not having a job six times on Friday - and though I love to do it - I promise I'm not exaggerating that at all. Friday was, under any microscope, a horrible day.
For me it seems the bad news goes back about three or five weeks . . . maybe three or four months. I could stretch it, be literal, and go back about seven years even. But I won't. Not today. I've pretty much quit counting. I've realized something about standards. Ideas, plans, and timing. God's and mine are not even remotely similar. So I've taken up James' advice. "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James was a man who spoke wise and good news - The Good News, as a matter of fact.
In other news, of course, today is Tuesday. This week the typical goodness of Tuesday occurs differently, but today I'm considering how to turn bad news good. And that makes this Tuesday just as fantastic as most. Today, will you consider whatever bad news you’ve had or heard lately joy?
Take a gander at some more of James' Wise Words
Back in college, in 2004 when blogging was hardly even a thing yet, I was here. Blogging before blogging meant anything to anyone. You can look in the archives for my past writings, but it was much more like a journal in the past. When we started fundraising, I messed around with the idea of launching something new for this new phase of our journey but actually hated that idea. I am a sum of all of my life and so much of it is here already. So I'm keeping it here. At least for now.
My main focus these days is blogging about our newest journey into the bizarre and wonderful world of gestational surrogacy. Posts dated 2013 and forward will trend heavily toward that journey. I don't promise everything I write will be about though. There might be other things that sneak in occasionally.
Please come along our journey with us. As the saying goes, "The more, the merrier!"
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