This week, Joel has steadily recovered from his surgery with
no setbacks: no fever, no coughing, no
nausea or vomiting. His return to Sister
Kenny and a full schedule of therapy happened without a hitch. We expect that removing the abscess of
infection behind his esophagus freed him from a huge burden and will allow
healing to proceed at a faster pace.
We’ve used the two extra weeks afforded by Joel’s delay in
returning home for a good purpose:
decluttering. We’ve brought three
loads of clothes and miscellaneous household items to the local thrift shop,
and I have 27 empty buckets, bins and baskets that used to store stacks of
stuff. We expect that removing this
amount of clutter from our home freed us from a huge burden and will allow
caring for Joel to proceed in a more organized and pleasant fashion.
How much infection or clutter has gathered in our
spirits? Pete and I just spent an hour
discussing the possibility of cutting back on our, and our kids’, media consumption. We all watch a lot of movies, the boys play
video games, I read Internet articles and we all surf the Web and do social
media quite a bit. How much of a burden might
this place on our spiritual healing and growth?
If we can reduce or eliminate these influences, might we be free to
follow Christ more closely? Stay tuned….
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