This week’s challenge was a doctor visit.\u00a0 It was embarrassing, humiliating, and painful.\u00a0 I’m a big baby.\u00a0 It’s no wonder I don’t go often.\u00a0 Maybe once every year or two, or three.\u00a0 I go for a general physical check-up about once every decade.\u00a0 This week was the decade, and after the experience I had, I’m thinking about switching to once per century.<\/p>\n
It just seems a little odd to go to a doctor when you are not sick.\u00a0 I suppose the reason for going is on the off chance that you might be sick and just don’t know it.\u00a0 Maybe I have high cholesterol.\u00a0 Maybe I have a heart problem.\u00a0 Maybe my blood pressure is too high or the blood tests will show the signs of some exotic disease.\u00a0\u00a0 After all, why should I be fat and happy until I die when there is a chance\u00a0they could find something wrong so I can\u00a0worry myself to the grave?<\/p>\n
I haven’t got the results of all my tests back, but I hope the doctor follows my orders.\u00a0 I told him if I’m dying, don’t tell me.\u00a0 If I’m not dying, then there’s nothing to tell.\u00a0 So, either way, I shouldn’t hear from him.\u00a0\u00a0You know, maybe even once per century is\u00a0starting to sound like one check-up too many.<\/p>\n
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But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.<\/em> OK, so maybe this scripture is a little out of context, but on a spiritual level, the Great Physician definitely did some surgery on me through this experience.\u00a0 Ignoring a problem might not be good for the physical condition.\u00a0\u00a0I know it’s not good for a spiritual one.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week’s challenge was a doctor visit.\u00a0 It was embarrassing, humiliating, and painful.\u00a0 I’m a big baby.\u00a0 It’s no wonder I don’t go often.\u00a0 Maybe once every year or two, or three.\u00a0 I go for a general physical check-up about once every decade.\u00a0 This week was the decade, and after the experience I had, I’m 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\n\u00a0\u00a0 – Matthew 9:12<\/em><\/p>\n