This morning I was thinking of a friend I had several years ago. He was always complaining about not making as much money as the doctors that he called on in his profession. Don’t get me wrong this old boy made plenty of money; he just didn’t make as much money as some of his clients.
One day I was sick and tired of hearing his whining and I mentioned that there were people starving in Africa who didn’t even have basic necessities like shoes. His response was as callous as I’ve ever heard. He told me he didn’t give a “tinker’s damn” about those people. He said, “I care about me! I don’t care about some hapless natives in Africa. Let ‘em starve for all I care”.
Yesterday I reported a turnaround in the malady of trials and tribulations that descended on my family a few weeks ago and finally the black cloud lifting somewhat and exposing a silver lining. So I get an e-mail from someone saying that all of that was well and good for me, but he was still facing trials, and his life was the pits and frankly he didn’t give a “damn” that I was doing so well and didn’t want to hear of my good fortune.
You know it is times like this that I would like to revert to my old ways and beat this person about the head and face until his blood ran deep. Sigh I suppose I’m no better than them in sinning, but it sure would make me feel better.
But for the record if there are any others out there that are jealous that my family is slowly turning the corner, this might make you feel better. My wife will undergo 6 weeks of radiation every day and after it is completed she will undergo 12 weeks of chemo and antibody therapy once a week, and then five years of daily hormone therapy in her battle with cancer. I will spend the next six months to one year in therapy battling residual pain and numbness from my neck surgery. Does that make anyone feel better? I hope so, because it does me. We are improving greatly and are very thankful to God.
1 Thess. 5:18
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
April 9, 2015 – Click here to listen