After knee replacement, they gave me 2 different kinds of strong pain meds...to help me stand the rigorous exercises that will keep me moving. The meds are started in the hospital. They call it "keeping on top of the pain." The goal is to manage the pain so you aren't overwhelmed and quit exercising.
Last week while still on the meds, I did several projects: W-2s for the church, some typing for CRG where I work, etc. A few days later I was off the pain meds and returned to these projects...because I had to correct the errors I made!
I didn't even know how whacked out I was...I didn't really feel spaced or anything. Others noticed it though (quit laughing, you guys!).
It makes me wonder how many other things I'm unaware of: words I say that are taken wrong or misunderstood by someone, attitudes that sneak out in spite of my efforts to keep them in check, grumbling and whining about my problems when someone next to me is struggling with something far worse.
Why can't the things that seep out of me always be positive, uplifting, inspiring, funny, godly?
Guess the Word is true: "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks."
God, please guard and heal all the little places in my heart, so only your love pours out.
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