A friend once told me that she gets excited at the sound of her husband’s keys on the other side of the door as he is coming home from work. Her heart skips a beat! Now ladies, when your heart races at the thought of someone’s presence, that someone is not a stranger. When you smile at the sound of keys at the front door, the person on the other side is not just someone you’ve heard about. When you run to check your appearance in the mirror right quick before the door knob makes a complete Continue Reading
Doing Daily Things Daily
One day a lady called my pharmacy to ask for a refill of her high blood pressure (HBP) medication. I looked in the computer and noticed that she was several days past due for a refill. This suggests that she may not be taking her medication daily as prescribed. So I asked her, “Ma'am, are you taking your HBP medication every day?” She said, “no, my blood pressure is not high every day.” (Well, I guess she told me!) I imagined that each morning she checks her blood pressure and if it is Continue Reading
Scabs : Wounds :: Forgiveness : Hearts
“Don’t you want it to heal!?” I asked this after noticing my daughter had peeled the scab off of her scratch again. Evidently she did not understand the purpose of the scab. It may be itchy, hard, unattractive, and an outright contrast in texture and appearance. But it has a purpose. It protects our wounds from infection and allows new skin to form. Scabs do for our wounds what forgiveness does for our hearts. Forgiveness is hard, unattractive, and an outright contrast to what comes as a Continue Reading