January 16, 2006

The End of Day 16

I’m going to bed early tonight. I have been dragging all day. It’s the best I can do. Almost all the pain is gone, but the fatigue remains. I get out of breath just walking across the room. The good news is this too will pass. I just need to tough it out.

The Vorlons are going through some challenges at the moment. The Vorlon Wife is still fighting with her shingles. She THINKS they are getting better, but at an extremely slow rate.

The Vorlon Father is suffering from a pinched nerve in his back. He is going through tests to see if surgery is a viable option. So far, they say his heart is in very good shape.

The Vorlon Brother suffers from Atrial Fibulation and he went in for something they call heart ablation. The word I get back is the procedure went well, but he’s in ICU so I have no direct word.

Ah life. It presents us all with so many challenges. I believe it is a test to see how we respond. Actually I have a bit of theology around that. It comes from John 9:1

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

From this I take the meaning that suffering occurs so that Christians can display their Christianity.

Posted by The Vorlon at January 16, 2006 7:12 PM
Comments

I had a physics prof that believed in what he called "the conservation of misery". At any given time, there has to be a set amount of misery in the world. If misery is eliminated in one place, it springs up in another.

But more to the point; if there were no poor, would charity exist? If there were no illness would compassion exist? If there were no injustice would righteousness exist? The Yin and the Yang surround each other.

FWIW

Posted by: Ned Swift at January 17, 2006 9:14 AM

I've got another post on a relate topic I need to flesh out and see what the response is. But I do not think there is a conservation of misery or to put it another way, misery is a zero sum game.

I think your point is well taken. Because it is light, we can know when it goes dark and vica versa.

Posted by: Ted at January 17, 2006 9:42 AM