Sunday, November 8, 2009

Babtized


myBREAST have faith & Shall be born AGAIN
Clearly I have some control issues.... and most of you know I am a Preacher's Kid. Balancing a need for control and faith is essentially a tug-o-war with God. AND guess what? he ALWAYS wins! However it has taken me 20 -something years to learn that lesson... and like high school geometry -- (would insert a clever pun but remember nothing from high school geometry except the chain rule) -- I forget until it's time for a test. Last week when I was stressing out about having to rely on all these people; the surgeon, (who is awesome), my cousin (who is nurturing) my roommate (who is concerned about who will wash my dishes while I'm out of commission), and so on... It took me a few days but I realized I am only relying on the one person I have always relied on... GOD! What made me come to this conclusion... uh,duh... a test. My insurance company was trying to move my date of surgery (and by moving I mean postpone it indefinitely) Can you believe they were questioning whether I NEED the surgery or not... SERIOUSLY?!?!?!? the surgeon is estimating having to take 7 pounds out of each breast?!?!?! Which means they weigh well over 10 pounds EACH! I digress.. When they told me my first thought was to immediately call this woman's boss and go all John Q on them... "the hospital is under new management! FREE healthcare  breast reductions for everyone!"  But I didn't place the call I choose not to control that situation and let go, let God. I surrendered to the fact that it would take longer for me to get approved and if it wasn't happening then it wasn't meant to at this time. and THAT's what did it! - an hour later they call me back and apologize profusely - saying they hadn't even opened the pictures yet and were saying no because I hadn't been to the chiropractor. But once they saw myBreast in the bare - the where damn near trying to give me a purple heart for maintaining my double Js for all these years. Anyways my surgery is still absolutely happening on the 19th. MESSAGE! - trust in him who all things belong. God's got myBACK and myBREAST (amen, hallejueha, thank-ya Jesus!) - I knew it and now myBREAST know it. I think I'll baptize them int he shower today, sprinkle a little holy water on the double Js.  Point is just relax!!!!



<---- that's me in rare form ... relaxing....
<---- and that's Kelly...


blogQUOTE: "a person's very highest moment is when they kneel in the dust and beat their breast and tells all the sins of their life " - oscar WILDE

Here's to going from DOUBLE J to D; physically & psychologically - till the next post!

1 comment:

  1. It was made very clear to me that I don't remember a thing about high school geometry and algebra when I recently took my GREs again. After struggling and freaking for 10 minutes, I gave up and gave C for every answer in those sections and I'm glad to say that I did piss-poor on it.

    The reason why I stopped worrying is because of this- I had no control and I had to make peace with that. I just threw up my hands and remembered that if God wants me to start a PhD program next semester, then a stupid test can't stop me. If I don't get in, then he wants me available for something better or he wants me to serve him somewhere else and will let me into a PhD. program when the time is right.

    Instead of trying to beat my own path through this jungle of life- I just have to stand back, trust, follow, and hand God the machete and he'll clear the road. I'm glad that you didn't have to fight to get what you need- you let God take care of it.

    Isaiah 49:4 - "But my work all seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose at all. Yet I leave it all in the Lord's hand; I will trust God for my reward."

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