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From: benjipark
Date: Thu Dec 16 21:20:38 EST 2010 Subject: Sickness

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eric: thxs benji (12/17/10)
rodhugen: thanks (12/19/10)
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rodhugen: thanks (12/19/10)
eric: thxs benji (12/17/10)
Well for the past two weeks all of us have been in some stage or other of being sick. Right now I have the chest cold that feels like there is no end in sight. I keep dragging myself to work out of necessity if nothing else. Keeping up with the basics of life like food and taking care of the kids takes about all the energy we have and it is really starting to grind on me since this is the time of the year I usually enjoy the most. I don’t have the energy to take my kids out to see Christmas lights, or caroling, or anything else I can’t think of because I just don’t have the energy to care.

In spite of all that I have to look at the blessings in my life and praise God. It’s rough when you are “in the trenches” to step back and count your blessings, but the older I get the more I realize it’s easy to be a defeatist. It’s easier to complain and not take responsibility for anything. It’s easier for me to blame God when things are going badly for me than it is to blame him when things are going well.

None of that makes me feel any better. I get no joy out of it. I get the temporary feeling that my situation is not my fault… but praising God is not about assigning blame to him or me. When I praise God in my suffering, it is my chance to say thank you to God for those times I forgot to thank him when things were going well. It is a chance to me to get out of the blame game. It is a chance for me to focus on the things in life that really matter to me. So I encourage everyone, when you are feeling the most down, take the chance that God has given you to praise him.

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From: eric
Date: Fri Dec 17 13:18:09 EST 2010 Subject: thxs benji

I too, am sick. Can't seem to get my nose to stop running, and my head feels like its gonna explode. I listen to my children run around and laugh . . . and I think, man I wish I could be hanging with them. They check on me every so often - and that's nice. Thxs for the encouragement to remember God in the midst of my suffering and thank him for his goodness.

eric

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From: rodhugen
Date: Sat Dec 18 20:48:52 EST 2010 Subject: thanks

This is helpful. I love playing the blame game. As if I actually knew what was best for me, and who was responsible for not giving me what I want.

Rod

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