Monday 12 December 2011
Health Report
After another sleepiness night I checked in with the GP this morning. Everything seems ok, at least from a physical point of view, BP normal, HR my usual low figure. Doc says that it's pure stress and that the best medicine is sport. I guess that these are the moments that I have to be glad that I don't smoke, don't drink (much), I'm not overweight (much) and that I occasionally get round to being active.
Now I just need to recover from a horrible night. My head is buzzing with tiredness and I feel like hell. So what to do?
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Rob, get yourself a punchbag and burn off some of your angst. Dad.
ReplyDeleteRob, Cindy & I were deeply saddened to learn that Kay had passed away. Please accept our sincerest sympathies.
ReplyDeleteYour sleepless condition sounds awful. Wish that I could slip a vial of peace into an envelope and send it your way. But for lack of that, I will attempt to share a few thoughts here that have profound meaning for me and I hope may find meaning for you.
At the occasion of the last supper, after informing his disciples that he would soon leave them, Jesus promised that his Father would send the Holy Ghost to comfort them and he assured them with, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27, http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/14) From there, he went on to indescribable suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and agonizing death on the cross. He did leave those whom he loved and who loved him. Not appreciably comprehending what they were told, unbearable grief must have seized the disciples. They probably thought the promise of the Messiah died with him. Then on the third day he resurrected! That is the Good News of the Gospel! Jesus had the power. He opened the way. He overcame death. And because of that, we all will live again. Such was the message that the disciples went on to share with the world.
And there is more. As our Redeemer, he not only conquered death, but also took upon himself the “pains and sicknesses of his people.” (The Book of Mormon, Alma 7:11-13, http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/7.11-13) He “shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any pain...” (Revelation 21:4, http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/21.4) He does not necessarily change our circumstances. Life is supposed to be hard. (If not, we would not grow. See a little thing I wrote on my much neglected blog http://bwldrnss.blogspot.com/2010/01/trial-life.html) He does, however, offer to help bear our griefs and comfort us if we allow him. He knows and understands your pain because he felt it in Gethsemane. (See The Book of Mormon, Alma 7:12, http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/7.12)
Rob, I offer to you, as a gift this Christmas, my conviction that Kay literally continues to exist, as certain as you exist. You know it because she spoke to you after passing from the pains and sorrows of this life into the spirit world. In a similar manner the Holy Ghost will speak to and comfort you with the assurance that this is true. God lives. Not the strange and convoluted construction of theologians, but the father of our eternal spirits. As our father he knows us and loves us each personally, and he cares. He sent his Only Begotten Son in the flesh to heal us. Because of Jesus the Christ, our Redeemer, you will once more have the opportunity to hold Kay in your arms and again enjoy all the associations you so long for now.
Through all the clutter and ruckus of the Holiday season remains this simple thing, God sent His Son to bring hope and His love to the afflicted world. While there is so much I want to say, just let it suffice: Cindy & I love you, Marion & the girls dearly and wish you a joyous Christmas with the hope and comfort that was intended by that birth in Bethlehem.
Mark