little things II

"All our peace, while we are in this mortal life, rests more in the humble endurance of troubles and of things that are irksome to us, than not feeling them at all". - author? I know who it is just want to see if anyone else does.

Losing a pinky is irksome. Having nerve damage is irksome. I had the nerve repaired in the ring finger Thursday. It seems to have gone well. Time will tell.. I'm curious to see how God will use this accident to further his kingdom.

It brings up the question of evil in this world. This could be seen as a very personal evil. One of the things I use the finger for is playing music, mostly Praise and Worship, for People of Praise and for the local Catholic church. Is this part of the spritual warfare, or just the consequence of being lazy? Do we have to view everything through the lense of spiritual warefare? Is burping spiritual warefare or just the consequence of eating too much spicy food?

Yet, I know that I considered the way I had the wood setup and a fleeting thought that I should support it better. What if I had listened to that small voice a little more - maybe I'd still have the whole finger.

Thanks to all of you who have been praying for me. I've been amazingly peacful about the whole thing, even the embarrassment of having done such a dumb thing especially for a somewhat experienced individual. I don't do this professionally but I've done it enought to know better. One of my old bosses at Lawson told me the next tool I get will be labled FisherPrice.

I had the three left fingers taped with the whole hand being very restricted, but now they're individually taped and I can use the middle finger to type. It's amazing how much even one extra finger adds to your typing speed.

As I was on the table in the OR, one of the attending nurses and I conversed about life, and I mentioned I played music for People of Praise. She knew of them through Trinity, she new my local priest because of NET ministries, a local Catholic Youth ministry. So God provided a Christian friend to be in the OR with me. Just a little thing that, to me, showed how detailed and specific the Fathers love for me really is.