Poor little Connorboy. Saw his first emergency room on Saturday. He was playing mudpies at Maw Maw and Pa's house when he scraped his thumb pretty deep on the make believe, but real outside grill. We all knew that this time was most likely inevitable. I was not with them on this trip so I had to hear about it on the way to the dr. It was silent in the van, which I thought was a good sign, no screaming. Trev called me when they left the hospital to say no tetanus, no stitches, just a small bandage. WOW, so to my surprise this morning when I met them at church I saw THIS!!!
That sure is a big bandage for a small thumb cut. He actually is quite fond of this new "cast". He is almost proud of it. He tells the story proudly. The bandage actually allows him to bump into things and not jump from pain. Little hard to color, fasten his seat belt and the buckle on his pants but other than that he is doing great. He can still dance, thank goodness for that!
Better than it looks, isn't that true of most things in life? I think sometimes we see the specs of dirt all of the time in different life situations. We sometimes get into such a negative circle that all we notice is the bandage and miss the inside beauty. Sometimes we judge the book by the cover. Sometimes we stare when things are not our "normal". Kind of rambling but... the point is that sometimes we try and cover up with a BIG bandage our flaws, when in actuality they are not flaws but character qualities that God has given us. Sometimes we need to unravel the bandage and unveil the things that God has given to us to make this a better place. Our church is Loving our Neighbor this week. It is RANDOM ACTS of KINDNESS WEEK at our church, which is about 30,000-40,000 members here in Dallas and in Miami. If it is buying the person behind you in the drive-thru their drink or meal, making a meal for a neighbor, praying for a friend, opening a door for someone at the dept store, try and Love your Neighbor this week, the preacher this week John Cross reminded us that God put imperfect people on this earth so he could do a perfect thing. Jesus died on a cross for the wrong things that we do. Easter is right around the corner. I could not imagine having to sacrifice Connor for the wrong things that others have done, when he himself had done nothing wrong. The love God has for us is so amazing. Let's go out there and share him with others not by preaching to them but by LOVING THEM!
