Forgetting Behind, Straining Ahead
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead , Phil. 3:13 Last year when my appendix ruptured, it was a fairly painful experience from start to finish. One relic that I kept was a pair of hospital issued blue socks with some branding from a health care conglomerate in plastic fused onto the fabric. Not very comforting on any measure employed. I haven't worn them since the hospitalization. A couple of weeks I asked myself the question of "Why I Am Keeping These Around?" For the fond memories of peeing fire, trying to rock out of bed, the killer antibiotic, the nurse stealing a trifling $5.00 out of my wallet? I would put a photo of the blue socks as a pic but I am just not into giving them any publicity. Soon to be in the trash. There was no reason to keep the socks except as a reminder of the unsavoriness of the entire experience. The low-point was