Tangled

You just never know what might work. First, we got Mom K a bed that dips in the middle so she has to really work to get out of it without calling for help, thus reducing the chance of her getting up and falling. It is actually made for the elderly who shouldn't get up without help, but do anyway. The sides are built up. It is like a soft sided pit. She CAN get out of the bed, but most of the time, it is just too much effort, so she calls for help. It has the added benefit of being a really comfy bed. Maybe she just doesn't WANT to get out of it...

And then Arvo found a soft helmet on-line. He brought it to her last night, expecting a fight. He figured if she did get up, and did fall, at least she wouldn't bash her skull in.
"I brought you something, Mom," he told her, "If you love me, you'll wear it at night." (Most of her falls are in the middle of the night.)
He pulled it out, fully expecting a fight.
"Oh that's nice," she said, as he put it on her.
Then she snuggled into bed, with her protective helmet, and fell asleep.

Never give up. Never lose the creative spirit. Never get so tangled in the thorns that you forget the vine has flowers too.

I read a NY Times editorial this morning blasting the "ignorance and magical thinking" of Christians. The two examples of this were the "Biblical belief in geocentricity of Earth" and the denial that prevents action against climate change. (?) I was taken aback by both. I did some research quickly since I had no idea why he would say there was a Biblical belief in earth being the center of the universe. I read some commentary that said this attack sometimes arises because the Bible says "the sun rises and sets" or other similar phrases. Some claim that supports the notion that Christians believe the sun revolves around the earth. And there was a time Christians believed that. But then...everyone did. (I don't know a single Christian who believes that now....) I suppose the more accurate phrase would be "the earth's revolution and rotation allows us to turn slowly towards the sun each morning, and as the day progresses and the earth continues to revolve around the sun, and rotate on its axis, we slowly turn away from the sun at night." Doesn't have quite the poetic impact of 'sunrise' and 'sunset'. My guess is every person on earth has used the perhaps inaccurate but pithy phrase in describing sunrise and sunset, so I guess we are all guilty of geocentricity.

The climate change dig as a 'Christian denial' escapes my ability to analyze, and not only because of the fact that increasingly, data is supporting the myth of manmade climate change. There was plenty of such data always out there, but it seems to have been often squelched. I do believe climate change became politicized...but a religious ignorance? I wasn't aware of any Christian dogma on this point.

But I thought about how every morning, the one thing that changes my attitude and makes me greet the day with hope is the thought that God is there and He loves me. I suppose the NY Times editorial writer would say this was magical and ignorant, but in my mind, he is getting tangled in the thorns and missing the flowers.

Psalm 19:1-4 (NIV)
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. [2] Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. [3] They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. [4] Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

Hebrews 4:12-13,16 (NIV)
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. [13] Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. [16] Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.




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