Still Truckin'
Steve Brown February 18th, 2008
Well, I’m going to be around for awhile.
I just finished my regular physical. I have one every ten years whether I need it or not. I went through all the tests…including a colonoscopy. (I would rather go to the dentist. He only sticks things in my mouth.)
My doctor checked my blood pressure and it was very good.
His went up.
Greg, my doctor and friend, loves me and wants to save my life, but he can’t find anything wrong. I smoke a pipe, eat what I like and exercise only sporadically. Besides, I’m older than dirt and probably should be dead. It drives Greg nuts.
Kind of makes me wonder too.
I really shouldn’t be this healthy.
But come to think of it, there are a lot of things I shouldn’t be.
I shouldn’t be forgiven. If I were God and someone like me came to me as much as I have to him, I would eventually say, “You’ve got to be kidding. Get out of my sight. Sorry isn’t enough.”
I shouldn’t be loved. I know I can be quite irritating. I like to think that I irritate by accident…but, of late, I find myself doing it on purpose. God is my Father, but sometimes he must blush. Love is a cool thing, but you can kill it if you work at killing it.
I shouldn’t be saved either. While I don’t believe that one can lose one’s salvation, if you could, I would have already. When people say to me, “After all that Jesus has done for you…” I act like it doesn’t bother me, but I do wince. I have no idea why I’m still his.
But I’m forgiven, I’m loved and I’m saved.
I’m also healthy.
Of course, none of the above precludes my getting run over by the Welcome Wagon, getting hit by lightning or being shot by some crazy nut I’ve offended.
Should that happen, do your best to think fondly of me.
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