So, here's the latest..
I went to see Ryan yesterday, and he is like a new man. He was sitting up in bed and eating mountains of hospital food. They still have no idea what bug has invaded his body, but they have been counter-attacking with antibiotic warfare. It's working.
He is still sick, but definitely has turned a corner. They say that he could have died without treatment.
What a time to contemplate our own mortality, and all that.
Ryan was totally healthy on Saturday, and standing at death's very door that night. How mindful that makes me of the certainty that one day I shall stand before my Maker. What if Ryan had faced Him this week?
Death is surprising and unexpected.
I went to McDonalds the day my sister died. It seems like a flippant thing to have ordered burgers and McNuggets when she was standing in the Presence of the Most High. It was surreal at the time. We had to get some food, and all those smiling teenagers flipping french fries had no idea that my world had changed forever. They told me to "have a nice day" as I gave them my money. And then we planned her funeral.
Life is surprising and unexpected.
You and I do not know what today will bring. Moments of serendipity, or sudden illness? God knows.
Hmm...Didn't Solomon say that there is more wisdom to be found in the consideration of death than at the Par-tay?
Oh, dear. Deep thoughts, indeed!
2 comments:
I believe Par-tay was Solomon's exact word.
Charles is always contemplating death. Death- my own that is- has never seemed to concern me. Now, other people leaving me here alone- that really does bother me.
Deep thoughts, indeed.
So glad Ryan is doing better.
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