June 26, 2009
Powerless
Six years ago it was determined that my Great Aunt Cleo could no longer live alone, much less take care of her large home. She moved into an assisted living facility and after a month she decided that she’d be better off back in her own home. For over a year her family, friends and some hired help rallied around to enable her to stay in her home. Eventually running out of options, she was forced to move to Texas and live with her daughter and son-in-law. After four years it was once again determined that she needed to be in a facility with fulltime nursing care. A few months ago arrangements were made for her to spend one weekend in a nursing home in order to just get a feel for the place. That’s all the time Aunt Cleo needed to decide she would not be one of their residents. This last Wednesday she grudgingly moved into an assisted living facility. I sort of think she’ll stay this time, in part because she had to put down a $2000 non-refundable deposit. Believers think we can’t move mountains...who says the powerless don’t have power.
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Gail;
-----Most folks I talk to express trouble with the thought of living in a nursing home. The smells are not aesthetic, the residents are neglected, theft is high, personal freedom is reduced, privacy nearly vanishes, the food is slop, etc., etc., etc. Assisted living homes are more of the same to a much lesser degree. And I think all of the charges can be made to stick. But that is the way this life is; fault can be found with even the best of arrangements concerning every area of it: work, play, home, or public place. You all observe the fault I pick at in even the best of the Lord’s churches. Nothing is perfect here, in fact, everything falls short of perfection by a pretty noticeable margin.
-----Yet almost every situation offers some circumstances for rejoicing, too. Finding them requires accepting the situation for what it is and being malleable enough to reform attitudes. The emotional element of joy and happiness is the child of the union between our mental definitions and our circumstances. Every situation has some circumstances that can be changed to make a fertile match. And most mental definitions can be modified within Scriptural principles to match those circumstances that can not be changed.
-----In fact, this kind of attitude reformation is the Scriptural principle called humility. Humility is important because joy is necessary for spiritual strength, especially when life’s circumstances turn hostile. And much spiritual strength is required to continue doing right and having peace in our lives, because so much of this temporal situation is a current we must swim against.
-----So buck it up, little Buckaroo. The time for trouble always comes, so please remember, joy is more important than circumstance.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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