Thanks so much for all your prayers! Dear Friend is definitely better this evening. His hand is still terribly swollen, but not as bad as this morning, and the red streaks have faded from his forearm. The hospital staff has done a great job of managing his pain, and he's even started cracking jokes again--so I am breathing a sigh of relief.
You are the best, folks. As many of you know, I struggle mightily with the theology of prayer--but it has been an inexpressible comfort to know that so many of you are praying for us. Thank you for being the face of God in my world.
Love,
Doxy
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19 comments:
Well you know me, I put /my/ faith in antibiotics....!
;-)
SO GLAD he is better, (((Doxy)))
IT
Good news. Saying more prayers.
IT, antibiotics and prayer can go together. :-).
Thanks for the good news, Doxy! I'm going to do a little evening candle-lighting.
+Maya Pavlova says "Mrrrrrrroowww."
All the positive vibes can't possibly hurt, that's my theory. Glad he's better.
Prayers continuing!
We don't need to understand how prayer works.
I haven't a clue how this computer I'm using works ;-)
Blessings
Bosco+
Thanks for the update... I'm so glad.
Hello, friends of Doxy! I am overwhelmed by the support for me and the love for Doxy you have shown here. I am so grateful for your prayers and all the positive energy you have sent during this rather bizarre experience. (I'm also grateful for IT's faith in antibiotics--a faith I share, btw!)
I want you to know that Doxy is exactly the person in real life that she is here--spiritual, intellectual, deeply committed to issues of justice, and beautiful, inside and out.
Peace to all of you in this season of Advent,
Dear Friend
Just so you'll know--Dear Friend asked me to type the above as he dictated from his hospital bed (his hand makes typing difficult).
I have to say...it's both embarrassing and wonderful to type such nice things about yourself!
And I reiterate what he says---thanks to all of you for your care and concern. He continues to improve and I am very grateful.
Love,
Doxy
Very good news.
Glad for the good news!
So glad to hear this and to see the comment that he had you put up on his behalf.
Many prayers, still coming.
Always coming.
Best wishes to Dear Friend and Doxy. I hope the infection will be under control very soon. Love, prayer and antiobiotics are a good combo!
Deb
Whew, glad to hear the good news! And everything DF said about you is true, of course ;)
Oh, this is perfect. Hugs to the both of you. Prayers ascending for his continued recovery.
Glad to hear this Doxy. And, you know, there is some scientific evidence that praying actually helps. And it holds true pretty much whatever you believe.
Ay yi yi, Doxy. I realize now that I haven't checked in for a while. I'm so, so, so glad that Dear Friend is all right. Big belated Thanksgiving hugs to the whole Doxy clan.
Good heavens -- I go without a computer for a few days and come back to read your AIDS Day post without scrolling down any further. I'm so sorry you had such a scare. I hope all is completely better -- especially your anxious heart. ((((DOXY)))
I know that what Dear Friend dictated about Doxy is true, every word of it. I know you both. Antibiotics and painkillers, get to work!
However, I cannot let "the theology of prayer" pass me by. If you're looking for a coherent body of knowledge that explains prayer and answers all objections, you'll never find it - because your premise is 100% all wrong. Prayer is a mystery, honey. It doesn't line up with your intellectual quest for a rational justification.
Refusing to pray is like refusing to talk to your children, because you don't understand everything about how words work.
When words are your gift, just like your children and DF!
God is a Person, simple as that. If you have a relationship you talk to God, you don't get up in the morning and refuse to say hello.
Giving God the silent treatment is the last thing to do. (Fortunately God doesn't get ticked off and is always ready to listen.)
Prayer is not an intellectual thing, it's a conversation - the same thing we use to build all other relationships.
Does God ever talk back? Yes, but it's extremely rare, once in a lifetime, to hear God in words, and even then you won't hear an external voice, but one implanted in your own mind from outside you. It's quite an experience the rare times it happens.
Instead what happens commonly for some people, hourly for a few, is that the Spirit gives you a signal in your body that you're on the right track. This is always affirmation and a close feeling. You learn to feel God's touch, like a parent to her child.
Theology? Nuh-uh. Conversation from which theologians may develop a very partial understanding.
You need to be reading "A Lesson of Love: The Revelations of Julian of Norwich" by Fr. John-Julian, OJN.
My site has a direct Amazon link, and I podcast daily readings. She's quite amazing; the first woman to publish a book in the English language.
DF might like to hear you read to him while he's in the hospital. Even the antibiotics will stand up and praise God.
Bless you, Josh---I will definitely check out Fr. John-Julian's book--and I've had that one experience of having God talk to me. It was...powerful.
I guess I should have put up another post telling everyone that Dear Friend was home and doing well. I can only plead that I have felt like Alice lately--not sure which way is up!
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