Reality Check

1 For instance, we know that when these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—God-made, not handmade
2 —and we'll never have to relocate our "tents" again. Sometimes we can hardly wait to move—and so we cry out in frustration. Compared to what's coming, living conditions around here seem like a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and we're tired of it! We've been given a glimpse of the real thing, our true home, our resurrection bodies! 2 Corinthians 5:1-2 (MSG)

This week I have had a big time reality check. I knew I had arthritis in my right knee because I had it replaced. At the time my left knee was bothered some. It will be 3 years in January that my right knee was done.

At times in the past my back would hurt and if I rearranged furniture or did a lot of pushing and pulling my back would cramp and ache. Well this week I had to wait a couple of days to get an anti-inflammatory filled that I had been taking for back pain since some other meds have been changed. Believing strongly that I could go 2 days without this med I picked it up on Wednesday.

I have a new flash. I am no longer invincible. The tent is wearing out a lot faster than everything else and it has started with the joints. So as I was shuffling across the street Wednesday it was more that I could hardly  move vs being care of the ice. This whole thing just totally snuck up on me and took me totally by surprise. How dare my body betray me like that! I should not feel this way till 80. So I now know to keep a level in my system and to watch and move more with intention. It is also making me examine how to best continue my career in nursing. So many things to consider.