Every year it seems, I encounter bronchitis in the spring and every year it passes… but every time it happens, it seems it is interminable. This year has been an exceptionally difficult case for me as it is accompanied by these crazy headaches that stay for hours on end with no relief (and more coughing than normal). My wife has convinced me that if I don’t feel 100% better come morning that I should see a doctor. I know - seems like a no-brainer, but when you’ve been to the doc for bronchitis as often as I have and all you get is antibiotics (which have never really helped me [most bronchitis is viral]) and perhaps a stronger cough med… it gets old and you just stop going.
But… she’s right and this one has been worse than usual. So… I pray that I’ll feel 100% better so I don’t have to go to the doc… but, if not, we’ll see if he says anything different than usual.
Hopefully, you see in these writings a man who is staying The Course and pursuing The Path amidst the pitfalls and selfish ways of being a son of Adam. I pray earnestly that my writing would encourage some of you by showing you that this journey - though arduous and sometimes tragic - is a journey of great satisfaction. A satisfaction greater than our greatest imaginings. The trials and refining fire of tribulation are to be recognized as a small shadow of the suffering of our Savior so that we can rejoice, as Peter and the disciples did, to be counted worthy to suffer for the sake of the Name.