mandatory 15

This week has been a blur! Monday was a holiday and Tuesday - Friday have been non stop action. Employee on vacation, starting scanning job, client move we (I) helped with. I decided to take a mandatory 15 (inside Joke...most employees like to take their mandatory 15 minute break twice a day)at least once a day, just to stay sane. Lunch hour is non existent, unless someone calls, then I will eat. So I have 1 minute left on my mandatory 15. Should go run an errand...! cya round

Update

I basically have 4 options. 1. manage pain with oral medication. 2. manage pain with injections. 3. Manage pain with a procedure called bone fusion. this would limit the movement in the shoulder. 4. Shoulder replacement. I would be hard pressed to find anyone to do this because I am so young, typically it is done in older people because they are less active, there is a big risk of damaging the joint in younger more active people which would be a bigger problem than the one I have now. He said that I have aobut 10 years of use left in the shoulder before it is totally deteriorated. Until then we can manage the pain. The x-ray showed that I have no ball on the arm at all and it is basically the end of the bone freely moving around in the shoulder blade area. He said that limiting use will not prolong the life of the joint because it is normal every day use has just as much damage to it as heavy lifting. He recommended that I not do things that directly cause pain. Such as lifting above my head or reaching behind me. He recommends that I see a physical therapist for a few times to learn some exercises that will strengthen the muscles. That is about it. I got a shot and have felt absolutely no pain!!!!!!

answered prayer

As you may know, I live in pain with my shoulder. sometimes dull, sometimes excruciating, sometimes it feels fine. Yesterday I got a call from someone who wants to pay for me to see a specialist so I can figure out a solution, and pay for what ever I may need. Not sure what my options are but they may include shoulder replacement surgery. My appointment is Thursday (22nd) morning at 8:45.

God's timing? Man's Agenda

The day started off as normal. Rachel asked me what I wanted for lunch and I told her that I would just go and grab something today. About 1 pm I was getting hungry and the first place I thought of was Tuscany's on S. 1st. I thought that would be nice to go and meet and have a love affair with my new Iphone. So I did, I listened to about 45 minutes of Todd Bentley revival meetings on youtube, had a nice sandwich and got up and walked out while still watching Todd. I parked right next to the door so there was a 3 second window for a couple riding by on there bikes to see me and stop me to ask for money. I seem to always be asked for money, and very rarely do I give cash to people who ask me for it. The reason is simple. Money is not the solution to their problem. I told them that I didn't have any money to give away, but I would pray for them. The wife immediately sped away on her bike and the husband told me that I could pray for him. I asked him what his needs were and he told me, "you know what prayer won't work for me cause God's mad at me." I asked him if Jesus was Lord of his life and he said yes. I told him that God's not mad at you and he too sped off on his bike. I got in my car and was disturbed that this man thought that God was mad at him. I had stuff to go do, but I felt like this was a divine appointment. So I went searching for them. I found them a few minutes later behind a building next to a dumpster. I asked them if I could buy them lunch at a place up the street. The wife immediately agreed and said she hadn't eatin in 2 days. I might ad that this couple didn't look homeless, they were a bit grungy but not the typical homeless looking people. The man said that she could go but he wouldn't. I asked him why. He said that he couldn't take a meal from another man. I asked why. He said, "Pride I guess, Man have you ever been so low that you don't have a way out? I can't provide for my wife, do you know how that feels?" I told him, "that is a pretty stupid reason to reject a meal, don't you think?" He said, "yeah, I guess you are right. We will meet you there." I told the Lord on the short drive over that I needed Him to show me that I was doing the right thing and these people were truely in need." I pulled up to the restuarant and there was a police cruiser int he parking lot. I thought, Okay, if they are running or are wanted they will not go in.
They arrived and asked me if I was sure that I wanted to buy their meal. I told them that it was the least I could do and took my debit card out of my wallet and left my wallet in the car because it did have some cash in it, and I didn't want them to think I was lying to them. We went in and they acted like they hadn't eatin in days. They were very thankful to me and asked If I would join them. They proceeded to sit in the booth next to the police officer so know I knew that these people were truely in need and not strung out on drugs. I talked to them while they ate and found out that she had been in jail for shop lifting and he was fired a few weeks ago from his chicken express job for sitting down because his ankle was hurting from gout. He really wants to work and asked me if he could mow his grass or paint or do anything to repay for the meal.
I went back to the conversation about why he thought God was mad at him. He said that he has done a lot of bad stuff in his life and he lost his house 2 days before and have been sleeping under a bridge. No driver license, no work, wife is ticked at him and is threatening to leave him. He told me that he has never been so hopeless in his life, (32 years old) I told them that I really feel like God made us cross paths for a reason. He told me that if I wouldn't have come and found them like I did they were trying to committ suicide together. Chill bumps went up and down my body. I prayed for them right there in the restuarant with people watching and prayed for healing in his leg and God to provide them with jobs and a place to live. I emphasized how much God loved them and sent me to intervene in their lives.

Hail to God's timing and throw out your agenda. I spent about 1 1/2 hours with this couple and missed an appointment. But if I saved their life it was worth every second. This day we are living in there are going to be lots of people at rock bottom with cost of living going up. The Church has to step up to the plate and bring hope to the hopeless. I asked myself if my steps are truely ordered of God and he directs my path then there are probably opportunities every day that I miss because I have an agenda that supercedes God's timing.