Sleep and God
If there's two things I don't like in this world, it's people interrupting my sleep and people messing with God over email.The sleep study thing was fine... I went to bed early, but the tradeoff was waking up at 6.30(ish) AM. And you'd think sleeping in a hospital bed with 20+ wires going everywhere would cause someone not to sleep as well. The wires don't really go everywhere. Just over one shoulder, and into a box with a strap on it (like a little bag) so when people (like me) have to potty in the middle of the night, instead of the nurse unhooking every wire and me dragging them to the bathroom, she just unplugged the box and said, "here, wear it like a necklace!" So I only dragged 2 wires (the ones on my legs). I also slept curled up on one side, which I was afraid of because of my back AND because of the wires. I got over it because I know I can't sleep on my back for very long anyway... I'd roll over to one side in my sleep so, hey, may as well do it while I'm coherent and make sure everything stays in place. They also had to put this gel(more like pomade)-type stuff in my hair to make the (6..I think) sensors on my scalp stay. And I had at least 8 on my face (attached with tape)... 6 or 8 on my chest... and one on each leg. The good news is, I don't have sleep apnea. The bad news is, I won't know what I have until September 1st (my follow-up appointment).
Okay, now onto the God thing... The one thing I don't like among other things in my inbox is an email that says, "If you don't forward this, you don't love God." So what, someone that doesn't have email doesn't love God either? Gah!!! I do love God. That's right, I said it. I LOVE GOD! He rules! That's all the email really asks for anyway, is to say that you love God. Well, I just said it twice! I think it's kind of a cop-out to send out that email because God wants you to reach out to people that don't know Him face-to-face. [I know that term is practically obsolete nowadays...] If you were to forward that to someone that truly wanted to know about God and they emailed you back, I don't think all the good things you could tell them would be as powerful as if it were in person. You can reach out and hug someone over email. You can't hear someone laugh or cry over email. So, if anyone ever sends me an email like that again, it's going in the trash. Not because I don't love God, but because I don't love SPAM.
2 Comments:
Hey Simone,
I can understand how you feel about God SPAM, but some have good messages other than "send this because if you don't, you don't love God" like stories, or questions that make you think. I know that sometimes it is annoying, and no one is forcing you to send anything, but one day, one email might have a message in it about God that you need to read. Just because you can't be face to face with someone doesn't mean you shouldn't say anything. Well, you know I say all of this in love, and that I hope you will think about my message. ttyl
Love,
Brig
I read them, don't worry. I think the stories are precious. I forward them to my mom every once in a while, to ensure that everyone in the world will read it. :)
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