Why Love is My Favorite Word and Embracing It in Difficulty

I may not agree, understand, embrace all changes (man bun clip on?) but I will love you and I will show Jesus' love to you.  John 4:1-26, Jesus met a Samaritan woman at a well, a woman married 5 times and now living with a man, she was considered dirty.  Many came to believe and know his love because he did not judge her, he offered her life and she was so filled she had to share with others (John 4:39-42).  As Christians we are not called to judge but we can hold in accountability, however remember in the greatest of trials, when you don't understand, when you feel condemned, when you don't understand, when you are frustrated with a person's actions or words we have so many great scriptures to meditate on.

Cor 13:13 "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

Lev 19:18 "You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord."

Luke 10:27 He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Mat 22:39 "And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Struggles with accepting gay marriage, sexual sins of someone you know,  you child has wronged you, your friend is committing adultery, you witness racism, whatever, as Christians we can lie our burdens at the feet of GOD and he can carry it and deal with it.  We can love the other person showing GOD's grace and in honesty  reveal scriptures that support behaviors keeping them from the best GOD has to offer and rewards in Heaven, but ultimately our job is to love, not to judge, and be the hands and feet of Christ.  Christ was not in pew and a one day week lover, he showed mercy, favor, and compassion 24/7.  Be love today.

Thirty-one June

Oh my goodness, there is too much to celebrate for June!

Thirty-one is doing so much fabulousness for June I feel like I cannot get it all in!

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Why I Chose To Have Septoplasty (Deviated Septum Surgery)

For as long as I can remember I could not breathe out of my right nostril as I could out of my left.  Very rarely would air pass through and I would think, "that is different" or "cool".  My finger couldn't get up my right side of my nose, no worries, I had another side to pick.  Those menial thoughts were my lone considerations of a youth plagued by sinus headaches, sinus infections, and random bloody noses.  Bloody noses in high school were not fun especially during a test when everyone was quiet and blood would drip down out of nowhere.  I felt like everyone was looking at me thinking I was picking my nose and made it bleed.  It was embarrassing and I didn't know why it was happening. No one had used the words deviated septum, I knew allergies and I felt weird and allergic to life as my symptoms were lethargy, fatigue, headaches, swollen eyes, nose bleeds, and decreased concentration.  Then occasional respiratory issues.

My swollen eyelid and shaffing

When I became a nurse, deviated septum became to mean something to me.  I understood the septum was blocking my sinus cavities causing those symptoms.  For years I applied nasal sprays to alleviate allergy symptoms and sprays to help keep nasal passages clear, not too dry, and perfect little passageways.  The kicker is my septum was against my nasal wall and these sprays weren't very effective.  By the time my ENT doctor scoped by nose (nasal endoscope) he could not pass the scope after applying his shrinking and numbing medicines due to the severe deviation.  If you are wondering, this is done in the office, is painless, and takes 2 minutes.  I even watched on the monitor as he did it and I have impeccably clean nasal passages.

Little video that shows how even when I take a deep breath, I cannot get any air through my right nostril.

Why didn't any of my previous allergists, primary care doctors, ENTs suggest this?  It would have saved a lot of money on ineffective medicines, antibiotics for sinusitis after sinusitis, and countless sinus headaches.  Although medications like Flonase can help stop the cascading effect of allergens, if the medication cannot get into your nasal passage and is blocked, it cannot work.  After discussing the pros and cons with my ENT doctor and learning he does anywhere from 5 to 10 of these a week I felt very confident in my next step and gladly signed up for the surgery and am writing this 3 days after.  In another post I will write about the surgery, know that this was a great decision for me and I am healing well with minimal pain.