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Figuring Stuff Out

ThinkingI’ve had a lot on my mind since Sunday thinking about how CF has affected my life. It’s undeniable that it has touched every area possible: personality, geographic location, health, faith, status, and career. All in all, it’s been a very good week of mulling over these thoughts for such a profound amount of time compared to fleeting thoughts that bombard me every hour. Here’s what I’ve come up with this week.

Personality

I’m not quite clear what sort of person I’d be if I wasn’t kept in check with my own “thorn in the flesh” that places limits and constant reminders of them into my daily routine. I have a suspicion that I’d be a pompous, overly confident piece of work. Even as it is now, I swing wildly from being a cocky, self-centered jerk all the way to being a depressing, insecure weirdo. [Read more…]

Hope

Empty TombToday is Easter Sunday, a day of hope and restoration for millions who have put their trust in Jesus Christ for their eternity. Faith seems to be another major difference among us with CF. I’ve seen blogs proclaiming a living faith in Jesus and others who just go on “hoping” each day for a good day and others who are angry at the world.

I have to agree with one of my Cyster’s posts that I read this week right before she went in for her lung transplant. I don’t have it in front of me, but it read something like “Either I was going to be breathing like I hadn’t in years in a couple of days or like I never have before with my Maker tonight.”

There is a comfort knowing what the eternal future holds, even if the immediate future is unclear. None of us knows what tomorrow holds. Just because we have CF doesn’t mean a traffic accident or crime won’t take us away from our loved ones. If you died today, where would you spend eternity?

Happy Easter everyone. He is risen!