Foolish Things

Today Joel went back to the doctor for his second x-ray since his last recast. The bone is still aligned! Praise God! The doctor says his cast will come off the day after Memorial Day. Matt and I were slightly disappointed by the date. We have a family reunion Memorial Day weekend that will include plenty of swimming, but when the Dr. heard that--he said, "No way, we don't want a refracture." So the cast will come off after all of the fun. Hopefully Joel will be happily entertained sitting poolside watching everyone else swim.

I then called the pediatrician about Joel's cold. Joel's incessant coughing has not only disturbed his own sleep, but Mommy's and Daddy's as well. The pediatrician said that he wanted to check Joel, so after meeting some friends at Burger King Playland for lunch, we headed to that appointment. Joel has a ear infection. As far as the cough goes, the new medical standard is no treatment for children under age two. Despite having the humidifier in our room at sauna levels the last few nights, Joel is still having a rough time of it, in part because he can't reposition himself to alleviate the coughing. Poor little guy. Prayerfully, he'll be over it soon.

When we all got back home, I started thinking about all the stuff I'm so behind on--ironing, yard work, phonics, times tables and long division review, my own Bible study lesson, etc. I began reading an article in a homeschooling magazine that arrived today. A homeschooling dad, who is also a pastor, wrote it. In it he said, "Obstacles (which God allows) are not meant to discourage you from doing His will. They are meant to strengthen you as He manifests His awesome grace to overcome them--one by one." He ended the article with this verse from Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth:

"For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise
according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the
world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the
weak things of the world to put to shame the things
which are mighty; and the base things of the world and
the things which are despised God has chosen, and
the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things
that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence."
1 Cor. 1:26-29