I’m just starting to think about my recent mugging slightly less than I think about girls. Back to normal.
One Year Ago Today
While looking up at the ceilings in the church I clean every week, I thought about how I need to stop and look up more:
I need to look up physically at the sky, and enjoy the life I have because it’s short. I also need to look up figuratively by staying positive about my current situation and accepting what comes of it. And I need to look up symbolically by praying and reading the Bible, and keeping my focus on God. So I was thankful for that little moment of clarity I had today.
Thoughts
I was thinking about the mugging I experienced a week ago, and how I was praying the whole time it happened that we’d make it out of there quickly and safely. We did, and then I wondered if I prayed for thanks enough and was as grateful for making it out of there as I should be. There’s no question that I’m happy I’m safe, but it’s hard to recognize if I’ve thanked God enough for my safety.
So that brought up a question: Should we thank God for the deliverance from one situation, or for daily deliverance? What I mean is that it’s easy to thank God after something bad happens, but we don’t take the time to thank God for all the days that bad things don’t happen. That leads to a much harder question that I don’t think has an accurate answer: Should God give us trials so He can save us? I heard somewhere that without suffering there would be no compassion, which I understand although I don’t think that compassion is worth all the suffering that there is in the world. This question is in the same vain, although you could say that God gives us trials so He can demonstrate His sovereignty. After I got robbed I tried not to take advantage my daily safety and all the things I have because they can all be gone. But is this newfound appreciation of life worth what I went through and all the trouble it caused?
My Day
I slept in until a little after 1pm, but I’ve been able to get up before 2 or 3pm lately so that’s good. The guys finished working on the bathroom for the day shortly after, so I took another shower and can enjoy a whole day of being clean. I watched a bunch of Malcolm in the Middle before poker. I’ve been in the mood for pizza and wings lately, so I thought I’d get some good pizza and wings for poker tonight.
Poker
I decided that I’m not going to describe all the pivotal hands that I’ve played of each game. I said I did it in the past so I could learn from it, but no one else cares about each hand and it’s enough for me to just jot them down on my phone while at the table. Also I’m still a little shook up from last week so I don’t want to broadcast my poker playing any more than necessary. So in short, we had 9 players which is the most in a long time. I was card dead and played poorly at first, but then I started winning like every pot I played and I quadrupled my buy-in by the end of the night. Now I’m going to bed at 5am, and I have another three days off before I work again (and my birthday). Thanks for reading, and “Humans have fear of flying, same way fish have fear of driving.”
—Eric Del Medico
