Y’all got snow with your rain and we got a tornado with ours. Guess y’all pay your preacher better than we do.
Whoa! I posted that last one before I read what had been happening and sounds like it was rough all over yesterday.
It would have been simpler just to buy a new hair dryer. But determined to save a buck, I decided to fix it myself. In order to loosen the screw that was buried deep in the handle, I took out the ultimate handymans helpermy pocket knife. As I put pressure on the knife to turn the screw, the blade folded backon my finger.
I learned a lesson that day: I love myself. And I am urgent about meeting my needs. There was no thought of, Well, I dont really have time to stop the bleeding now. Ill get to it later. Also, there was a tenderness about how the need was met. I instructed my first-aid team (my wife and kids) to wash my finger gently and then to put the bandage on in a way that would avoid having the hairs on my finger pulled up when it was removed. My thoughts, words, and actions were driven by my love for myself.
To love your neighbor as yourself (Luke 10:27) requires the same urgent kind of love. Its a love that notices the need of another person and wont rest until its been met. Its a gentle, tender love that thinks and acts carefully. Its the sacrificial and compassionate love that a nameless Samaritan had for a fallen traveler. Its the kind of love God wants to share with your neighbors through you.
I saw about the tornado in Alabama, Fewz! Did it do any damage at your place?