Compassion
Yet another thing gained from the accident. It was probably a month or so ago when I prayed one of those prayers that you pray because you know that you need to for the sake of your maturity, but at the same time, you are scared to because you know that you are going to have to go through some trial or situation to get that maturity. Well anyway, I got the desire to pray for compassion for others, something I am really lacking in.
It was last Tuesday when I left work and went back to the doctor because I was in so much pain. He said it was really infected and that the antibiotics I was taking weren't working. He gave me an antibiotic shoot and prescribed me a stronger antibiotic medicine and vicadin. I'm not one who likes to take pills (only when it's definitely necessary) and I very rarely take tylinol. I'm one of those people who would rather tough it out and suffer through the pain than to take something. I went back to work and but I wasn't going to take the vicadin till I got home because our new market manager, whom I would be meeting for the first time, was coming to the store to visit. Since I've never taken vicadin before, my co-workers advised me not to take it till I got home because it may make me a little loopy. I didn't get off till 7 and I was having a major craving for watermelon so I limped into the store to get the watermelon and on the way out to my car I'm thinking, oh my God I'm in so much pain it's unbelievable. I couldn't wait to get my body home and shove that pain pill down my throat. As I was driving out of the parking lot, God spoke to me about the prayer I prayed and about my compassion for others.
Since going through this whole situation, I have a little more compassion for others. My situation, that seemed so minor, turned into something that caused me major pain. It will cause me to think twice about evaluating in my head about how much pain someone is really having by looking at their situation. A lot of times I will just think, oh they just need to tough it out and they are ok.
Hopefully now I can be more compassionate about the pain others are feeling. Although, I know that there are more trials ahead because I'm not even close to being where I need to be in this area. It makes me wonder what I will experience next.... Thank God because He is here to help me through it every step of the way!
It was last Tuesday when I left work and went back to the doctor because I was in so much pain. He said it was really infected and that the antibiotics I was taking weren't working. He gave me an antibiotic shoot and prescribed me a stronger antibiotic medicine and vicadin. I'm not one who likes to take pills (only when it's definitely necessary) and I very rarely take tylinol. I'm one of those people who would rather tough it out and suffer through the pain than to take something. I went back to work and but I wasn't going to take the vicadin till I got home because our new market manager, whom I would be meeting for the first time, was coming to the store to visit. Since I've never taken vicadin before, my co-workers advised me not to take it till I got home because it may make me a little loopy. I didn't get off till 7 and I was having a major craving for watermelon so I limped into the store to get the watermelon and on the way out to my car I'm thinking, oh my God I'm in so much pain it's unbelievable. I couldn't wait to get my body home and shove that pain pill down my throat. As I was driving out of the parking lot, God spoke to me about the prayer I prayed and about my compassion for others.
Since going through this whole situation, I have a little more compassion for others. My situation, that seemed so minor, turned into something that caused me major pain. It will cause me to think twice about evaluating in my head about how much pain someone is really having by looking at their situation. A lot of times I will just think, oh they just need to tough it out and they are ok.
Hopefully now I can be more compassionate about the pain others are feeling. Although, I know that there are more trials ahead because I'm not even close to being where I need to be in this area. It makes me wonder what I will experience next.... Thank God because He is here to help me through it every step of the way!
posted by ENS at 1:44 AM
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