by Jonathan Kurz
^ that phrase has become almost a cliche in my life. A friend of mine from church named Joey Garlando was in a bad car accident and is in a coma. Apparently, he had some brain swelling and was in pretty bad shape. He has been in a coma for a couple weeks and is showing signs of improvement. This is a video his cousin made and posted on a facebook prayer group for him titled, “Pray for Joey”. He is a truly awesome person and I hope you join in with the cliche.
I am sitting in class right now about to take my mid term exam for Art History I. Don’t know why I’m blogging about this. just needed something to do. Pray for me!
I have a wife. That is not the dilemma.
I work 40 hours a week at a job that pays enough, but that takes me away from my wife. She works 7:30-3:30 mon-friday. I work 4-midnight. Once in a while, we will pass each other on the highway. This is significant interaction for us.
Anyways, I have an opportunity to work for a church, getting paid for up to 10 hours a week. I desperately want to quit my job that takes me away from my wife. But I do not think that 10 hours a week would suffice for my husbandly duty of supplying for my family, so I’m thinking about also working part time in masonry. This is seasonally unstable, but enjoyable for me.
The only reason I’m writing this blog is that I want people to tell me it’s okay to do this. I am looking for encouragement. So if you think it would be foolish of me to work 2 part time jobs so that I can see my wife, please don’t reply to this. I am only kidding. But seriously, don’t reply.
Clipping my toenails is one of those things that I only remember is necessary when I give my wife a smiley-faced gash in her leg while we’re laying in bed about to fall asleep. I go though my day, walking around, shoes on, completely oblivious to the little samurai ninjas growing slowly, patiently under my socks. Then, when one of them chooses to attack, I am reminded of their presence and punish the whole bunch with a circumcision of sorts. But this is merely a slap on the wrist that makes me feel better so that I can forget about them again. But they continue to grow. And every time I am forced to behead these little, silent terrorists, I dream of a day that I will conquer them forever.
I hate clipping my toenails.
Trimming my feet claws is similar to many things: drinking water, wearing deodorant, sleeping, stretching before a long athletic event. You may wonder, “how in the planet are these things all related?”
Well, I’m glad you asked.
All of these things are pretty much oblivious to us as we live our day to day lives. It is only when we neglect any of them for too long that we are unfortunately reminded of the importance of their role in our lives. I hate it when I forget to wear deodorant.
Blogging about this topic is, I know, stupid and pointless. But, I thought it was a topic that needed to be addressed. That’s just the way I was raised.
My brother, Ben, and I have recorded the good old American classic, “It is Well with My Soul”. Horatio G. Spafford would be proud. It is currently on the worship and techno album “put out” by jonathan&brittany, an up-and-coming band I have previously blogged about. Let them know what you think!
