I'm playing the blues riffs I learned from my last guitar lesson. I just came home 40 minutes ago from going to the emergency room with my mum. Apparently the drugs I were taking were too weak, and they're putting me on stronger drugs to kill the infection. Today the side of my face was swollen with so much puss that it turned rock hard. I woke up to my mum making a hole in my ear and squeezing the pus out. Then when she left, I sat in front of the bathroom mirror for nearly an hour trying to drain it, and there's still more there. It deforms my face. But I can hear! Thanks for the prayer, you guys!
It was Monday, I went to the emergency room because my ears were falling off. They gave me a steriodal cream and ear drops. That following Wednesday I was back in because my left ear, which was the worst at the time, was draining fluid, instead of to the back of my throat, but down the skin of the inside of my face and collection in my chin, deforming my face. I think they gave me Keflex antibiotics then. That Friday morning I was supposed to go on a long-awaited trip to Indiana, but decided not to let her and her parents see it.
The following Monday went to see the doctor, who told me more about the problem. I think they gave me a stronger antibiotic called Zithromax to try to kill the infection. The following Wednesday I was back in the emergency room because I was losing my hearing. In both ears, but worse on the left. They suspected that it was the telemarketing job I was doing. Something like that.
I was at the doctor's office yesterday about my right ear. I have an earache in it. The pain is excruciating and feels like a seering hot iron rod is being used to probe my innerds. I just started college and my right ear is inflammed and is filled with pus. So much so that it has become rock hard. My mum came in this morning and I sleepily said a few words and moments later I was waking up to her cutting my ear and forcibley squeezing the pus out. Quite kind indeed.
But with so much fluid in my ear, it causes a lot of pain. Yesterday I took 4 painkillers, I think, and this morning I think I took 2, but I'm not quite sure. Yesterday I had to sleep because my legs were feeling heavier than they normally are. The inflammed ear once again deforms my face, but at least I can hear through both ears. The only reason why I can still hear is because of my heavenly Father. The drugs were ineffective. The pills and even the stronger pill was ineffective for a week. Then I began praying and asking everyone over at Heather's blog to help by praying for me, and it came back again. I've read the book of Job, and gained what was missing.
Don't love the Lord because He blesses you. Love the Lord because God is who He is. He's our heavenly Father. Don't do what Job did and, after being invited in to have supper with the master, loved Master's table more than he did Master. God doesn't make anyone suffer. It's this world, and the deceiver behind this world. It's the sin that causes the trials and tribulations. God only allows it to happen because He knows you can take it and that the suffering will only build onto your character. Don't worry, He's right there to catch you if you fall, and you wont ever be tempted beyond what you're able to bear. And He makes a way out so that you're able to bear it. This is in The First Epistle to the Corinthians Chapter 10, Verse 13. Job, after realizing that he was but dust and ash, was given double the prosperity that he had before, received his children back, and God extended his life so that he lived double the lifetime. God is always in control, and no matter how grim it seems, He's always there. So account suffering, in Christ's name, as a good thing, through which you can glory the Father. It's not a punishment. My ear problems aren't punishment. But God allowed it to happen so that I would listen, and understand... Talk to me later?
Church has been spoken of as if it robbed people of their money. But you speak of the church amiss, not clearly knowing what it is. Church is the body of Christ - those that were saved and washed clean of this world by the blood of God's Lamb.
Church can be in any place, because the temple through which Church is held is the body of those that belong to God in Christ's name. Christ heads Church (The Epistle to the Ephesians Chapter 1, Verse 22), and the Church belongs to God (The First Epistle of Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 15).
Those that belong to God are pillars for the truth, having the Holy Spirit within them, and being themselves God's temple. So as the Father was inside of Christ as His Spirit, and the Son inside of the Father, those that are God's have Christ inside of them, and they are inside of Christ. We are inside of Christ, because Church is the body of Christ. The body has many members, meaning there are different parts and different functionalities for them. The Spirit gives different gives: some the gift of preaching, some the gift of faith, some the gift of the tongue, some evangelists, some teachers... As the body of Christ, we are equal in importance, as no one part of the body can function on its own. We are members of His body, His flesh, and of His bones (The Epistle to the Ephesians Chapter 5, Verse 30). If those three words sound familiar, then think of when Jesus Christ took communion with His disciples and how bread was broken as His body, and the wine as His blood, and how the 12 disciples represented the 12 tribes of Judah, which all of man is divided into, knowingly or not. So the preacher or teacher in the church is no larger or important than the woman that walks into the congregation and lifts everyone's spirits with just a smile (The Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 10).
They all have one Master. One Teacher, and this is Christ. The Church are subject to Christ (The Epistle to the Ephesians Chapter 5, Verse 24), because they follow the Word, which is Christ, and all that the head of the Church taught. The Church is unified into one by the Holy Spirit, not by some building made of wood and sticks and bricks.
The Church is in Jesus Christ's name, and can't be named under one association, because those that belong to Christ are diverse. The reason why I quote the Word is so that no one here will be deceived. Here I see that many speak of themselves: of their own opinions and what they think. But I speak from God, the Truth, so that the one who reads over the words, seeking to knock on the Master's door and have supper with the Master, will know where the door is, and how to knock. Christ asked that we have Church, not church. I say this not to confuse, but when I capitalize the C, I put emphasis on its holiness, as the body of Christ and all of its members which are made clean by Christ, not as the meeting place of the people that come to worship. Christ is among two or more that gather in Christ's name (The Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 18, Verse 19).
When I quote, I sew a seed. The one that gives seed to the sower is the head of the Church, Christ. I feed with knowledge and understanding, which was given to me (The Book of Jeremiah Chapter 3, Verse 15). I do it all through the Truth so that no one is deceived by opinion, or falseness, there being only one Truth. The church tithe seems to bother a lot of people I meet and have Church with. But I tell you out of the Truth. And not 'popular belief,' as it was put it earlier. Christ is the King of Salem, Melchizedek, appointed by God the position of the sole priest over man. Christ says there is but one teacher, and one Rabbi. In Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 20, the tithe was mentioned as given by the man appointed the position at the time. It was first mentioned here. "And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all." And I tell you, Christ spoke plainly to His disciples after His resurrection, and told them of all of these things, and they're written about later on in Hebrews Chapter 7. And if it bothers you to read the whole chapter, then just read Verses 1-10. And this explains the verse in Genesis. When someone tithes, they don't give money to God, God has no need for earthly things and has said that the things of this world will pass away. God made all that's on earth. He has no need for your money, but for your love. But the tithe is for the church. Christ said (1) to love God with all that you are: in body, spirit, soul, and mind, and then (2) to love those around you as you love yourself, seeing that those that are united by the Holy Spirit of God are siblings, and that you can they were created so that they have characteristics of God within them, and that they were created in the image of God and the angels. The tithe is to honor the second of what the Son of God said, so that the love of God is in you. The tithe isn't a commandment, and all laws are fulfilled having Christ, but something one does out of faith, loving the Lord and so keeping His commandments. But why not go through and read the 7th chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews? If you really want to know why the tithe is there, and it's purpose, and what God promises to those that love Him, and God always keeping His promises? I come to this board seeing questions, and provide answers. I sew the seeds in the name of the One that provided them, answering questions. Putting truth to what might be false or deceive people. No one here asked me to do it, but I do it in service to the Lord, and His Church.
If there is something that you don't know, it's because you haven't asked. Wouldn't reading the Word giving you knowledge of the answer, seeing as how God is liberal with knowledge (The Epistle of James Chapter 4)? I ask so that I can give answers to the Church.
If there's anything that anyone of you don't understand, or if you question what I've said, tell me, and I'll back my words with truth.
I've read the Book of Job, and am gaining some sort of understanding. - Couldn't visit Carolyn because I let something physical stand in my way of seeing her before I was supposed to fly to Indiana. - Went to ER thrice for these ear infections. - Going temporarily deaf because the medication isn't affective enough to kill the infection yet. - In tremendous pain. - There's a hurricane headed for this town, I can't cash my paycheck, so I can't buy supplies. - Every sound becomes annoying through my ears. - All I hear is a ringing sound. More later.
I told her I'd climb a mountain for her, that I would swim an ocean. By my heavenly Father, I've found a way to get to her. But, if God wills it, I'd be arriving there without a place to stay or food to eat for the 3 nights I'd spend there. But there's a way. If God is blessing this, it will all work out to the best. I long to finally see her eyes from my eyes, but there's all sorts of patience in this, and I can actually way for Friday. It's wonderful how God works. I'm trying to concentrate on healing up for Friday and working hard to support the family next week. See you all later.
I went to the emergency room this morning for my ear infections and on the paper that asked for the reason why I was there I put, 'ears falling off,' and above it, 'BAD ear infection.' After a while, my ears dried out and the crust on my ears started showing, so I suppose that demanded immediate attention, and I was seen within 2 or 3 hours, which isn't that bad considerating that they made me wait 2 or so hours when I stabbed myself with a butchers knife and was bleeding everywhere.
So the doctor prescribed me a cream and ear drops, and I had to drive quite a distance to pick up the other prescriptions. I felt like asking the pharmacist at the Eckerd county which part of Africa she was from. Because she sure did have a lot of face paint on. Boy that was a lot of makeup... But after I picked up the prescriptions, I was about an hour and a half late for work. I have a quarter of a point from that, and I'm hoping that I wont miss to many points from not coming to work on Saturday and Monday because I might be going to Indiana then, if God wills it.
The skin holding my ears to my face is cut and I have a lot of cuts on my ears from the infection and from stretching. My left ear is worser than my right ear, but I've been putting the microphone from work, causing the infection, mostly on my right ear. I can't hear very well in my right ear, but it's the left ear that's the worst. It's not only from the microphone, but from the evil that comes out of it when people say negative things or from listening to so much grief over the phone at work. I'm trying not to touch my ears so they'll heal in time for if I see Carolyn this Friday. Again, only if God wills it! I hope I can see her... I hope she's not too grossed out by my ears if I do see her... If so, then there's nothing much I can do to hide it from her, they do decorate my face. Oh well. I better go to bed so my body can heal.
