Hi Folks,
Many have speculated about the number, names, and origin of the visitors to Bethlehem after Jesus' birth. In any case, it is treated as the point at which Jesus' existence became known to the world...hence, Epiphany (a sudden understanding).
Over the last three days, I have had my own Epiphany. A friend has been lying in bed for two months, after suffering a back injury, then complicated with a hip injury. At 64, and having worked in physical labor all of his adult life, he's having a hard time healing.....not to mention that he recovered from bone cancer about 2 years ago. When he collapsed the day before yesterday, as we were trying to transport him to a doctor's office, I had no choice but to call in paramedics.
Whatever my struggles and stresses may be, this man has seen more. Whatever my aches and pains may be, this man has suffered more.
I have been privileged to help him and his family deal with this situation. I checked him out, based on simple first aid things I learned in the Boy Scouts, and from military folks along the way...He had enlarged lymph glands under his arms, under his chin, and down his sides. We found him a motorized hospital-type bed, went and collected it, and installed it in his room.
Anyway, the paramedics came, stretchered him and took him to a hospital. All on the taxpayer's dime! He has no insurance!
Wake up, people! Suffering is not a Human Right. Suffering is not a Civil Right enthroned in the Constitution. Health insurance is not a guarantee, unless you pay for it, but it should not be denied to anyone.
We all need to take a step back from the chasm of more and more uninsured people rushing to the emergency room only because they are close to death, and then it may be too late.
Call your Congressperson or Senator or both, and tell them to vote against health-care repeal.
In Other News:
Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar may have known something that we often forget.
The end is in the journey.
Love and Peace to All!
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