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Forgiveness! - News from Gerianne
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Forgiveness! It's a beautiful thing.... And It's devive!
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For those of you who like received two or more of this particular send out, please forgive me. My plugin is doing some weirrrrrrrrd stuff today. I'm currently trying to figure out what's up. So while I do, I'll ask you to please bear with me. If you get multiple copies, just delete the ones you don't want.
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Thanks for your patience.
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As always feel free to share my “News From Gerianne” send-outs with anyone you feel would be interested in and/or derive benefit from what I write. Just please give my name and website (GBHull.com) as the human author. Also encourage any interested people to subscribe to these send-outs. Thank you.
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Once again the insightful words of St. Paul, in his epistle to the Romans, come to mind: "For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing" (NIV. Romans 7:19)
While I don’t think I was doing “evil,” I do certainly understand Paul’s frustration and his passion for what he truly believed in. Whether it was after he became a follower of Christ (known as Paul); or when he first went by the name Saul, (prior to his conversion) who was hell bent on eliminating people of “The Way”, his passion was equally fierce!
It seems that there's always something I "need to do" as opposed to those things "I want to do" - things that get in the way - obstacles to overcome.
This time, it's been another kidney stone blasting. On April 25, my Urologist blasted an 8mm stone. I’ve been told that pretty much nobody can independently pass anything beyond a 4mm or 5mm stone. The first one my Urologist nuked two years ago, was 5mm. This one has been A LOT more painful and is taking longer to recover from. Every time I think the worst day is behind me... SURPRISE!..... another day of hell. lol
In mid-April when the Emergency Dr. asked if I wanted a prescription for Morphine pills, I thought: “Wow! That’s really over the top! Come on now. I’m not in that much pain.” (I happen to have an extremely high pain threshold.) Apparently once I fractured my hip but didn’t know it til a couple months later when my then sports Dr. looked at my x-ray results. The only time I felt pain from it was when getting out of bed each morning. That was excruciating for a moment, but once I was up and in my chair, no problem!) Btw, I love the irony that I used to go to a sports Dr. I think that’s hilarious!
Anyway, this time I wasn't in hospital. It was an out-patient, day (more like evening) procedure. All seemed easy at first, but a few days later when the stent was removed, I was reminded what "real pain" is! It felt like someone yelled: “batter-batter-batter,” then hauled off and slugged my right kidney with a baseball bat! Not cool man! lol
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National Access Awareness week
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May 31 to June 6/26, is National Access Awareness Week, and even though my church’s minister wasn’t consciously aware of this, in my opinion he knocked one out of the park yesterday with his sermon on “What Walls Are We Building?” (breaking down barriers). In his homily, Rev. Mike detailed how “barriers” are not just the physical.
Actually, the physical are the easiest barriers to fix. The more (likely most difficult) barriers to get rid of are the human made kind. Barriers such as: class, status, unconscious-bias, preconceived notions, race, gender-bias. The list can go on forever. Still, it is our responsibility, as human beings, as servants of Christ’s churches, to do whatever we can, whenever we can, wherever we can, however we can, to break down these barriers. If we don’t try, if we don’t make great efforts to do so, in my honest opinion, we have no claim to call ourselves Christians and followers of Christ.
Over the years, Rev. Mike and I have had countless conversations on biblical disability issues, and occasionally we don’t always land on the same page; but yesterday, I told him after the service: “Ya did me proud, Mike!!!! Ya really did me proud!!!”
Anyone can watch yesterday’s (and other) service(s) from Calvin Presbyterian Church, Halifax, at:
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Some time ago, (I think it was at least a year or more) The Rev. Kenn Stright, (whom I consider a colleague/associate) mentioned that he intended to reference me in an article that he was writing. He mentioned that it would likely be published about 2 years from then. I must have been going through all my breast cancer stuff because I remember thinking: “I hope I’ll still be around to read the thing.”
Now I want to mention that Kenn and I go back a lonnng way. When I was doing Grace college, I asked Kenn to sort of be a support/mentor for a paper I had intended to write, concerning the biblical “Miracle stories,” and although I never did complete (or even really start that project) Kenn and I had some really interesting and meaningful discussions back then. I’m also always interested to learn from Kenn how he (and others) perceive my life in view of my disabilty, because for me, I’m just me - going about my life and trying my best to make a microscopic difference for others.
Well, Kenn’s article has recently been published and once again, I am both deeply honoured and humbled by his reflection on my faith and my life. Thank you so very much Kenn.
You can read his article at:
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On May 26, two of my attendants & I attended the "Access to Success" event, at Casino Nova Scotia and was sponsored by TeamWork Cooperative, and other supporters. For me, it's kinda like a family reunion with some of my favourite humans.
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Until next time, and with love always. - Gerianne
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Your comments & questions are always welcome:
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