J-What?

My two little brothers, Landon (13) and Daniel (10) came home for lunch today from school and while they were eating their sandwiches, we had a funny conversation...

Me: Guess what?

L & D: What?

Me: The JW's came to our house today!

Daniel: What's that?

Me: You've never heard of them?

Landon: Wait...I've heard of them, they have a big church just outside the city...

Me: Yeah, I'll give you a hint, they're a religious group.

Daniel:...are they animals?

Landon: No Daniel, they're people. Why were they here?

Me: They left us an invitation for their church service.

Landon: OH! The Jewish Wanderers!

Me: LOL! No, Jehovah's Witnesses!

I have to give the JW's some credit for being bold in inviting people to their church. I sometimes wonder if I've been bold enough in my own life when it comes to sharing my faith. After all, Jesus is not coming back until people from every tribe, tongue, and nation have heard the good news of the gospel. May the Lord strengthen His children to carry out His work diligently here on earth.

Guess that Sickness!

I woke up this morning early as usual and went outside to do my paper route. Normally my stomach gets a little achy because I don't eat until I finish but this time it was a different kind of ache.

I ate breakfast when I got home in hopes that I was merely hungry and that my stomach just wanted some food to cheer it up but as it turns out, the ache didn't cease as usual.

At about 6:45am I discovered that most of my family, save my sister, was not feeling well. Daniel and Landon had both thrown up and my parents had minor stomach aches. Though my stomach was slowly growing more agonizingly painful, I decided that I would press on to carry out my day at work and head home if I threw up.

I'm stubborn.

So at work I lasted about two-thirds through the morning meeting before I ran to the bathroom and...well...you know. :(

But I felt really good after that so I decided to try and tough out the rest of the day. Another half hour later and I was leaning over the garbage can by the front doors. (I apologize sincerely if you were one of the customers to walk past me during that time).

I decided at this point that it was time to clean up and head out. But not before one of my managers commented on the fact that I was "totally green and probably had a little too much fun last night." I corrected him right away because I don't drink and I drove myself home.

After napping for a good three hours, I woke up again with my stomach still aching away. So I tried getting up and I ended up having to make another trip to the bathroom. The problem with this is that I hadn't tried consuming anything (food or drink) and yet my stomach was still trying to get rid of something.

I'm still feeling sick and trying to keep down fluids but I'm betting that I'm suffering from some kind of food poisoning.

But the bottom line is that God is still good and I can still trust Him during this time of feeling terrible. :)