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If Hope Floats, Sin Compensates, What the Deaf Man Heard, and The Near-Dead See Hell
January 1, 2004
If Hope Floats, Sin Compensates
Writer Phyllis Ten Elshof says: I was running a few weeks ago when something snapped in my left hip. One minute I was loping along, the next I was yelping in pain. I had to hobble home. Within days, that tiny hairline break at the top of my femur threw my entire body off. My left hip hurt, sure, but so did the right one. When I biked, my knee started screaming. By the time I was evaluated by a physical therapist, I was hugging banisters to negotiate stairs, trading heels for sneakers, and chugging Aleve. What in the world was happening? "Compensation," said the therapist. My right hip hurt because I was covering for the injury in the left one. Likewise, my left knee hurt from diverting stress on my hip. The entire band of muscle stretching from my left hip to my knee had even tightened to protect the injury. How like sin in our lives. You think one broken area isn't a problem, but you soon find yourself covering for it, and before you know it you are suffering in other areas as well. Sin always requires "compensation." What the Deaf Man Heard
An elderly man had serious hearing problems for a number of years. His family tried again and again to convince him to get a hearing aid. Finally, he relented. He went to the doctor and was fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100 percent. A month later he went back to the doctor. The doctor said with a smile, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again." The old man replied, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to their conversations. I've changed my will three times!" The Near-Dead See Hell
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