Nov
17
2013
Everything is by grace. I was taking a shower today and had to remind myself the house I lived in before had no shower and for fifteen years I could not take a shower. I remember being thrilled every time we were in a motel: they had showers. I thought about all that briefly. Everything is by grace–even a shower.
Oct
19
2012
A shower is really a privilege. Most of the world does not even have plumbing–much less a shower. I had to remind myself of that. Just about every American has a shower but some act as (if, though ???) they are poor, which they are not. In fact in the last house I lived for fifteen years I did not have a shower just a tub so having a shower now is really a privilege.
Jan
15
2010
I try not to take anything for granted, even the shower I take. For fifteen years the house I lived in had no shower. I still remember that back then the big thing about staying in a motel was it would have a shower.
It is so easy to take your most basic freedoms for granted until you are in a situation when you lose them. It happens in jails (which I never was in) or in hospitals.
I still remember although it was almost forty years ago I needed permission for almost everything. To make a telephone call, to take a shower to take a walk, almost everything.
So I cherish my simple freedoms a little more although there are times I forget this. Everything is by grace. I keep coming back to this. Everything is by grace.
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