Little Boy is still in the hospital. He had a truly-major surgery last week, even bigger than we had been told. So all expectations on his recovery had to be adjusted. Not surprisingly, his heart is taking awhile to heal. The doctors are not concerned and have told us that this isn't a complication. He's merely a slower healer. He actually looks fantastic: he is eating, drinking, and even crawling around. (It makes me cringe to watch him, but I know he won't do something that hurts!) I have given up predicting when he might be released though.
Since we're still traveling back and forth between home and hospital, and not sleeping well on our nights at the hospital, I don't have much time or brain-space to blog. But I found an interesting article about spreading slanderous stories on the internet and thought I'd share it here. It sparked quite a bit of discussion (see the comments) and is very thought-provoking.
Should You Pass On Bad Reports? by Tim Keller and David Powlison
I thought it was such a timely and thoughtful call to think carefully about what I email and post on my blogs. As believers, we ought to be above reproach in every way. Unfortunately, spreading stories and talking about people as if we would never do such a thing is a huge weakness for most Christians.
May God help us better reflect His mercy and grace to our fellow brothers and sisters! May we always remember 1 Corinthians 6:9-12, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
