This past weekend was full of sleep deprivation and lots of driving. What a lovely combination! On Saturday & Sunday I woke up at the ungodly hour of 5:15am. I can handle that (occasionally) on a weekday - but being up before the crack of dawn on a weekend is unholy. Last weekend of the month: GUARD WEEKEND! It was, well - interesting to say the least. It was busy - lots of running around - in the rain! Now, military uniforms are great for lots of things - the camouflage saves you (hopefully) from scary bad dudes with guns and the boots help you run away from them and kick 'em in the junk. (They're heavy boots ya' know!) Obviously the military uniform was designed for use in the field. They were not intended for office use - sure, they're great when you spill coffee or ketchup on your shirt or pants, you just rub it in & no one notices. The boots, on the other hand, were not constructed for wear on wet tile floors. Need I finish my story? So, unless you're functioning a few fries short of a Happy Meal, you should've already figured out I got knocked on my camouflaged booty. Oh, but wait - it gets better, it was in the middle of the clinic, with lots of people around. How exciting for me! (And entertaining for the 250 onlookers! Hey, I'm here to serve . . .) Anyways, as I spent the rest of the weekend nursing a bruised leg (and ego) God began to teach me - I'm a visual learner, so apparently being thrown on the ground makes him happy.

As I already stated, it was raining outside - wet floors were a given, I knew the danger. I was even standing around holding the doors open for people (yup, even a little old lady!) to make sure they didn't slip! As I closed the door for one gentleman and began to walk away I lost my footing. (Totally slow motion - way cool except it hurts.) To break it down for all you sleep deprived insomniacs, the rain represents sin. (Not generally speaking - just for my narrative. So the next time it rains don't get all freaked out. Unless it's raining fire - then you should uber-freak.) Anyway, rain: sin. I knew about it, was aware of it and had been warned about it. I was even warning others about it! But, because I wasn't taking the highest precaution needed for the situation - I slipped. (See where I'm going?) We all know about sin - oooh, it's bad, blah, blah, blah - we know what it is & even where it is, but if we are not guarding against it at all times, well - we slip. Yes - it's painful, yes - it's embarrassing, but we're never left just laying in the floor. (In my case my 1st Lieutenant helped me up.) God doesn't allow us to just lay there in our sin - The God of All Creation picks us up.