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We can look at the reality going on around us and get discouraged, or we can choose to see God moving in that reality and know that He is working His plan.

Today, I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with pneumonia for the second time in less than six months. I could get discouraged, but instead I am encouraged by the doctor’s meticulous care and the patience he showed as he waited for me to quit coughing to tell him what all was happening. He prescribed my regular steroids and an antibiotic, but he also gave me nausea meds since I haven’t been able to keep anything down for the last two days, not even water. With a stern admonition to go to the ER if the meds don’t start working quickly, he said he hopes I feel better soon.

Well, I’m not all the way better yet, but I was able to sip some electrolyte water (which he said I needed) and that is a great improvement. I also laughed at a message my son sent me. He and his wife took their three year old son to the zoo today on a preschool field trip. When Nathan saw the alligators, he turned to his dad and said, “I saw a dragon. I saw two BIG dragons”! So, it’s all about perspective and how you see reality.