When Life Squeezes Too Hard
Robert Dawson
Psalm 3
I remember back when JM was in elementary school, we had one of those fun family outings to the dentist. Something every family needs to do. It should be a requirement. It was one of those routinely scheduled cleanings, but JM was starting to lose some of his teeth. Thanks to a baseball in the mouth due to some horseplay in the dugout, he had one tooth hanging by a very strong thread. One side was loose, the other side not so much. He would not let Kristal touch it. She was the tooth-puller.
The dentist saw it and offered to get it out. He said he had some gel that would numb it and he would pull it. We thought he was being nice, ended up charging us $100 for extraction! Couldn’t believe it. You could hear him talking to JM, explaining about the gel and how it would deaden it and that he wouldn’t feel a thing.
He put the gel on and grabbed hold the tooth and started to pull, Kristal who was in lobby, I was in another room, heard JM say, ‘‘Whoa! I can feel that!’’ The dentist told him, ‘‘Just one more second,’’ and then he pulled the tooth and after that Kristal could hear JM gibber jabbing away with the dentist and laughing.
We’ve all had those moments where life had a hold of us, was pulling and squeezing and we wanted to holler out, ‘‘Whoa! I feel that! Easy! That hurts! This is no fun!’’
That kind of pressure and pain can come from any number of directions. That pressure may come from within our families. There may be relational difficulties with our children, a struggling marriage or strained relationships with parents or siblings. The pressure could be financial. Unexpected medical bills, an a/c unit dying before its time, a new septic tank or the car decides it has traveled its last mile. The pressure could be from a debilitating illness that has hit you or one of your family members. The pressure may stem from stress at work. It could be the inherit difficulties in doing the right things or the ...
Robert Dawson
Psalm 3
I remember back when JM was in elementary school, we had one of those fun family outings to the dentist. Something every family needs to do. It should be a requirement. It was one of those routinely scheduled cleanings, but JM was starting to lose some of his teeth. Thanks to a baseball in the mouth due to some horseplay in the dugout, he had one tooth hanging by a very strong thread. One side was loose, the other side not so much. He would not let Kristal touch it. She was the tooth-puller.
The dentist saw it and offered to get it out. He said he had some gel that would numb it and he would pull it. We thought he was being nice, ended up charging us $100 for extraction! Couldn’t believe it. You could hear him talking to JM, explaining about the gel and how it would deaden it and that he wouldn’t feel a thing.
He put the gel on and grabbed hold the tooth and started to pull, Kristal who was in lobby, I was in another room, heard JM say, ‘‘Whoa! I can feel that!’’ The dentist told him, ‘‘Just one more second,’’ and then he pulled the tooth and after that Kristal could hear JM gibber jabbing away with the dentist and laughing.
We’ve all had those moments where life had a hold of us, was pulling and squeezing and we wanted to holler out, ‘‘Whoa! I feel that! Easy! That hurts! This is no fun!’’
That kind of pressure and pain can come from any number of directions. That pressure may come from within our families. There may be relational difficulties with our children, a struggling marriage or strained relationships with parents or siblings. The pressure could be financial. Unexpected medical bills, an a/c unit dying before its time, a new septic tank or the car decides it has traveled its last mile. The pressure could be from a debilitating illness that has hit you or one of your family members. The pressure may stem from stress at work. It could be the inherit difficulties in doing the right things or the ...
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