There is a group that is trying to get the National Day of Prayer changed to the "National Day of Reason". I think that this is one of the most ridiculous ideas that has ever come out of the human mind. The reason that I say so is because of my experiences of 2008.
On March 13, 2008; I nearly lost my life in the emergency room at Christus Santa Rosa. As a matter of fact, during that evening seven doctors told my parents that I was dying. Now I wonder-what would a person of "reason" have told my parents that night if I had died? What does a person of "reason" say to those who have lost a loved one due to an accident or a tragedy?
I don't recall at any time during the four months or so that I was in the hospital with an open wound where my belly button used to be, a person of "reason" come in and try to tell me that everything would work out in the end. How would they express it and say it in such a way as to bring comfort and relief to someone who may be depressed or angered?
I don't recall at anytime after I went home and had to have a machine attached to me (to let me know when I was having problems with the wound dressing-a blessing and an irritation), a person of "reason" coming in to give advice, wisdom, etc...
What kind of advice would they have given to handle the frustrations of leaking colostomy bags that happened in the middle of the night? The frustrations of every other day, having the wound dressings changed (making a person feel like a stuffed teddy bear)? The frustrations of having JP tubes sticking out of the body draining fluids out of your body? The frustrations of having fistulas explode out of the body out of the sudden? What would "reason" do to bring relief?
In the end, "reason" would have just driven me crazy, or maybe suicidal or just angry for the rest of my life? So in the end, I would rather be a person of faith (and be considered a fool) than a person of "reason" who is one....
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