I haven’t been feeling well the last couple of days. It’s a summer cold. I must have picked it up somewhere because I don’t usually become ill. Around here, I have my schedule and my pursuits. But I’ve been travelling recently and who knows if it’s allergies or I picked it up on an airplane or what?
Anyway, I’m stuck with it. For me, these things usually start out as a scratchy throat, then mutates to an endless running faucet through my nose, then the mucosa gangs up on my sinuses and the icky drainage leads to a hacking cough that usually lasts 5 to 7 days. Only then, after 10 to 14 days of dealing with it, can I finally say it’s over.
Over the counter meds usually work well for me. I certainly want to be involved in the process that leads to my healing. My doctor might be interested in this post but we don’t need to bother him for this one, unless it devolves down to something worse, like a sinus infection. He wouldn’t require me to come to him anyway. He knows that if it’s serious enough, I’d do that on my own. Again, it doesn’t happen often, but as you can see from paragraph two (above), it has happened enough for me to know the pattern.
I sure wish the country felt better. There’s so much evil infecting our culture right now and every patient is a doctor it seems. The real Doctor is interested but few seem to want Him involved in either the diagnosis or the treatment regimen. That is, unless, it starts to get really serious out there—like a Houston, or a 9-11, or a potential war. You see, it has happened enough to us to know the pattern.
Critical cultural illness is what awaits a country where every patient thinks they’re the doctor and knows what’s best. The real Doctor remains interested and wants to be involved. But, He’s not going to require you to come to Him. He wants you to do that on your own. The question remains, is the culture sick enough yet to go to Him? Or worse, do we even want to be involved in the process that heals us?
I do. That’s why I write. It’s serious enough out there to go to the Doctor now.