You can't make it up...

Got to the office before 8 this morning; it's 5:30 and I've accomplished little of what I set out to do. We change signatories on our bank accounts and suddenly all the account names change; every vendor in the South Bronx wants to sell us something (some guy actually came to the office today and brought chicken and beans. I wouldn't see him, cuz I'd just come back from DD where I succumbed to the stress with a gingerbread donut. Which, by the way, is just like everything else at DD -- sugar with a different name.) I have one person who requires two hours of supervision every other week and who, if told to walk down the block, would have to have instructions that said "Lift left foot approximately 6 inches off the ground. Swing left foot forward and place in front of you ...." I can't believe it!

I still feel like I'm living in Plato's Cave. So many times I wish I could live in those shadows -- whether created by me or by others -- I wish I could live in those shadows, because it's a bit more predictable there, and it's not as intense there. But once you've seen reality, even though it's more intense and more taxing and whatever, once you've seen reality there's no way you can go back to the shadow life.

So I guess I'll go home and grade papers. If it were possible to break my spirit, I think today could have done it.

Byron Cage's song, "Broken but Healed" comes to mind. I have to start with the last refrain, though, because that's what's important:

"God has healed, He has delivered.
He has mended my brokenness.
Gave me a miracle to fit my need;
praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, I have received.
I have received"

I don't like regular mimes, but I do like Gospel Mimes so here are some gospel mimes doing a routine to it:




And here are the lyrics:

So you enter into this building,
you brought your burdens, brought your pain.
I have a message for you today,
that when you leave here, you won't be the same.

So you tell me you've been to your physician,
look at you there's been no change in your condition.
Reach out and touch the Master's Throne,
there's healing for your mind, your body, and your soul.

God can heal, He can deliver.
He can mend your brokenness.
He has a miracle to fit your needs,
once you trust Him, you will receive.

God knows about your situation,
but with every test and every trial there is revelation,
that God is able to supply every one of your needs;
He's here to touch you, heal you, He'll set you free.

So by the time that you leave this building,
my prayer for everyone in here is that you'll have your healing.
Once God works a miracle to fit your need,
go tell the world, what you have received.

God has healed, He has delivered.
He has mended my brokenness.
Gave me a miracle to fit my need;
praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, I have received.
I have received.

And here's a video of Byron actually performing it:



I'm spozed to be in a meeting in Manhattan in 15 minutes, so guess I should get off the computer and head south now.