Doctors & Bibles
I finally have all the arrangements made for my trip to California to see two doctors arranged for by the Workmen's Comp lawyers and my lawyer. They made the flight arrangements but I needed to get a hotel and rides, etc.
My niece Pam will pick me up at the airport and niece Donna will stay at the hotel with me. Oldest daughter Stephanie will come over to see me Sunday afternoon. It will be wonderful to see them all again. I continue in prayer that my cold will be gone before I see them or the doctors.
Each of these doctors had sent me a long questionnaire, very detailed. I've been working on them for about a month and I am still unsure if I have everything right. I had trouble understanding what some of the questions wanted, and could not remember all the details they wanted about my life. I can't imagine why they need all that anyway.
The thing I most dread is the airport. I don't do well in environments like that. My brain becomes overcrowded and I can't think. I do have a strategy. I ask for a wheelchair. When they bring it, they push you where you need to go. That way, I don't have to know anything or worry about being lost, forgetting where I'm going, etc. Even so, I hope this is the last trip I have to make on a plane.
I will also be glad when my "case" is over with. I am not a good client for my lawyer. I always talk too much as I did in my deposition. I don't really know why that is a problem (other than boring folks to death) but I'd rather not have to think about legal issues anyway.
Oh, I went back to the Christian bookstore a few days ago and picked up another "Inductive Study Bible" like the one I lost with wide margins for notes, etc. only this one isn't NIV (that was not available) it is NAS.
This a literal translation, whereas NIV is a direct translation but not word for word. I feel the NIV is more readable and many ways more accurate because word for word doesn't always work smoothly and retain the original thought. But, of course many will disagree. The important thing is not so much the version (although I am not a fan of paraphrase versions), the vital thing is the Word of God. The Holy Spirit will teach each genuine seeker individually.
But I am very excited about my new Bible... now I have three new Bibles. Works for me!
My niece Pam will pick me up at the airport and niece Donna will stay at the hotel with me. Oldest daughter Stephanie will come over to see me Sunday afternoon. It will be wonderful to see them all again. I continue in prayer that my cold will be gone before I see them or the doctors.
Each of these doctors had sent me a long questionnaire, very detailed. I've been working on them for about a month and I am still unsure if I have everything right. I had trouble understanding what some of the questions wanted, and could not remember all the details they wanted about my life. I can't imagine why they need all that anyway.
The thing I most dread is the airport. I don't do well in environments like that. My brain becomes overcrowded and I can't think. I do have a strategy. I ask for a wheelchair. When they bring it, they push you where you need to go. That way, I don't have to know anything or worry about being lost, forgetting where I'm going, etc. Even so, I hope this is the last trip I have to make on a plane.
I will also be glad when my "case" is over with. I am not a good client for my lawyer. I always talk too much as I did in my deposition. I don't really know why that is a problem (other than boring folks to death) but I'd rather not have to think about legal issues anyway.
Oh, I went back to the Christian bookstore a few days ago and picked up another "Inductive Study Bible" like the one I lost with wide margins for notes, etc. only this one isn't NIV (that was not available) it is NAS.
This a literal translation, whereas NIV is a direct translation but not word for word. I feel the NIV is more readable and many ways more accurate because word for word doesn't always work smoothly and retain the original thought. But, of course many will disagree. The important thing is not so much the version (although I am not a fan of paraphrase versions), the vital thing is the Word of God. The Holy Spirit will teach each genuine seeker individually.
But I am very excited about my new Bible... now I have three new Bibles. Works for me!
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