1/10/2020 : Scalded my right hand! OUCH!
yeah It is Mid Autumn Lantern Festival
And the moon is ROUND!
Photo credit : Classmates with one using Huawei - the other Olympus!
1/10/2020 night shall remain as a night of permanent remembrance of my life!
Right hand was badly scalded by hot water (actually it was a bowl of hot noodles).
Before I knew it, there was a searing pain.
My first aid course came in useful. Yah.
Put my burning hand under the running tap!
When I stopped the running water - oh yeah - the pain came back. So back to the tap.
Decided to take a cube of ICE and place it on my back of the hand (Ps do not do this...the extreme hot and cold is not good for burns...) But it was stinging...so I ICED it.
Got to the room and decided to pray "OH GOD, please do not give me a blister!!!"
Went to bed with some anxiety - afraid to seeing a big blister on hand the next day!
Lo and Behold, found a PEARL the next morning. (Looks like the full moon!)
Thankful that it was not a flying saucer that landed on my hand . LOL!
And so there was a red patch on my right hand - kind of a red tan....
Was it painful?
Thank GOd! the pain was only on the night of the scald! But my hand was perfectly fine the next day except for the "Pearl".
Reflection
1. Learn First Aid!!!! Don't put colgate for burns!
2. About Blisters ...God is creative.
The fluids that collects under the damaged skin cushions the tissue underneath. This protects the tissue from further damage and allows it to heal.
So DON"T poke that blister!
This OCT2020 blister is my biggest one since I am born!
It did look like a pearl.
I could not help remembering the parable of the merchant man who found his one pearl of great value in Matt13.
What did he do?
He found the pearl.
He sold all that he had and bought it.
What an illustration of the great value of the Kingdom of Heaven!
The Blistering Pearl, God and Me.....
Life if not about stuff. Accumulating wealth. Holding on to our earthly possessions.
Am I ready to give up all that I have to buy this Pearl?
"God's Kingdom is infinitely more valuable than any physical things we might obtain. Until we are willing to part with what we value above the Kingdom, we won't be able to capture the vision God holds out for each of us."
Some pearly gate thoughts!
Day 5 after scald! My pearl is GONE! Yeah!
But now itchy itchy!!!
Listen to Steve Kuban
The Pearl of Great Price
https://youtu.be/l-puVJ2oAeE
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