Selfishness and Crystalluria
There was a situation where one of my dear friends was going to be surprised with the marriage proposal of the man she has been dating. He had invited her close friends and family because he had wanted it to be a “family thang”. To-be-honest, this did not seem like a big deal to me at all. So I decided just not to go and did not make note of the date. But then the Holy Spirit convicted me that I was making the decision based on what I want and not what Steph would want. Then it just hit me like a lightning bolt - my own selfishness. Oh my gosh, I am SOO selfish!! When this really hit me I started laughing histerically. I am shocked I was not evicted from the grocery store. Men in uniforms did not come and host me out. But seriously, I really am selfish and the reason it is hillarious is because I am in desperate need of a savior. And also this is teaching me about sacrifice and keeping my heart open in all situations. I have nothing that I did not receive.
My pharmacology teacher, whom I really like a whole lot, was teaching us the adverse (harmful) effects about this particular drug yesterday and one of them was an effect called “crystalluria”. This is when you have painful crystals in your urinary bladder. She wisely placed the comment, “so do not go naming your daughter Crystalluria”.