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Half Empty/Half Full

Half Empty/Half Full
  • PublishedMay 18, 2022


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For most people life pretty much revolves around our daily routines.  When a pound of ground round or your beautician’s charge goes up, you’ve got our attention.  Most of us don’t have this button we can push to automatically add a little extra to our bank account to offset the price increases.  We look around at the marquee signs with the latest gas prices as we calculate the dime or twenty cent increase since the last time we passed by.

We look around at this friend whose family vigil awaits the inevitable, too young, too soon.  Another tells us on social media of a bad night or impending brain surgery for a child.  You feel guilty for a moment when you temporarily put yourself in their place.  You almost feel ashamed for even mentally complaining earlier about your petty irritations.

Humanly you can almost feel guilty when you’re having a good day with leftovers in the fridge and gas in your tank.  Your body chooses to feel fairly normal.  Not one of your doctors have given you a warning or final notice.  Nothing’s really pressing.  All the kids seem to be tolerable since nobody’s calling with bad news.

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We know it can all change in a flash.  No time to get cocky and tell em to take off the training wheels; I can do it myself.  Sometimes I point out to my wife how blessed we are at the moment with no hunger or physical or emotional pain to weigh us down.  She tells me not to jinx us as we enjoy a momentary reprieve in this daily battle we call life.

I always marvel at the role of timing in our lives.  He says He won’t put more on us than we can bear, but you know us mortals have sometimes felt He was pushing the boundaries.  Even His Son asked if it was possible that He might remove the bitter cup He faced at the end, but thankfully the Savior was able to endure the agony, and we reaped the blessing.  Not so much superstitiously as just common sense and experience seems to tell us that He sends these moments of peace and renewal and recuperation to strengthen us for the next round in the battle.

Is it half empty or half full?  Is it only a momentary pause or a loner R&R from the war?  Ultimately we gird up our loins, adjust our visor, pick up our spiritual shield and wade back into the combat as we await that final trumpet blast finally freeing us to an eternity of unending peace.

By Dr. Juan Harrison

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Written By
Tyler Lennon

Tyler Lennon is the sports editor for Front Porch News and Chad’s Media. Previously with the Sulphur Springs News-Telegram, Lennon has now covered sports in Hopkins County for four years. He also covers the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks and Texas Rangers and has media credentials for both the Rangers and the Mavericks. On top of his writing, Lennon is also the lead play-by-play broadcaster for Chad’s Media. He has been the lead broadcaster for Sulphur Springs football, volleyball, basketball, softball, baseball and more. He is also the host of the sports talkshow Down & Out on Chad’s Media, along side Korey Hankins and Ryan Humphries. You can follow Down & Out on all social medias @Downandout903