Comments on: Baby Steps http://www.erinseaboltbond.com/2009/10/29/baby-steps/ Erin Seabolt Bond Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Erin http://www.erinseaboltbond.com/2009/10/29/baby-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Erin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:37:35 +0000 http://www.erinseaboltbond.com/?p=578#comment-942 A very apt point about the balance between grace/forgiveness! And I will tell Jesse the part about his positive-nitrogen balance and amino acids! I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it. :) A very apt point about the balance between grace/forgiveness!

And I will tell Jesse the part about his positive-nitrogen balance and amino acids! I’m sure he’ll get a kick out of it. :)

]]> By: Sabrina http://www.erinseaboltbond.com/2009/10/29/baby-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Sabrina Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:16:20 +0000 http://www.erinseaboltbond.com/?p=578#comment-931 Oh, who knows? Old folks suffer all kinds of mental ailments; perhaps it was an old phone number of hers or a family members or something. It's great that you had Jesse to handle the situation in a way you couldn't. I don't think you should be so hard on yourself. Your instincts still helped you avoid a charge on your own account for the bounced check. It could have all been accidental on her part or she could be terrible at financial management or she could even be dishonest and willing to carry it so far as "acting" confused when caught. I think that your struggle between suspecting the worst and feeling gracious is a bit like the relationship between faith and doubt! How can anyone extend grace unintentionally and without awareness that there is something negative to be forgiven? Also, you might feel differently about looking at stitches if they weren't in your husband. (I'm glad his biopsy was negative, BTW!) I think things like that become easier to compartmentalize when 1) they're associated with strangers and 2) you look at the matter on a microscopic level. For instance, rather than thinking about thread holding flesh together (ick!), I think about the fact that his body had to go into positive-nitrogen balance to heal itself by constructing the necessary amino acid chains, and in that light, he isn't "Jesse" at all. (I imagine he is <i>always</i> Jesse <i>to you</i>, but you know what I mean.) Oh, who knows? Old folks suffer all kinds of mental ailments; perhaps it was an old phone number of hers or a family members or something. It’s great that you had Jesse to handle the situation in a way you couldn’t. I don’t think you should be so hard on yourself. Your instincts still helped you avoid a charge on your own account for the bounced check. It could have all been accidental on her part or she could be terrible at financial management or she could even be dishonest and willing to carry it so far as “acting” confused when caught. I think that your struggle between suspecting the worst and feeling gracious is a bit like the relationship between faith and doubt! How can anyone extend grace unintentionally and without awareness that there is something negative to be forgiven?

Also, you might feel differently about looking at stitches if they weren’t in your husband. (I’m glad his biopsy was negative, BTW!) I think things like that become easier to compartmentalize when 1) they’re associated with strangers and 2) you look at the matter on a microscopic level. For instance, rather than thinking about thread holding flesh together (ick!), I think about the fact that his body had to go into positive-nitrogen balance to heal itself by constructing the necessary amino acid chains, and in that light, he isn’t “Jesse” at all. (I imagine he is always Jesse to you, but you know what I mean.)

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