A Question For God

If you think, after reading the title of this rant this morning that what is to follow is of a highly spiritual nature, I hate to dissapoint you.

I have a love/hate relationship with the month of October. I love the cooler temperatures and the changing of the seasons but I despise the torments that always accompanies it. I have allergies. Not just, "bother you a little in the morning" allergies or, "Hey, I feel a sneeze coming on" allergies. NO! I wish it were just "A" sneeze! In the month of October if I feel the urge to purge in my upper sinuses, it is usually followed by about 8 more - right in a row. Then wait five minutes and I get to do it all over again.

Here's the irony - when I was placed on vocal rest on August 2 for 3 months, the doctor gave me specific instructions not to sneeze. What?

I made a decision about 2 months ago to do the "next right thing" in regards to staying fit and exercising. I fast-walk a little over 3 miles every day - outside. I just came in from my morning routine and while I was outside something has decided to fly up my nose and send me into mutliple spastic eruptions. I am in torments!

My question to God, when I see Him in Heaven is going to be, "Whatever made you decide to create ragweed? What good does it do? You can't bottle and sell it. It is not a cure for some rare disease. I don't know anyone who sings its praises. In fact, I can't think of any good reason for it, at all! But then, I am not God.

Maybe he put it here to keep us humble and He uses it as a tool to grow us. I don't know, but I would like to. Would my knowing help the itching eyes, runny nose and incessant sneezing? No, but, jusy like any of kid, it would give me something to blame and yell about.

Enough of my ranting. I have to go get a kleenex.

I did hear a pretty good quote from a guy on the radio a few minutes ago: "Success is going from failure to failure with no decrease in enthusiasm". Think about it.

Blessin's on ya...and bring on the Zyrtec!