PT for the Soul

I've been learning a lot about physical therapy this past week.  It is kind of fun hearing about muscles and problems that the human body will compensate for without the person knowing.  A friend visited last night from So-Cal who is a balloon artist. She "twists" for her livelihood.  She was talking about aching arms and the dreaded carpal-tunnel-syndrome, which is death to any ballooner.  At our house she went through a little exam, wincing, guarding, grimacing as her shoulder and neck were manipulated.  The problem of carpal-tunnel pain was not being caused specifically by her over use of the wrists, but by weakness in her shoulders which caused the rest of her body to compensate, manifesting in pain in her wrists (at least I think that is what Emily said).  

The solution? My friend needs to re-learn and be re-trained on how to do simple twisting techniques that have been "bio-mechanically incorrect" for so long.  Hard? YES.  Impossible? NO!

When Scazzero started talking about the 4 conversions (I first confused with conversations). It seemed with each conversion in Chapter 11 that Scazzero was learning that his problem was in need of being chiseled down to the core.  The core being JESUS! We need to go back to Jesus.  We have overworked the little muscles, we need to be retrained!  We NEED Jesus! So many people need Jesus, heck, I need Jesus!   

'Lord, teach us to pray; teach us to forgive; make us your people. Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory."- Lent for Everybody- N.T. Wright (Tuesday) 

"Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 'Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. 'Give us this day our daily bread. 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [ For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.' ] (Matthew 6:9-13 NASB)