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The Blood

Last April, our church’s theme was entitled The Blood. 

We learned about the significance of the instances in the Bible where Jesus shed his blood. The shedding of Jesus blood has profund signifance to the Christian  faith. It is said in Hebrews 9:22 that without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. 

In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness. Hebrews. 9:22 NLT

Jesus was the perfect lamb who was slain for our sins. He was innocent and his blood was used to free us from the punishment of our sins which is eternal death. 

Because of this, every instance where Jesus shed his blood is significant. 

There are four instances: 

  1. In the Garden of Gethsemane where he sweat drops of blood while praying in agony. 
  2. At the whipping post where he was whipped until his body was disfigured. 
  3. During the crowning of thorns
  4. At the cross where he was crucified 

I find it riveting to discover how deep God’s love and forgiveness is for me as I learned each Sunday of the significance of the blood spilled in each of these instances. 

Join me as I document here what I learned and experienced. 

on low blood and night shifts

as usual, i am unable to sleep completely at night. whenever my days-off come and i am afforded the liberty of leading a normal life, i find myself more than fully awake and alive at night wherein the whole neighborhood is fast asleep.

during this moments, getting up is no problem unlike in the mornings when waking up causes headaches, tired eyes and a foul mood. most of the times, night time sleep also generates dreams of me still at work – troubleshooting computers.

my life has indeed changed. my bio clock certainly has. i’ve received the results of my physical exam and i was aghast to learn i’m now slightly anemic. that my hemoglobin count was below normal. to think that i took pains to ensure my blood was healthy so that i could always be ready to donate it when it’s needed. i’ve derived some sort of great pleasure donating blood.

when i was young i was so scared of the sight and thought of blood. in college, i was a blood donor fanatic. if only i could donate monthly. i made sure that when blood drives where open, i slept the required 8 hours so my BP would fall on the normal range. i ensured my weight would fall within the requirement as well. now i am such a long way from the requirements for donating blood. my weight has fallen dangerously near the cut-off. my BP is so low. and my hemoglobin count says i am slightly anemic.

and the cause of all this? being awake in the dead of the night – for more than 2 months now. and possibly for the next year or so.

indeed, this has been a 180 degree turn.