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Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. Genesis 3:7 I still work some urgent care hours, which means that I frequently meet patients who have a painful abscess. With such an infection – a collection of pus under…
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Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. Genesis 3:7 Since Covid, like most of you, I’ve had to become familiar with video conferencing. Not long ago, I sat at my desk in one such meeting over the lunch break of a busy day in clinic, when I found…
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. . . And she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:6 Years ago, while struggling with chemicals, I went on a weekend getaway with the guys. My understanding of weekend getaways back then was that, since our wives weren’t around, it was a time for drinking.…
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So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.…
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But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4 I grew up in a Christian environment in which I developed an ample conscience. So, with any…
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Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 When in college and medical school, I consumed tobacco and alcohol without yet showing the severity of addictive traits that I later developed with opioids. Still, I grew up in a…
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”  Genesis 2:16-17 I remember once, while addicted, I read…
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And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden . . . The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:8-9 Our family dog loves us intensely but he’s territorial and barks fiercely at strangers. When we have company over, we…
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The LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. Genesis 2:7 It’s not uncommon for my wife to randomly look at me and say, I like you so much better now. I know exactly what she means.…
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And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. Genesis 2:2 I’d been dabbling in opioids for several years before my addiction really took off one winter. Yes I’d abused opioids on and off, but at…
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