A phenomenon called Bruno Mars!

I am probably late to the party and I know that I am using the term 'probably' rather loosely. I just discovered this phenomenon called Bruno Mars. I don't care for music much. I hate how playing music in the car seems like a normal thing to do or how it sneaks in from my neighbor's house some mornings. The rare times I do enjoy music are when the lyrics resonate with me or when the voice shares more than technique. Old Hymns move me and that has to do with the words and not music. I love 'Les Miserables' for its content.The exceptions are Bob Marley and Michael Jackson -not regular though. There is something haunting in their voice that reveals their inner persona. After listening to 'Grenade' I added one more to the list : Bruno Mars! Intense!

The tale of a little cyst

I had a minor surgery to remove a sebaceous cyst this thursday. By some strange coincidence, I also had a very rough week at work. After my holidays, this cyst had been bothering me a lot that I couldn't focus well at work and my work didn't take it too kindly either. Wednesday I had to work through the night and I went straightaway to the hospital on thursday for the surgery. My cyst was deep and the local anaesthesia didn't work well for me. To add to all this drama, the little cyst had a mind of it's own and broke within. This had to be scratched out so that nothing is left behind. It wasn't a pleasant feeling to be cut and poked/scratched inside. The poor surgeon had to bear me whimpering like a child.

Today was my first bandage dressing after the surgery and I found myself complaining a lot.

Then, noticed something

Genesis 39
19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger. 20 Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21 the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

I used to think of Joseph's imprisonment as his distress time that led to his blessing as second to the ruler. It's not very easy to relate a phase like this as a blessing. But the fact is, even when Joseph was in prison, he was blessed!