If you follow the Ewellogy, you know that 2025 hasn’t been the best health year for us from June’s fall in December followed by two months of prostate issues for me, mid-January – late March. We’re finally well from those challenges! Praise the Lord. However…

I had a right shoulder repair back in 2018. Here I am, right arm in a sling, ready to participate in a friend’s retirement ceremony, seven years ago today.

The left shoulder has been acting up for at least a couple of years – my last visit to the orthopedist was August 2023. But it’s been “OK” until May 2. I was walking the dog when we were accosted by two large neighborhood dogs who had escaped their usual enclosure. Fortunately, my neighbor ran them off, but in the process of fending off the dogs, I aggravated my shoulder. It was slowly improving until I did something Thursday.

When King David found himself in a tight spot, he wrote a Psalm. Me? I’ll just write a blog, quoting King David!

To the Chief Musician. On A Stringed Instrument. A Psalm of David.

Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah (Psalm 61.Introduction, 1 – 4, NKJV)

To the Chief Musician. With Stringed Instruments. On An Eight-Stringed Harp. A Psalm of David.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled. (Psalm 6.Introduction, 1, 2, NKJV)

A Psalm. A Song At the Dedication of the House of David.

O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. (Psalm 30.Introduction, verse 2, NKJV)