Reflections 1/15/2020: Sooo funny! Definitely a deterrent to wanting to eat! Unfortunately for me, this thorny cutlery is INSIDE my belly… not on a plate where I can make a choice about picking it up! Every morsel I consume may or may not feel prickly and thorny once it enters my digestive track. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to my bloating and cramping response. Probiotics and antacids have helped, but have not made my stuck-in-middle-of-an-abdominal-crunch existence go away. Even keeping a meticulous food log has rendered no clues. So I finally gave up my solo detective work and am scheduling an appointment with a gastroenterologist. Perhaps a probing camera will ferret out the problem! Ahhhhh!!! Jesus, in the meantime, comfort me with the fact that You too, faced brutal thorns in Your journey here on Earth. Willingly. Gracefully. Sacrificially. THANK YOU! ”Thorns on His head, nails in His hands. Is there any way you could say ‘no’ to this Man?”