I have had trouble walking for a while, so I had X-rays taken in Albany, and it was recommended that I see an orthopedic surgeon in Portland. We had a meeting today, and he said both my hips were “train wrecks.” So we will schedule a hip replacement surgery and then a second one about three months after that. It looks like it will have to be in August because I have an Alaska fishing trip in the last week of May, a bicycle trip in the last ten days of June, and another Alaska trip from July 14th to August 7th. I asked what he thought of that, and he said, whatever I could handle. I have been limping around for the last year, so I didn’t figure that another three months would matter that much, pain pills are cheap and work relatively well. The doctor was a good salesperson and said that judging from the ex-rays, I would feel much better and would be climbing in and out of fishing boats easily and walking very comfortably in my hunting adventures. That all was excellent news to me because I had decided to retire from hunting and fishing because of its pain, but now I can pursue both for another 20 years. For the last couple of years, I have had to lay my bicycle down on the ground, straddle it, and pick up the bike under me because I couldn’t lift my leg over it. I thought it was because I was just stiff, but I have some bone spurs that have grown on my hip joint, greatly restricting my motion. I anticipate that I will be like a new man, and I am looking forward to renewed physical activity, hunting, fishing, biking, and working around my house. When Jesus comes back I will get a brand new, glorified body, like that of Jesus, and it is incomprehensible how great that will be to live in. This will be a small reminder of that day, which is true because of what Jesus did for me on the cross and my faith in Him.