I may need your prayers today. This is a day I never dreamed would happen to me. I have been scheduled for a hearing test. Me. A hearing test.

My wife and daughters have strongly hinted for several years that I needed hearing aids. I have my doubts.

Tina and I were walking around the mall a few weeks ago when they were holding a health seminar. Before I knew what had happened I was signed up with an audiologist for a hearing test. I told the guy I had doubts that I was losing my hearing, but Tina thought otherwise.

I admit that I don’t hear or understand everything, but I believe that I hear enough. After all, I’ve made it this far in life without hearing aids.

Just because the neighbors can tell what I’m watching on TV, that doesn’t mean I can’t hear. Just because I can sleep through a tornado, that doesn’t mean anything. And just because the preacher doesn’t talk loud, that’s not my fault.

I wore earplugs for nearly forty years at the mill, so I know I did my part to protect my hearing. This constant ringing I hear gets drowned out by the fan beside my bed at night. Plus, if someone breaks into the house in the middle of the night it won’t bother me.

So please pray for Tina and my daughters today. I know it’s gonna be a difficult day for them when the audiologist proves once and for all that there’s nothing wrong with my hearing. He’ll probably tell them that they need to speak louder and more distinctly. I feel sorry for them. They’ve been in denial for years.