Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances. Proverbs 25:11 At the age of thirteen I was diagnosed with appendicitis. Being old enough to understand that the alternative to surgery was worse than its unpleasantness, I faced the operation with a bravery commensurate to that of a newly minted teenager. The morning after the surgery was my low-point. The effects of the anesthesia had worn off, replaced by an unsettling pain. Suddenly,…..