I’m sick of being sick!
This is my 4th day feeling lousy. Went home early from work Friday, thinking I just had a 24 hour bug, but 3 days later I feel even worse. Headache, congestion, sore throat. I’m ready for this to be over!
All of us face setbacks or sickness at one point or another in our lives. It’s usually our own fault, due to not getting enough rest or eating the wrong things, but not always. Sometimes it’s just a result of living in this sinful, old world.
Either way, we must never let setbacks, whether to our health or in life in general, cause us to lose faith in God’s mercy and goodness. Rather we must, like David, declare, “My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.” (Psalm 73:26 NLT).
God “forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.” (Psalm 103:3). The problem is, healing sometimes takes time and when your in the midst of it, it seems to take forever.
The hardest command in all of Scripture is to “Wait patiently for the Lord.” (Psalm 27:14) God does everything in His time and His way, but His timing is always perfect and His way is always best.
So, this morning, whether you feel like a truck ran you over or are on top of the world, have faith in God. In good times or bad, He is right by your side. Trust in the Lord, no matter what, because “those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles.” (Isaiah 40:31).
Right now you may feel like your grounded, but trust in God and someday soon you’re going to soar!
God bless and have wonderful, healthy, day!