Sickness

Being sick is no fun! It gets really old after a while too. My household has been fighting sickness since before Christmas. Now everyone at work has it too. It seems to keep cycling back, replaying over and over again. I wonder if it might not be a good analogy for sin? How you might be able to mask the symptoms for a while ( like taking cold medicine), but the virus is still there inside of you, still trying to destroy the good. What we need is something to get rid of the root problem, or rather, Someone. Connection to the source of life, Jesus Christ, is the key to making our lives into a environment very inhospitable to the virus of sin.

In "Christiana" there is one part where she and her children are traveling on a dangerous road through thick fog and muck. How much longer? the children complain. The answer is "sooner than you think, but longer than you wish" but the time will go much faster if we sing praises. There's just something about singing that lifts the spirit and helps us keep our eyes focused upward. God has been reminding me to keep on singing, especially when I don't feel like it.

One good thing about being sick is that it can help you see what your priorities are. When you have very little energy, you have to use what you have wisely. It also helps remind me of my dependence on God, how much I need him. A friend reminded me again today to ask God specifically for the things I need, and believe that I will receive them. That's kind of difficult though, because I sometimes feel unsure what things I actually need, or which things would actually be harmful to me I'm the end. Fortunately God is so much bigger than my doubts. I've heard lots of people say that God loves it when His people trust him enough to ask Him for big things, things only He can do. So stay tuned as I continue to make my list.....