The Blessing of Health

Often times I take being healthy for granted. I never realized how thankful I should be that I am healthy and happy!
What led me to this epiphany was what transpired this week:

My amazing husband has been battling what we both had thought was simply a cold/sinus infection...but it just got worse (he still has it 3 weeks later). We think we finally have it figured out and he now is stocked up with what is a small pharmacy! Hopefully this fixes the problems! My heart literally was breaking for him, he sounded miserable with his deep coughing, his constant sinus blockage/drainage, his difficulty breathing and his inability to actually get a good night's sleep. In the beginning I felt that I was complaining because he could NOT stop coughing which was making it impossible for me to sleep. But I realized how much pain he was in and I was thankful that I could try to take care of him and that I was indeed healthy.

 

Then my incredible mother had a little bit of a scare which of course pretty much panicked all three of her daughters. Apparently my mother had a severe painful headache for several days which eventually led to her heart rate increasing and her blood pressure to elevate. My older sister Molly (thanks for being there Molly) took her to the urgent center because her regular doctor was unavailable...they hooked her up to an EKG machine and there was an irregularity in the reading. They sent her to the ER for some tests. All of this happened while I was at work and all I could think about was how scared I was for her and how lucky she was to have insurance. I was thankful for the doctors, my sister, and for my health. Everything turned out fine in the end and she was released with the intentions that she would follow up with her doctors in the next couple of days. (And she better or she will have 3 daughters yelling at her)

Another event was that my driver's wife was rushed to the hospital for severe abdominal pain, the hospital thought that she needed to have her appendix or gall bladder removed. Then other things transpired and she eventually went to a different hospital where they diagnosed her with Chron's Disesase. Again, I was so worried about her, my driver, and their family. I realized how blessed I am to be healthy.

It is sad to me how often I do not thank God for what He has done, what blessings He has given me. It is because of Him that I am here. I need to remember my good health is a blessing.

So for you readers out there I hope that you are staying healthy, that you are taking care of what the Lord has blessed you with. And for all you out there who are sick or struggling to find out what is wrong with your body know that God has it all figured out and be thankful for what He will do to bring you healing!

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁹ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.