Sickness, Vacation, and Other Unexpected Events of Life

I haven’t been blogging lately because I’ve been feeling super sick and exhausted. I think I’m finally over whatever it was now and am thrilled to have my energy back.

I’ve also been working quite a bit (two jobs) and after the entire series on Love Wins, I didn’t mind taking a break. I think I’ll switch to Post A Week after all. Post A Day was rather a grueling schedule to keep up with.

I’ll be on vacation next week with limited access to the Internet (if any) so no promises on any blog posts next week either.

The hiatus has been kind of nice. Of course, whenever I announce a hiatus, I shoot myself in the foot by having something to finally post.

But things have been rather quiet. And I have nothing to really ramble about. I have been reading a lot lately—all sorts of books, some good and some not so good. I’ve been enjoying that.

So things might be quiet for a while around here until my creative juices start flowing again, and I can actually write something coherent that I’m satisfied with.

Day 9 of Enjoying God: Healer

I had a nasty migraine today that made me nauseous and only got worse as I traveled 3 hours from NY back to PA. (Had to pull over in Brooklyn because I thought I was going to puke.) During that time, I failed to ask God to help me. I failed to ask God to use an attribute of His to assist me in time of need.

There’s no guarantee that God would have; in spite of forgetting to cry out for help, soon after I arrived home and rested for an hour, I felt better. But I missed out on an opportunity to explore an attribute of God—healer and great physician.

In Exodus 15:26, God is referred to as Jehovah-rophe or Jehovah-Raphah transliterated as “the Lord who heals.” Throughout the gospels, Jesus demonstrated this as he went from town to town performing signs and miracles of healing. The first line of treatment is to seek immediate medical attention (Mark 5:25-26) then when all else fails, seek the Lord for help (Mark 5:27-34).

I hope to remember this when I face sickness or when praying for others dealing with sickness.