Today I'm not feeling well. I'm so bummed as it's the day our neighborhood ladies meet for our monthly tea party. I woke up feeling just fine and even told our elderly neighbor that I would take her home from tea. Then, a couple of hours after I woke up, my stomach started churning. OH NO.
I thought it may just be emotional digestive upset but I took some charcoal capsules just to rule that out. When that didn't work, I knew that I had to stay home. If this is a bug, the last thing I want to do is spread it around the neighborhood. I then asked another neighbor to take the eldest in our group home after the tea party ended. It's so nice to be a part of such a caring community!!
What did I do instead? I rested. I did a castor oil pack to my abdomen. I asked my friends for prayer. Now I'm feeling better but I'm still glad I stayed home. Being I live in such a rural area, though, not having that contact with my neighbors has left me feeling discouraged.
I decided to search for some info on ways to get through sickness as quickly as possible and found this. Yes, our Lord cares about our miseries! That alone is comforting. If the Holy Spirit asks you to pray for me, I would be honored. Also, please pray for my family as there is a nasty bug making it's way through. UGGGG
Please help us, Lord!
Dawn
5 Real Ways to Access God’s Strength When You’re Sick
Illness is a part of life, and whether we are suffering from a short-term sickness, chronic problems, something insignificant, or something life-changing, we need God’s strength when we are weak. However, sickness can come with fatigue, mental strain, and numerous limitations. How can we be sure that we are still accessing the strength of our Lord when our human bodies are failing us?
Here are five ways to seek God and be filled with his strength when you are under the weather.
1. Read His Promises
The Bible speaks to sickness and healing through stories and specific scriptures. Do a word study on healing, sickness, or other similar words and concepts. Read stories of God’s care for the sick and injured. Remembering what He has done will encourage you in your own trial with illness. It will also provide hope and keep your mind on His ability instead of your weakness. Journal His promises and write down memories of His faithfulness.
Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord.
2. Embrace Your Weakness
Remember that ultimately, God is the one who works in us to do anything. In order to access His strength, you need to stop striving on your own. Let your body rest. Don’t try to go on in your own strength, or you may end up in a worse situation than you already find yourself. Take care of yourself physically and do what is practically necessary for your recovery, knowing that you can not do it all, nor does God expect you to. Read or listen to stories of others who have endured illness and been sustained by God.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
3. Seek His Help
Pray specifically to the Lord for comfort, healing, and wisdom for how to manage your illness. Ask Him to ease your anxieties and to manage the difficulties associated with the illness. Pray in Jesus’ name and in His will, and He promises to answer. God has also provided the body of Christ as a means of help. Seek them out. Accept help from them through prayer and hands-on assistance. He has created minds that understand medicine. He has created natural remedies and created remedies. Seek all His means of help in your illness. Ask your church or close friends for prayer or physical assistance.
Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
5. Trust His Wisdom
God knows how your body works and what is wrong with it. He knows how long you will be sick, how you will feel, and even how to heal you. Trust in this in order to avoid fear. Remember that His timing is also perfect. Offer up your sickness to the Lord and ask Him to do His will in it. If you are spending more time sitting, seek His wisdom by taking extra time to study His Word.
Proverbs 2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
God is the great physician who will come “with healing in his wings,” and we can access that healing, whether physical, mental, or emotional. Our minds can transcend our body’s capacity when we lean on the one who created them in the first place. Our strength may be limited, but His is not. Praise the Lord.
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