A Week of Sickness

The past week was a new experience for me. I found myself lying on the bed most of the days. I felt fatigued and body ached with slight temperature. I was wondering what had happened to me. There was speculation of being infected by the current pandemic but on further examination, it sounded like a normal cold or viral fever. I did not bother to see the doctor either. I have this funda in my head that my body will feel weak if my supply of energy is weak. So the best was to fight against the weaknesses in my body is to feed my body with healthy food. So instead of spending on doctors' consultation with prescribed medicines, I would rather buy healthy food items and enjoy them. And boost my energy and fight against the germs that attack my body. I must keep strengthening my immune system.

This one week I was mostly lying on the bed, yet I still carried our all the responsibilities I have. Official duty is carried out by replying mails, and all other church shepherding activities happened through my phone while still on the bed. I cannot shrug off my responsibility with the excuse that I am weak. Yes, I did take rest, but still, I need to carry our my responsibilities. The Lord continued to grace me to finish all the daily shepherding works and my personal chores. This one week also gave me enough time to rest as I hardly rest otherwise. This time I could rest more. Praise the Lord for the experience of grace more even through my physical weakness.

My life has been so much into the word of God and the church life that I could not imagine a life without the word of God and the practice of the church life. While on my sickbed too, I could not give up my Bible reading, prayer with saints over the phone, and listening to the ministry messages. Even when I was supposed to rest, I still found myself doing my daily spiritual chores for over five hours. To me, that was the mercy of the Lord and I felt being blessed. The Lord has healed me gradually and I have also learned the importance of health. Good health and strength are also my prayer points on a regular basis for me and for all the serving ones without which we cannot practically serve the Lord at all.

A week of sickness is a week of learning and a week of rest.