the flu

I have been flat of my back in the bed for the last few days.
They say it is the flu.
I self-medicated on a round of antibiotics to no avail....the bug was determined to run its course.

It is interesting to watch what your body does when it gets sick.
As soon as I left the doctor's office on Thursday I knew it was bad.
I had to find a bed and I had to get into it fast.

The move had exhausted me and there was no time to rest.
This bug said, "You will rest...now."
So for two days I have slept...all day and all night.
That has done me more good than any medicine.

I think I turned the corner this afternoon.
I felt like getting up and doing a few things.
My throat is less sore and my head has stopped throbbing.

God is good to give us what we need even when it seems like a bad thing.
I would have never taken this time to rest without this sickness.

Prayer for spiritual strength

"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthed with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith----that you being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."

Ephesians 3: 14-19