Sick

It's funny.....I work in a hospital, yet very seldom visit the doctor. What can I say, I am my fathers daughter. He and I are alike in that the doctor isn't as necessary as some think it is. This probably isn't a good way to view doctors, but it is what it is for us.

Last week I went to work on a Sunday feeling achy and just "different". I felt something coming on.....but tried to push it away. Well, by 2am Tuesday morning I was in rough shape. I had to call off work and take a visit to my family doc. Turns out I had a sinus infection......who knew a sinus infection would hit that hard and that fast? The achy body I had was not fun. In fact as soon as the Tylenol wore off.....look out. I'd never experienced that type of thing before.

I laugh because overall my immune system is good. But as I lay in my bed trying to get comfortable when I was sick, I couldn't help but smile a little. I told God....."well, I guess it's my turn and this is just the best you have for me today". I'm always telling others we have no need to worry about this life or what we face. Our God is ahead of us paving our way. He knows what we will face and has made provisions for us as we face it.

I smiled that day because me getting a sinus infection is small compared to some who get much worse diagnosis than that, but He did make provisions for me. He gave me a clean bed to rest in......enough PTO to cover my hours for the 2 days I missed of work......money to pay for the doctor visit and the meds.......food and Gatorade to drink......and family to help me and have compassion for me. And He did all this while working in other people's lives too!

He is concerned with the little details of our life. He wants to be involved in every aspect of our life. He wants us to need him, to ask him, and seek him. This is amazing to me. To think that little sinus infection was just as important to him as a car accident or a cancer diagnosis or a broken heart. No detail is too small for a God who created us. Wow! When I think of Him this way, I can't help but love Him so much more! Amen!