I hate being sick!

It's hard to tell what God's will is in every situation, especially when we are suffering illness. Now, granted, I have nothing to complain about, after all, I have a minor cold, not a major illness or disease. But at the same time, these are the king of things that really hang on our souls. These little sickness may seem insignificant when compared to more serious diseases, but at the same time, when we are so caught up in our work, whether it be business or school, and we come down with a cold or minor illness, we find ourselves in despair mode.

Again, it's not as if we have anything in our lives that we can really complain about! We're the blessed ones, right? In America, we're born into the lap of luxury (even those that live in so-called "poverty" have so much more than those that live in third world countries), and our society promotes an intense hedonism that many enjoy.

It seems, however, that we become stressed, and we fret over the multiple petty things that go wrong in our lives! So, what's the problem? Why do we worry about every little thing?

Worry and despair go hand in hand. When we look at our lives, all we see is failure. When we look at life that way, I can sympathize with that. When looking back, we often see a life filled with mistakes, mistrusts, and disappointments. But God sees something different. Through the blood of Christ, he forgets our past failures and our successes, and reminds us of what he has done, and what he has promised to do.

One of God's most prominent promises for us is life. Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. This life is a memory of all our imperfections, and our successes are tainted with selfish pride and sin, but God promises us something else. The promise of a new life is the most prominent for a reason, it's the most important. We forget about everything, especially the small stuff, like our common colds, and move onto something bigger. Something that will surpass our imagination, because we haven't experienced true life.

In the next,

JP