Learning

I had intended to do some things today, like go to church and work the shift I had picked up, but I definitely wasn't looking forward to either since this sickness has started settling in. Three days of being sick and working through it has gotten to me. I was about to leave for church when I realized that I really didn't have to do it and I didn't have to go work either. After all, from the very start of this I've supposed that God let this come to bring me to trust Him more. And I knew I needed it. Even though I had a nine hour shift, a ten hour shift, and an eight hour shift lined up three days in a row, trusting God is more important than good health. And this is just when I had been asking God to help me enjoy work and have a good attitude; that's only harder when I'm sick. But at the same time, it's easier to recognize in sickness that I can't live by myself, I can't work by myself. I was refreshed this morning by a scripture passage that reminded me God doesn't intend for me to.

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him." --1 Thess. 5:9-10

What a sweet thing it is to be His. I wish I were a faster learner in this issue of trust, but still, it's good to rest here in His presence regardless of must happen to me to bring me here.