Good health

This past year has been an eye opener. With the COVID-19 virus we have learned that both young and old can develop health issues that wreak havoc on their bodies. Many have died even at a fairly young age! Being isolated from one another has also taken a toll. It’s at these trying times that we take a good look at our lives and realize how blessed we are to have our health. We take it for granted most of the time just going through life giving it little thought. We just think that our health is a right given to us from birth. I would contend that instead of a right, it’s a gift. It’s a gift from God. Our health is like other gifts God gives us. We can either squander it or nurture it. Our physical health and our spiritual health are both important. John, an apostle of Christ, wrote a letter to a dear friend Gaius. In 3 John 1:2 John says: Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
This seems like a simple letter opening at first glance but knowing that John had experienced being tortured and exiled to a prison island, health was of great importance to him. Both the health of the body and the soul. You can almost feel the emotion as he sincerely prayed for good health for his friend. He truly loved his friend. How often do we pray for our friends and their health? Oh sure, when we hear they are sick or injured we certainly will but what about preventative prayer? We talk about preventative maintenance as a health tool all the time right? Exercise and eating right and all of that are important. How about going to the great physician? God is the one who created us. He created us for the purpose of bringing him praise and to fellowship with him. If we are praying to him, which is having a conversation with the Most High God, and we love our friends enough to ask for good health for them, then we are doing what God created us to do. To love him, and love others! And our good health is a blessing which gives us a reason to praise him every single day!! Even though he deserves praise for just being God!! Let’s not forget today that our good health is a gift and let’s pray for each other to be healthy! Thank you Father for giving us our health. Help us not to take it for granted but to remember to thank you often and to pray for each other’s health!
Enjoy the day my friends!!