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JimfromOhio

I am happlily married with 5 kids. I am an accoutant and worked in an accounting field for over 25 years. I like to make a habit of writing down whenever I have deep thoughts about God (so I won't forget). I really into Reformed Theology that is connected to Presbyterian Church in America.

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I enjoy having deep thoughts about God and put down what I actually think about (so I won't forget).

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Learning from being healthy?

When I was growing up, never really had a cold until I moved away from my parents house. I was very athletic, swam for 30 plus years and road cycling 25 to 100 miles every weekend. When I was healthy physically, I had learned nothing except my deafness which is not an illness but rather a disability. Looking back. I was very healthy until I was diagnosed with MS a few years ago. Hardly missed any work. I was able to my daily activities. So, I was unable to learn anything from my healthy body. Its just that I was able to do many things that an unhealthy person could not do. (which I learned later). I am healthy today and hardly get sick however my MS can affect my daily activities. Many healthy people ask me how do I cope. I reminded them that I was once healthy myself and that I have learned to cope with God's grace. Proverbs 15:30 A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones. People who are healthy are to be thankful to God that He didn't allow them to suffer as others did. I ask them to read Psalm 73 and think about it. And to remember this verse: 3 John 1:2 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. Often unsaved person is too healthy (prideful) to see they need a savior. Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." This will be interesting to see how "healthy" people can learn from their health in this thread. Mark Pickup said it perfectly when he was healthy at one point, “I have been more service to God disabled than during my able-bodied years. This didn’t happen despite my disability but because of my disability.”