Sick of Being Tired & Tired of Being Sick!

Since last Thursday, I've come down with the flu pretty hard. I have a terrible headcold, sneezing, obnoxious coughing, a body that is aching, a migraine or two, and an upset stomach.

If you knew me, you'd probably say I have the weakest immune system out of anyone in the entire world.

Last year I ended up missing 17 days of school because of sickness. I had mono and also my spleen was so large they thought it was going to explode! But, hey, It got me out of gym for a long time, so I wasn't complaining.

Being in bed for about 3 days can really take a toll on you. I get depressed, exhausted, and unbelievably bored.

So, I was thinking I would look up some verses to help me get through this yucky sickness.

Can you believe how many times sickness is mentioned? I found soooo many:

Deuteronomy 7:15 And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.

Exodus 23:25 You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

Psalms 107:20 He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast.

Matthew 14:14 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick

Of course, there are many more, but I just wanted to share these.

I've been in the 'stuck inside, in bed, sad' mood all day. So, I have been listening to music. But for some reason I keep letting the song 'You carried me by Building429' play over and over and over again.

Here are the lyrics:

I’ve been so busy, I missed the reasons. I missed Your love and I nearly missed it all. Still You’ve held me and You’ve healed me. You’ve given all and it brought me to Your cross.
And I stand only because You’ve given me grace to walk. Only because

You carried me, You carried me. You carried me through it all. And I believe, yes, I believe, You’ll carry me all the way home. 'Cause mercy covers all, mercy covers all.

I know the scripture, I’ve known the songs. I sang the words from my hollowed heart. But You’ve spoken softly, through the storm, I heard Your voice and I felt the calm
I stand only because You’ve given me faith to walk. Only because

You carried me, You carried me. You carried me through it all. And I believe, yes, I believe, You’ll carry me all the way home.

Lord, I know that You love me. I’ll never doubt it, I can’t live without it. Your mercy has found me, I am astounded. I can’t live without it, oh.

You carried me, You carried me. You carried me through it all.
You carried me, You carried me. And I believe, yeah, I believe, You’ll carry me all the way home. 'Cause mercy covers all, mercy covers all. Yeah, yeah, and I believe.

This song is my absolute favorite song. Just to stop and realize that, He is the one that carried me through ALL of it. Not only sickness, but all the heartbreak, disappointments, hurting, ....everything. Its seriously so breathtaking. Even though I'm so discouraged with this sickness, I know He is carrying me through it.And I will get over it only because of Him.




Lord,
I cant even imagine how people with a permanent sickness handle it. Lord, I  pray for those people. I pray for the people around here, the kids in school, that are just sick and need healed. Lord, I pray that their eyes would be opened that Youre the only true Healer, physically and mentally. I pray for everyone who is in school right now, that they are learning to their best ability and that they dont come down with the sickness that the devil is providing. Thank You Lord for being the Healer and Carrying us through anything and everything.
In Your Name,
Amen.