A few weeks ago I woke up with severe stomach pains and nausea. I’m honestly not sure what was wrong (there were some viruses going around) but knew the pain had to be dealt with.
Throughout the day, I worked on getting my strength back
- By drinking Turmeric tea
- Getting extra rest
- Consuming lots of water
- and taking pain meds
By the afternoon my nausea was gone, but I felt very weak! Thankfully my strength was back the next day.
Normally on days like that I would stay at home….
but I couldn’t because the Churches anniversary service was in two days.
So I ministered at about 70% of my usual strength.
There will be “bad days” in life when we are struggling physically like me, or perhaps emotionally and spiritually. The temptation is to isolate ourselves on these days because we aren’t at full strength. But I believe the Lord would have us continue doing His work on those bad days.
Because it draws us closer to the Lord in prayer
Because God is glorified in our weakness
And because those days make us stronger
We are called by faithful or “consistent” as Christians. This means we serve the Lord on good days. It also means on the hard days we have to “toughen up buttercup” and obey Him on days when it is hard. That isn’t easy, but the rewards greatly outweigh the pain.
I don’t like the bad days
but thankfully I can brew some turmeric tea when they come, and keep serving the Lord.
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