I surrender all

Posted: May 28th, 2009

Having surgery at the beginning of this year has really caused me to sit up and take note of my health, or should I say “lack of”.

My condition began several years ago and deteriorated to the degree that surgery was necessary earlier this year. It started as a minor issue as often is the case. A friend who has the same condition (and I pray they find resolve for her) and I constantly exchanged stories about our inability to do the simplest things. Sometimes even taking a shower required lying down and resting immediately after.

As I regain my health, which I am SO thankful for, I pray that God helps me to maintain this fervor. I know that I can do it because He is the ultimate Healer.

Jesus showed me how it is that my failing health can serve to teach me about sin.

Fr. Scott always says “no one wakes up one day and decides to fall into grave sin. It is a slow and insidious process”. It begins much the same way my deteriorating health began….one little health crisis at a time. One “small” sin at a time. The first one doesn’t feel so horrible, the next one can be easily justified, and before you know it you are drowning in it.

There is no magic pill or special diet for me that will erase what I have allowed in my life. There is only changing course and perseverance as old habits do their best to take over and I have to come to Him again and again. But our Wonderful Counselor and Healer is there, and knows exactly what I need. Spiritual and physical fitness, like everything else in life, relies on our abilities to SURRENDER it to Jesus and allow Him to help. I’m working on it one day at a time, everyday.

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