My
Body Is Covered With Maggots
And
Scabs.
My
Skin Breaks Open, Oozing With Pus.
Scripture
Job
7
Job
1
8 Job scraped his
skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. 9 His
wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity?
Curse God and die.”
10 But Job
replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good
things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all
this, Job said nothing wrong.
Observation
Okay,
I know that it is gross! I can't imagine dealing with maggots, scabs,
and pus, and having to scrape my skin with a piece of broken
pottery.
Why
did this catch my attention this morning?
I
think it was a reminder me that there are lots of people who have it
far worse than I do.
Over
the course of the past few months I have been trying to figure out
why I stay so exhausted and worn out. I go to bed tired and I wake up
tired.
My
kidney doctor told me that it was either sleep apnea, a thyroid
problem, or my heart has just gotten weaker.
I
was hoping that it was something fixable like sleep apnea or a
malfunctioning thyroid and not my heart.
Well
I did find out that I had sleep apnea and I am now on a C-Pap
machine. I do sleep better but it didn't fix the fatigue problem!
Next
on my list was to have blood work done to check out my thyroid and my
plan was to visit my heart doctor last.
My
unexpected trip to the hospital a couple of weeks ago changed all
that! Yesterday I decided to go by the hospital to get the results of
my echo cardiogram that was done while I was in the hospital.
It
showed me what I already pretty much knew.
My
ejection fraction (how much my heart is pumping) immediately after my
heart attack was 45-50 which was pretty normal, has now (6 years
later) dropped to 30-35.
An
ejection fraction of 30-35 is not good at all ... but it sure beats
having a body
is covered with maggots and scabs and skin that breaks open, oozing
with pus!
So
I will enjoy this day and every day until the Lord takes me home!
Psalm
118:24
“This
is the day which the Lord
has
made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Job 13:15
“Even
if God kills me, I’ll still put my hope in him. ...”
Application
I
will take advantage of every day that the Lord gives me! How about
you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I can't even imagine what it must have been like for Job. Yet
You allowed it. I know that everything that I experience has to be
filtered through You before it touches me. You care about me. You are
on my side. Everything that I experience, everything that happens to
me has a purpose. Help me to use my time wisely. Help me to focus on
the things that have an Eternal consequence to them. Keep my eyes and
my heart focused on the people around me and not on myself.
Daily
Bible Reading: Job 6,7,8; Acts 12
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