Good health is a wonderful blessing, whereas disease robs us of freedom to expect good things to come our way in the future. William Byrd wrote, “I have good health, good thoughts, and good humor, thanks be to God Almighty.” An ancient proverb states, “He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has freedom."
Our tendency is to think of good health as something we deserve, forgetting that everything that has life will eventually fall victim to disease. Hippocrates, the father of medicine warned, “A wise man should consider health as a great human blessing and learn how to derive benefit from his illnesses."
Experiencing healing should build faith in God’s plan and purpose for you although disease will remind you how fragile your health can be. Disease makes crystal clear how short a timeframe you have to take advantage of opportunities God has given you. God gives you faith so you can rejoice and be glad that he cares for you.
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Everything on earth has its own time and its own season.
~Ecclesiastes 3:1 Contemporary English Version
My prayer for you, my very dear friend, is that you may
be as healthy and prosperous in every way as you are in soul.
~3 John 2 Phillips – New Testament in Modern English
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