Floating Viruses have had their way with me this cold and flu season, because of it I have been humbled big time. There has always been an inner pride of mine of my ability to dodge the Virus bullet. My positive outlook, vitamins and wellness techniques can redirect anything coming my way. When I feel a little something coming on it rarely, if ever, comes to full fruition in my body and in my life! I haven't made a practice of proclaiming this self-pride, but God knows my deepest thoughts. He knows what pops into my head before it makes the pop!
Knowledge Hoard
I start to feel it in my ears,
Bioflavonoids, my dear.
My throat gets scratchy,
Vitamin and herbs to matchy.
Pain in the bum,
Gimme some Tums.
Start it before it starts,
Neurological wellness charts.
Something keeping me up,
Alka-Seltzer Plus in a cup.
Juggling tons of crap,
Keep it up with an app.
I feel a sharp pain,
Tylenol will sustain.
Nose wants to run,
Will it to be done.
Cough cough cough,
Grab cough drops.
Is that low blood sugar I feel?
A banana until the next meal.
Body getting weak,
An hour of extra sleep.
Kids feel ill,
Flintstone pill.
Killing the germs I hope,
Sanitize, Lysol, Clorox and soap.
See others are sick,
Stay away and offer a fix.
When all else fails to work,
I realize I'm a big jerk.
As I rest in these things,
I replace my mighty King.
Better when I first pray,
The other stuff just aids.
I stop, as a knowledge hoard!
Because God, you are Lord!
-Michelle Fozounmayeh
2-23-2013
None of these things are bad. It's where I place my hope that's bad. When my heart places hope in wellness knowledge over my God I am replacing Him as first in my life. It's a struggle I hate to admit, but I must face it because no doubt this fault is not isolated to health issues. It spurs out onto other parts of my life. I rely on my knowledge in marriage, raising kids, praying and so much more when really it's out of my control like it was for Job in the Bible.
Being knowledgeable about things is not wrong, but none of it is worthy of my deepest hope and trust. I can know everything there is about sky diving, but when a parachute fails, it fails. The only thing sufficient to give me the right sort of relief is resting in my God and my King as Lord over my life and my household.
My downfall revealed! Am I "rest assured" in other things, like my personal know-how and the need to control my hours with that know-how, more than I am in my God? How quick am I to cry out to the Lord in the big things as well as the little things?
I am asking God to rescue me from my sleepless nights. He is asking me to make Him first in everything. There is a connection that I can no longer pretend to ignore.
"The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, powerful, and awe-inspiring God. He never plays favorites and never takes a bribe."
Deuteronomy 10:17
