God's healing

I've been sick for a few days.  Not deathly ill, but uncomfortably so.

With a life-long inclination toward allergy-triggered sinus problems I am afflicted by occasional upper respiratory infections.

Until recently doctors routinely prescribed antibiotics as treatment and within a few days the problem was gone.  

Not anymore.

Overuse of antibiotics has made them less effective, so doctors now tell people like me to drink lots of fluids, use a decongestant, get plenty of rest and allow our bodies to heal themselves naturally.

The Bible tells us that human disease, illness and death are the result of the sin that infects the world.  (Thanks for nothing, Satan.)

Healing comes from the one who has overcome sin and death through his own resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ.

God never intended that we would get sick and suffer.  And he certainly did not intend for us to die.  After all, human life was created from God's perfection.

I like to think that our body's ability to heal itself, even without antibiotics, is God's reminder of his desire that we live with Him forever.

And because of Jesus, we can.

Pastorich