Health / Spirituality; What influences What???
“The majority of U.S. doctors — 56 percent — believe that religion and spirituality influence patient’s health. The influence mostly helps patients cope with illness and gives them a positive state of mind” -Dr. Farr A. Curlin; Assistant professor in medicine. read the article…
This reason however is not why I’m taking a day off to intentionally focus on my health. I believe my health is the opposite in that it influences my religion and spirituality. It’s not that I will be able to cope better, but rather I know that my “private world” has taken a beating in the last 2 weeks. When I’m ready and willing to bring it back up to speed, I truly believe my spirituality, my connection with the father, and the intimacy’s he offers, will be much easier to focus on. Do you think this is true? What are your comments on health/spirituality?
Without getting to deep, I want to point out the story of the bleeding woman. She was healed FIRST and once she was healed, her social, emotional, financial, family, even freedom to worship was changed. Essentially, her phsyical healing brought a spiritual closeness to God (and people) that she never experienced before. Her spiritual life was desolate…and when there was physical healing her spiritual life blossomed. I think I need a time of physical healing, a time of restoring my private order, even to the extent of the cleanliness of my apartment. This might be stretching it to relate my situation to this specific bible story, but I believe there is a grain of truth within.
Prayer
I need to get back into seeing the world with YOUR eyes Jesus…help me to focus on getting my private world back in order this friday so this hope can be easier to achieve. More Jesus, more of you in my life. More revelation of your love, peace, patience, perserverance, and passion. Am I ready and willing for you to implant your heart in me oh God?! Help me to be open to your spirits leading…and that I can be vulnerable enough to ‘go under the knife’.
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You need time off “the job” like any other kind of worker. God ordained a day of rest - it’s us who decided it was Sunday! That’s pretty much a “work” day for you, so like Rick and other pastors, you need to find a different day that you just do and think for yourself - it’s not selfish, it’s the key to keeping your perspective. You cannot fulfill your mission with a broken spirit or body. Go bowling! Watch football! Hang with some guys and do guy stuff, call home, whatever your heart is craving! Like the woman in the parable, you have the faith and passionate belief that Jesus can heal you and shine through to others, and believe me the rest of us can see that light shining out of you! You know how when you stare at a particlularly distant star, you can’t see it, but when you allow your eyes to not focus so hard on that spot, suddenly you see the star clearly? You’ve already touched his cloak, seen the star…He’s there, the star is there - relax.