Better

My wife and I have been so sick since Thanksgiving! The doctors diagnosed us with influenza and pneumonia. In addition to all this, I had Mononucleosis. Such fun! Lots of medicines, a three changes of what to take, but I just wasn't getting any better. My wife was, thank God!

I kept thinking, "What does God want me to learn from this illness?" All in between me wondering if I was ever going to recover. In fact, for two nights in a row, I just couldn't breathe. I thought I was going to continue on a downhill slide until I died. It was scary!

Remembering the day of my church's staff meeting, I drove myself in to get prayer from the pastoral staff. I brought with me a small amount of oil, so they could anoint me in accordance with scriptural direction found in James 5:14:

"Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord."  

I didn't see immediate results. But that night, the first time in almost three weeks, I slept more than two hours. In fact, I slept 9.5 hours total with only two breaks. It was amazing! I woke up feeling immensely better since this all started. I'm hopeful for a full recovery. I know for whatever reason in His wisdom, God doesn't heal everyone, but it seems like He is stepping in on my behalf. God is good all the time, even when I can't see it.