What is health? Is it the absence of sickness, disease, or illness? Is it the state of being within the normal range on all the charts and statistics that are noted in medical publications?
I know for sure that health is one thing.
Health is something you can always pray for regarding people that live overseas.
From the child that was born overseas and has never met his or her grandparents to the one that has lived decades across the ocean.....you can always pray for health.
Each week I think I hear about one or two people that are sick. This is anything from a cold to malaria to something unidentifiable. When people are sick, they cannot fully accomplish their goals; and if they try, then the sickness will last longer.
But the other side of this is to pray for health of the friends and family that are still in the passport country of those overseas. It always makes the miles multiply when some in the passport country is sick and there is nothing that can be done from so far away. Ok...there is the Sunday school answer...pray about it. But when the miles seem to stretch farther than a trip to the moon, praying just doesn't seem like it is enough. Not having the ability to do something practical (such as: providing a meal or taking the kids to the park so a mom can rest or helping with errands so the spouse can accompany the other to the endless doctors appointments) is a constant struggle when the distance is great.
Whatever you use to finish the sentence: Health is _____________ .
Know that it can always be finished like this:
In my short time across the ocean, I have struggled with physical health and battled the distance when friends fight cancer, family chases a mysterious medical issue, and others battle this thing called health.
When in doubt, pray for health.
I know for sure that health is one thing.
Health is something you can always pray for regarding people that live overseas.
From the child that was born overseas and has never met his or her grandparents to the one that has lived decades across the ocean.....you can always pray for health.
Each week I think I hear about one or two people that are sick. This is anything from a cold to malaria to something unidentifiable. When people are sick, they cannot fully accomplish their goals; and if they try, then the sickness will last longer.
But the other side of this is to pray for health of the friends and family that are still in the passport country of those overseas. It always makes the miles multiply when some in the passport country is sick and there is nothing that can be done from so far away. Ok...there is the Sunday school answer...pray about it. But when the miles seem to stretch farther than a trip to the moon, praying just doesn't seem like it is enough. Not having the ability to do something practical (such as: providing a meal or taking the kids to the park so a mom can rest or helping with errands so the spouse can accompany the other to the endless doctors appointments) is a constant struggle when the distance is great.
Whatever you use to finish the sentence: Health is _____________ .
Know that it can always be finished like this:
Health is something that always needs prayer for those living overseas.
In my short time across the ocean, I have struggled with physical health and battled the distance when friends fight cancer, family chases a mysterious medical issue, and others battle this thing called health.
When in doubt, pray for health.
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