Aliens in This World

I’m fighting some kind of minor sinus infection now. (Yay.) So I skipped one of my choirs’ practice, because I felt like crud and could barely stand up. I settled down with some industrial strength hot and sour soup along with a helping of Mongolian beef, and prepared to feel miserable.

For some reason, the hot and sour soup really did a number on the gunk. Which was odd, because it didn’t “clean out” my sinuses; the swelling just seemed to go down to a manageable point. So I started working on my latest podcast chapter….

And then a friend called, needing help.

I was feeling so much better by the time she got to my place that I was able to spend a long time talking to her, as well as dealing with the immediate need. Yet I’d been feeling so sick and weak just a little while before! Yet if I hadn’t been too sick to leave, I wouldn’t have been there when she needed me. In some odd way, God uses my stupid health problems to do good in the world.

God works in mysterious ways. But sometimes He lets us see a bit of what he’s up to.

(Btw, this morning my sinuses are yucky again. But I still have some hot and sour soup, and a shower. I don’t expect as good of results, but I’ll get to work. God’s nice, but He sure doesn’t spoil us!)