It’s okay to have a chronic illness. Many Americans do nowadays. However, it’s not okay for it to become your identity and I think too many times it does become our identities. Butou are more than your chronic illness. I’ve been chronically ill for years, and for years I’ve struggled trying to get my health under control and eventually it got to the point of obsession and upsetting me and I realized it had become my personality. It had become a twisted idol of focus, because the more I focused on myself the further from God I strayed. And while it’s okay to be sick, it’s not okay to pull from God.
You Are More Than Your Illness
I think far too often this becomes a normal story. Being chronically ill is hard. You don’t feel good, you’re exhausted, in pain, add on all the other symptoms and it’s a daily struggle. Most people, me included, are desperate to heal our bodies. Let me repeat that “we are desperate to heal our bodies.” The problem is, it becomes a one man or woman show when it should be God leading the show.
I would pray about it, but not consistently even though the Bible tells us to:
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
And one day I saw a woman, with some of the same problems I have, on TikTok praising the Lord for her healing because she has been praying. And I was mad. Where was my healing? I’ve prayed. So I doubled down on healing myself. My mistake.
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Pride Comes Before The Fall
As I doubled down on relying on myself, my health got further out of control and I got diagnosed with 2 autoimmune diseases. And finally I humbled myself, repented of sins I didn’t want to let go of, and told God I can’t do it anymore. I prayed daily, I read His word, and I finally laid it at His feet.
Am I healed yet? No, but I know God will take care of me, because I obviously can’t take care of me. I’m still eating right and exercising and taking my medication and supplements, but ultimately it’s at God’s feet. I can’t heal me, I’m tired of obsessing, stressing, and failing.
And I am a child of God who needs my Father. I am not the child of my illnesses and my illnesses will not beat me. We are more than the pain, the vertigo, the exhaustion, the infertility, the weight gain, the weight loss, the whatever. We are more than that.
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Don’t Let People Tell You Why You Aren’t Better Yet
And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Are there days where it all seems impossible? Yes. But keep your eyes on the Lord. Are there days it feels like we can take on the world? Yes. Keep your eyes on the Lord still.
And, perhaps this is just my experience, don’t let anyone tell you that you aren’t praying hard enough and that’s why you’re sick. I’ve had so many people tell me my faith isn’t enough, my prayers aren’t enough, I’m not doing this or that, or my past is the reason I’m sick.
I am forgiven of my sins. I pray to my Father multiple times a day. I’ve had people lay hands on me. It all helps, but ultimately I’m waiting on God’s timing and if there is something I’m doing wrong or need to be doing God will tell me.
Don’t Be Discouraged
It’s okay to be sick. It’s not okay to give up. Remember you do need to have faith, and pray, and be close to God. The woman who touched Jesus’ hem believed so much, that just touching His garment healed her. And I know that Jesus will do the same for me and the same for you. Even if it’s something we have to deal with the rest of our lives, He will get us through it, and He will use it to further the Kingdom of God.
Don’t be discouraged friends and don’t let your illness overwhelm you. I typically try to give home remedies or teach you about herbs, but I feel like there are a lot of people out there that are chronically ill that just need encouragement today.
You aren’t alone. God is with you. There are plenty of use out there that are with you. Just don’t let your health and illness become a hinderance in your relationship with God. I pray healing over every part of your body and pray God heals everything in your that needs to be healed may it be physical, emotional, and spiritual. I pray this in the blood of Christ,
Amen.
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Have you realized that you are more than your chronic illness? Who does God say you are?
