This week has been the week of sickness for Ben and me. Last Wednesday, Ben got sick. It was pretty much a really bad sinus infection, possibly the flu though. He hasn't been able to taste food for days because of how bad his sinuses were clogged. I made some pretty awesome dinners over the weekend that will have to be repeated apparently because his mouth had "the sense that it tasted good," but he couldn't quite taste it. Lol. Anyway, now I am sick. With the flu or food poisoning. It's pretty bad. I haven't been this sick since I had mono in high school.
The point is, I had Ben give me a blessing last night in the midst of my trips to the bathroom. Something really struck me. Before I asked him, I was thinking to myself, do I have the faith to be healed? Yes, but I'm not sure if He will heal me. But I went with my faith to be healed and asked for a blessing. Of course, God won't heal us all the time (I, of all people, should know that) because there is something to learn. In the blessing, He told me to take advantage of this opportunity to be grateful for my health.
It got me thinking. As I have healed from my back and neck injuries, I have kind of taken the healing process for granted. I have thought, "I deserve to have good health" because of how much my body has gone through, then I get mad when I have setbacks. So, as I am sick, I have thought a lot about how grateful I am to have good health most of the time. I am a healthy person. I exercise, I eat right (most of the time), and most of the time I can afford to buy the fruits and vegetables I want to eat. I don't get sick too often. So I really am blessed that overall, I am a healthy person. I am also blessed to have a home and a husband who loves me. I can't imagine being sick and not having a home. Or having only one pair of clothes to wear. Or just being outside, sick, in this cold weather. I'm lucky I have a home. And Ben has taken such good care of me. He borrowed movies from our neighbor and watched the Incredibles with me. He went to the store at 10 pm to get sprite and herbal tea for me. If I were alone, being sick would be a lot harder.
Thanks to Pres. Monson's ABCs from the January Ensign, I have been really working on being optimistic and having a good attitude. I am grateful for the many blessings I have in my life. These ones I have named are just a simple few.
