On health and worry

Matthew 6:25

Do Not Worry

6:25- 33 pp — Lk 12:22- 31

 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Another trip to the hospital 10 days after giving birth has been a wakeup call.

What I thought was a regular headache turned out to be a blood pressure of 180/120. Scary. Tests results came in with my cholesterol level 3x above normal and my sugar level wading on the boundary.

I've been proud to say my cholesterol level has been in control. My family has had a long history of heart problems and my dad had focused on that during his life. He got hit by cancer instead. His heart was the last to go.

I've been active and playong badminton competitively for more than a decade. So when the results came in, I was shocked. How could i have slid so low in just 9 months? I had a blood test done a few mobths before getting pregnant and I was normal.

Fear and hopelessness came over me last night. Helpless and frustrated, too.  But upon reading my devotional today, God spoke at the right time. 

Yes, one of my passions has always been food. I love to cook. I love cooking for my family. But this is a complete change in perspective and priority. 

Even when I was pregnant with all that happened to my dad, I already knew I needed to change my eating style and my family's. I never want my children to go through the same thing my brother and I experienced with Dad. Its going to be a bit of a struggle at first. A lot of studying and planning. But it will be worth it.

At the end of the day, Matthew 6:25-34 rings true. Its not my place to worry because our God is in control. He always has been. We just like to think we can do it in our own falliable way. 

I am blessed with people who love me. God has made sure I have a wonderful support system. I am better with them around. My husband, mainly. Bryan has been such a rock. God has plans for him and I need to stay on my course and put my faith and hope in God's hands.

Looking forward to coming home to my two angels, my children.  Coming home with a new perspective and life prayer.  I hope to be an even better mother, by God's grace. 

 Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. —Corrie ten Boom