My doctor wants to see me again. I don't want to see my doctor. In fact, I should go see my family doctor, my eye doctor and my skin doctor. It's what I call the trifecta of physical self-care.
But I don't want to.
I was doing great physically until stupid Covid hit. I had dropped 18 pounds with my Keto diet and planning a bicycle trip down the Mississippi River Trail. Since mid-March, however, I've been knocked around mentally, taken off my game, and thrown into a world where much of my energy has been used to adapt to a new, strange world. I fully admit the stress has taken away my motivation to stay physically fit. Stupid Covid.
So now I am back where I was last Fall, weight-wise. I suddenly can't read anything on my phone or my menus. And I am way overdue to get a skin check (my dad's side has a history of melanoma).
I know.... probably more than you want to know about your pastor, but I'm getting to my point and it has to do with how we allow stress to derail us from what is important.
God never promised us a perfect world in this life-time. What He did promise was that He would be there to help us through it. I understand it as a process of learning that God is above all and beyond all and no matter what happens around us, God is to be our focal point. As such, we should be learning to stay focused on what God wants from us. Among those things is keeping ourselves healthy physically, mentally and spiritually. A healthy self is best equipped to be God's vessel; to do the things and be the person that God calls us to be.
So let's not blame stupid Covid. If it wasn't Covid, it would be something else. I need to get back on the horse and get the positive mojo working again. And if you have been knocked around in the same way, I hope and pray the same for you.
God is Good,
Pastor Joe
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