It Is Well With My Soul

Psalm 73:26 – My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel I’m about to combust with all that is going on right now. It sure feels like a lot, doesn’t it? And the amount of thoughts and ideas out there, makes it hard to sift through what is true and what is human thought and opinion. And I suppose being a blogger, that’s kinda what this is too. Human thought. But I hope in some way, golden nuggets of truth pop through for in the end, the truth is what will forever stand. THE Truth.

I am often asked how I am dealing with covid. I’ve hit on it before, but my mind just keeps going back to life before this virus. Before covid, I washed my hands, used hand sanitizer when necessary, took my vitamins, got enough sleep, and took care of myself. During covid, I wash my hands, use hand sanitizer when necessary, take my vitamins, get enough sleep, and take care of myself. If you look up who is at the most risk, it would be me. But let me put this in perspective from a personal side of things why I am not worried about getting it. For there is only SO MUCH we can do.

This past year, 2020, has sure been one for the books. I mean, literally. This stuff will be in the history book! This past December, I had an ablation done where they were to able to zap an area of my heart that was misfiring. It was a rough go at first, but it proved to have worked! I felt like a million bucks, as in the best I had felt in YEARS. Since that time, I’ve taken the trifecta of heart disease meds, exercised, got plenty of rest, ate the best I could, and did “all the things”. I thought yep, I’ve GOT this. Heart failure forever at a minimum.

And over the past month, my heart has completely taken a turn. I did everything I could, yet it has still failed me. Again.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. – Psalm 73:26

My friend, the fear that I see so many carrying, makes my heart ache. I see the fear that people have of getting this virus and as humans, we only have so much control. It’s EVEN BIBLICAL. It’s inevitable that our flesh will fail us. Our hearts may even fail. Kristin’s is! And even masks fail us. The stats prove it. And so I say all this to relieve the fear. Release the control. I see the fear that people have of death. Of sickness. And there is absolutely no peace in that. I even look at my Grandma who passed away in July. She was diagnosed with cancer in June. Not covid, like many would assume being the time she passed away. Who would’ve thought?

Job 14:5 – A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

We are all in search for a cure. For a way to prevent covid. For a way to escape the sicknesses of the world. People have gone to extreme lengths to prevent one disease in life. And I get that it’s deadly. But so are so many other disease that have gone by the wayside. Heart disease, I’ll have you know, is the number #1 killer of Americans. Are we doing everything in our power to prevent that? Lowering stress? exercising regularly? Eating a heart healthy diet? And doing it with the same fervor as we have to prevent covid? We are losing perspective. We are losing sight of why God has us here and who we are. God has us here to live a life for HIM. We forget that we are children of God who have a sovereign heavenly Father who is in control of all things. No person. No mask. No social distancing. We are all searching for a cure here on this earth that will never satisfy because GOD is the only cure. That is the hope I want to cling to. For HE numbers my days; covid does NOT.

I will do what I can to prevent. And this season of life is no different than the previous 3 for me, with heart failure. My life looks no different, except that around me.  Live within reason, my friend. I don’t lick people. I take my vitamins. I take my heart meds. And I rest in the knowledge that my Savior holds my future. No disease, sickness, or circumstance does. And…

When peace like a river attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
“It is well, it is well with my soul.”

IS IT WELL WITH YOUR SOUL?