11/18/2020 0 Comments Day 1- WednesdayToday is the day!! It has finally come. After avoiding this thing for 8-9 months, I finally caught the dreaded “C”, COVID-19.
When I woke up, I was feeling mostly ok. However, I had just found out the night before that I was around 2 people the previous weekend that had tested positive on Tuesday, so I was a little extra conscience of that. I hadn’t slept very well and wasn’t eating particularly healthy the last couple days, so the headache and nausea didn’t seem too suspicious. Only when I had a hard time eating my breakfast, I had some concerns. I went to work being mindful of what I knew, so I took an entrance nobody else would take and I successfully avoided people altogether. I wasn’t going to risk anything, so I put my mask on for extra precaution, even though no one was within 100 ft. of me, nor visible. You see, I’m in the full-time ministry, and we have some elderly people that come to our church, and whether they care about dying or not is between them and the Lord, but if things are suspicious with my health, I will take the extra precautions to keep from spreading this disease. I was sick 3 weeks prior, and I couldn’t believe that I had tested negative at the time. This time, I felt a little off, but nothing compared to the bug I had before. As I sat in my office preparing for that evenings Bible Study, I found it difficult to stay focused. Not that I don’t get distracted, but this time, I just couldn’t pay attention to what I was studying. I had a tickle in my throat, my head was still hurting, my stomach felt uneasy, and some of my back muscles felt a bit restless. I decided I needed to go home and sleep this off, but not before I went to the clinic to get tested. When I eventually got home, I avoided all my children (easier said than done), and proceeded to the room and fell asleep. At about 2:45 pm, I got the call that I was positive. So we proceeded to move my boys out of their room so I could stay there. I took off the sheets and pillow cases so I could wash them for my wife, and now I’m in COVID-19 purgatory listening to my children and wife as they navigate through all this. My personal thought is that I won’t be alone for too long as I’m not sure if I spread it to my kids or my wife. However, I’m assuming I did and within a couple days I will be tending to them and let them get the rest they need. So far, all I have done is slept and talked on the phone, but mostly the latter. I know that no matter what happens, that I have ran the race with confidence before my God. I am not too worried as I already feel much better and more alert than I had, but even if this goes sideways I know I will still praise my God. I’m so thankful for our Lord Jesus Christ, I’m so thankful that He has used this pandemic to set a fire in many hearts. I praise the Lord that my hope is in Him, not in my government and not in my recovery. For I know, that by the end, I will see the glory of the Lord and so will those around me. Thank you Jesus that You have complete control!!!
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