Today was a horrible reminder of just how stressful it can be when you have a medical issue and can't afford to fix it. I've been having an issue with my allergies for over a month now and Tuesday they all collided and for three days I suffered through itching, burning eyes and feeling like my skin was crawling. Why can't life be easier? One minute things are going great, the next minute something happens to remind you just how crappy things can be.
Growing up I never had issues. My eyesight was perfect, wasn't really aware of any allergies (although I'm pretty sure the gluten-thing was effecting me in a minor way), and I never had to worry about being around dust or pollen. Growing up stinks in more ways than one. Not only do we have to become financially responsible, but we start to decay in these earthly bodies and have to deal with maintaining a losing battle.
No matter how hard we try to fight it, there is no creme, pill, eye drop, or otherwise to change the fact that from the moment we are born these human bodies grow and then decay. We are like a blooming flower, or growing tree. We each have an expiration date.
A human has an amazing story. If you believe as I do that we are all planned beings, then you'd know that who we are, down to the smallest detail, was a plan. Our family line, our very lineage was picked out. You wouldn't be you had you been born by a different father or mother. You are you because of the specifics of your DNA that was passed down through a generation of DNA's. Amazing, right? And scientifically, I think we can agree, this is rock solid. These scientific facts cannot be denied.
We are a DNA soup, and had anything changed we would be a different soup. Throw in a dash of hair color, and a pinch of eye color.. mix in some skin color genes, and some height and weight mixtures. Then we have artistic talents, or lack of.. maybe some organizing or math genius.. a tendency to be great at understanding science or playing the piano. Those are some great ingredients. Mix it all together and you've created a person. But we're forgetting something. Ahhh.. you'll know what I'm talking about if you've ever had to get a yearly physical.. that dreaded medical history. Those darn deficiencies that are passed down through generations. Pesky troubles that are family traits, and usually a lovely perk of genetics.
Me? I've been blessed with bad vision, allergies to lots of things including, but not limited too, gluten, dust, pollen, and maybe life in general ;)....
I'm also the happy owner of weak, brittle bones.. a degenerative disease that effects any bone in my body. I've got weak ankles that droop, and cause flat feet and a bad back, and sometimes effect my knees. Also, I've got the worst dental issues. It's embarrassing going to the dentist because my teeth are just disintegrating, no matter what I do.
That's about all that affects me, but I've got lots of family medical problems that I'm sure have their eye on my body, and will try their darnedest to effect it. Diabetes, cancer, mental disorders.. they are all there.
What a crap-load. Right?? All that and it starts to remind you, this human lifespan is actually an upward curve. You're conceived, with all that DNA in mind. You are then carried as a fetus to begin to put together the ingredients. When you're ready to grow further you come out of the womb. You go through the stages of life... birth, infancy, toddler, child, teen, adult. You're body has a peak. When you're genetic peak is hit the body then begins its decent in decay. Like a withering flower. Sometimes our decay begins before the peak, sometimes after. But you can bet that every human being will decay, and finally die.
Man, I'm bumming myself out. I think I know how Solomon felt when he wrote Ecclesiastes. Life can really stink. So what am I gonna do about it? I'm gonna take my allergy pills, and wear my glasses, and special shoes to work and brush my teeth. That's pretty much all I can do here on this earth, aside from a miracle you can't escape the inevitable.
But you know what I'm looking forward too? The bible says when this life passes away I will enter into the kingdom of God. There is no dust or decay there. Nothing molds, or breaks. There is no sadness, pain, or death. And that's my hope. That I may struggle with these earthly issues now, but when it's all over here Jesus is waiting to take away all the medical history. The bad DNA that has caused me such struggles over the years.
Maybe things are crappy now. But my belief is that when I finally breathe my last here on earth I will be given a new body. A whole body, with no defects that will never decay, and will live forever in the radiance and glory of the Father. It makes me feel like appreciating the good stuff here will be a small reminder of how much better it is there. And just like the rest of the family of God I wait. In anticipation of a Glory that cannot be matched. And leaving this behind won't be very hard, knowing what I'm leaving it for.
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