How should I handle sickness as a Christian?

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How should I handle sickness as a Christian? This week my 5-year-old little girl spiked a 102° fever. She was sitting at the table eating and just said, "Dad, I can't stop shaking." And I just felt so bad. But, over the next few hours God would use her being sick to teach me how we should deal with sickness as Christians. So, after she couldn't stop shaking, I picked her up, I held her, I told her it's going to be okay, and I prayed, "God, please get this out of her." And then she laid there for a second just laying on me and then said, "I have to use the restroom." So, I put her down, she ran to the restroom, and I heard this weird sound. And it's not what you think. I heard, "Miracle on miracle, a million little miracles." She was singing a worship song while washing her hands. I don't know about you, but when I'm sick, I'm not in the singing mode. But when I heard that, I felt like God was saying, "Pay attention. You don't have to feel good to see my goodness." And when I'm sick, first thing I do is I ask God to take it away, cast it out, pray, "God, help me feel better." But hearing her sing made me think, "What if God healing our body isn't the most important thing? What if he wants to heal our soul, heal our perspective? Could that be part of the reason why he lets us get sick? To hit the reset button and fix our minds on him?" I didn't even think about it until that moment. But you know, there's an interesting section of the Bible titled, "The Father Revealed in the Son." And Jesus says out loud, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children." My daughter got it before I did. God was using her to teach me. So, after she comes out, she sits on the couch and starts saying, "Daddy, I need you. Hug me, please. Can you hold me?" Have you ever had someone hold you when you don't feel well? You know, it somehow it does just make you feel better. So, why wouldn't acknowledging that God is holding us help us feel better? In the Bible, Jesus says, "Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." How often do we approach our Father as Christians? Not just for healing, but to be comforted, to be close to him, to refresh a relationship with God. So, how should we handle sickness as Christians? One, instead of seeing the bad, how bad we feel, how we hate this can't wait for it to be over, speak about how good God is, the miracles he's done in your life, and speak out loud that he still is good, even if we don't feel good. And two, give all those feelings of being sick, those burdens, the fatigue, to God and ask him to hold you, to take care of you. Use this time to find rest for your soul. Later on that night, my wife and I were laying in bed with our daughter, just holding her, patting her back, and through her fever, she said, "I love you, Mommy and Daddy." And isn't that a great picture of what we should do with God? In the middle of feeling sick, overwhelmed, helpless, just say, "I love you, God. I know I don't feel well, but thank you for holding me, taking care of me, being there for me. I love you." She ended up having us play that million little miracle song by Elevation Worship on repeat all night while she slept. And the next day, she felt better, all healed, but she didn't wait to worship. I'm praying today that when you feel sick, yes, that you'll get physically better, but more so, I pray that you'll feel spiritually whole in Jesus' name. God bless you, friends.