Over Christmas three of the people at our house came down with something. Two weeks and a load of antibiotics later my wife is still coughing from deep in her chest. At this point I am still clear and I am wondering why.
It occurred to me that one of the perks of working with public school inmates is that I am constantly exposed to snotty noses and unwashed hands. That doesn’t sound like a perk. Consider. It is possible that the perpetual attacks on my immune system have built up a stronger resistance to everyday germs.
Who knows? I could get hit tomorrow. We are surrounded by bacteria and viruses. Microscopic life teems with reproductive power on every surface. At the same time, God designed our bodies with multi-layered, natural defenses to deal with the situation.
I will keep washing my hands and eating my fruit. The rest is up to Him.
homo unius libri
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Sometimes, all we can do is say thank you and pray for continued blessings.
ReplyDeleteWhich I do on a daily basis. Part of my morning ritual is to thank God that I made it through traffic safely. It goes on from there. After working through my immediate family I get to your needs before I go on to the rest of the world.
DeleteGrace and peace.
It does seem that teachers and healthcare workers, after their first few years on the job, build up a certain immunity to the common stuff going around.
ReplyDeleteIt is also demonstrated by the way American Indians would be decimated by diseases that Europeans lived with.
DeleteGrace and peace.