Healthy by the grace of God

I recently had some bloodwork done; the doctor wasn't looking for anything in particular, just standard stuff to make sure everything looked normal. When I checked the results online, everything was perfect -- right smack dab in the middle of the "standard" range. I was surprised. Not that I feel unhealthy or like something is wrong, but I don't do a whole lot to make sure my health is where it should be. In fact, I frequently eat junk food and don't exercise. Yet, my bloodwork says I am perfectly healthy. Wow. This is something I can only attribute to the grace of God. I have done nothing to deserve it, yet God has provided health for me.

How much more so my spiritual heath! I can not now nor ever do nothing to earn God's love for me. Not only do I not always try to do the "good" things, but frequently in my sin nature I do the opposite of what I should be doing. Sin is at the core of my heart; and yet He chose to lavish His love and His grace on me. Through the blood of His Son, Jesus, my sinful spirit has been made healthy through no fault of my own. What a beautiful picture! By His grace I am made whole, both in body and in spirit.

Amen!