Sunday Thought 92

Last week at this time I was in a hospital bed, hooked up to IV’s, waiting for the doctors to do a procedure to remove a gallstone. This morning I am hugging my children and waiting to go to church. What a difference a week makes! What a difference good health makes!

When I was lying in the hospital bed, I was not so worried about stocks, retirement, emergency funds (well maybe a little on that one!) and other financial matters. I was concerned about my health, or lack thereof. I was concerned about my family. I spent time praying. In other words I was focused on the things that really mattered in life. It’s a shame that it took something so drastic to refocus my thinking.

I like the verse in 3 John 1:2 where John prays this simple prayer for some fellow believers:  Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. He prays for their spiritual condition, he prays for their health, and he prays for their financial condition–and he wants them to prosper in all three areas of their life. I too want us to prosper financially, but not at the expense of the other two. May we all prosper – in health, in our soul, and in our finances.