And then there is the Sick Person fashions/appearances! haha! Normally I am pretty particular about the state in which I appear to the public. But as soon as I start to feel not so great...that goes out the window! I could care less about hair, makeup and even, at times, teeth brushing (I know...EW!!!). I don't care if what I put on coordinates or even looks remotely decent. I just care about comfort and warmth. It's not like my cats or my kids really care and any human being who dares to venture through my door when I am sick already loves me just as I am not matter what...whether I have showered or not!
That's the thing about being sick, I've found...you sometimes find out who your true loved ones are...the ones who will be there no matter how skanky you may get...in attitude or appearance. And granted that's not necessarily a true test of a friendship, it does tell a lot about a person when they are willing to expose themselves to germs and stuff without a lot of thought to their own selves. And I'm not saying to stay away is necessarily bad...I totally understand not wanting to expose one's self to the flu or whatever the illness may be (in my case, it's the flu!). However, I can't help wonder what Jesus' attitude towards it would be. He called us to care for the sick, the injured, the widows and orphans...but was it a conditional command? A "when it doesn't inconvenience you or put you in harm's way or compromise your own health" care for them? Or was it a "no matter what you must care for these people" kind of command? I fail miserably if it's the latter...and yet I suspect that's exactly what it was.
A friend asked me a few questions last night about Jesus and the miracles and with some of those thoughts in my head and being sick, I got to wondering today how Jesus felt at times when people asked him to do miracles. Did he feel inconvenienced? By stopping and healing the blind man, was he late for an appointment? When he fed all those thousands, was he not just a little put out that all these people didn't bother to plan ahead and thus put him on the spot like that? Or did those thoughts just never occur to him? He encountered and exposed himself to diseases of every type while here on earth...was he ever concerned for his own health? He was human, after all, and one could speculate that he therefore could have gotten sick just like the rest of us. The Bible doesn't say if he ever did or not...I'm guessing he probably didn't but who knows? The Bible tells us a lot about Jesus...and despite the inconvenience, the potential health risks, the social stigmas and politics, Jesus never hesitated to help the sick, the injured, the widows or the orphans.
Sitting here as a sick person today it sure makes me think about my own life and what my reactions are to situations where I can help someone but it is going to cost me something to do so. It's easy to help friends/loved ones but am I willing to help those I don't know? I don't know. But it's something I am going to have to think about for a while. Reminds me of a song I really like....
HANDS & FEET - AUDIO ADRENALINE
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