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
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.