Gratitude for Health
How often those who are in health forget the wonderful mercies
that are continued to them day by day, year after year. They render no
tribute of praise to God for all His benefits. But when sickness comes,
God is remembered. The strong desire for recovery leads to earnest
prayer, and this is right. God is our refuge in sickness as in health. But
many do not leave their cases with Him; they encourage weakness and
disease by worrying about themselves. If they would cease repining
and rise above depression and gloom, their recovery would be more
sure. They should remember with gratitude how long they enjoyed
the blessing of health; and should this precious boon be restored to
them, they should not forget that they are under renewed obligations
to their Creator. When the ten lepers were healed, only one returned to
find Jesus and give Him glory. Let us not be like the unthinking nine
whose hearts were untouched by the mercy of God.—
Testimonies for
the Church 5:315
(1885).
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