We’ve been sick the past nearly two weeks in our household. Everything has come to a standstill. No grocery shopping. No meetings. No agendas. No nothing. You see, we’ve been in quarantine.

The first day after I tested positive for Covid, I thought, this isn’t so bad, I can get lots of things done while I can’t be with other people. “Perhaps we can write our Christmas letter while we’re down,” I remarked to Jim.

That was the first day. I didn’t feel that sick. The second day was another story. My body ached. I couldn’t convince myself to do anything. I would just sit. Or lay. Nothing else. The next five days were a blur of the same. Aches. Take some meds. Tiredness. Take a nap. Hunger. Eat a little something.

Finally, after about day five, I began to feel a little better. Not enough to do anything, but go and get an antibody infusion at an urgency center. That seemed to do the trick. That doesn’t mean we were instantly healed, because our bodies needed to take in help and get rid of the bugs that had invaded our bodies.

We’re still recuperating. Not doing very much, just getting through the day.

I’m learning something during this time of convalescence. Sometimes all one can do is wait to get better. There is no  *ginning up* of oneself or,  *pull ourselves up with our boot straps* (what does that mean, anyway?). We must just wait for our bodies to heal themselves. And they will. On their time–not our mental timetable.

That’s the reason I didn’t write my blog last week for those who are faithful readers. I didn’t have it in me. Thus, two weeks have flown by with not much to show for anything. But that’s OK. Life sometimes places us in a cocoon of rest and reflection.

Oh, most likely I will forget and get busy again….with meetings and plans and such. I hope not. After all, I’m two weeks closer to eternity than I was before I got the crud.

Today in my morning readings, I read how God has shown himself plainly to creation:

Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy (Acts 14:17 NIV).

God shows himself through creation. Through the healing power shown in our bodies when the medical community cannot explain how it happens. It just does.

Join me today, in contemplating what God has revealed to us in his creation. His wonders and healing power.

A few days ago, we were sitting, having our morning coffee when we were nearly blinded by the bright sunrise. It was a beauty and I noticed people all over the country were noting it through photos on Facebook. It must be the tilt of the earth or something that made it so beautiful in Pennsylvania, or Washington, or Florida. Here it is again:

Just in case you wondered, Rudy is delighted to get so much attention and companionship from us. We aren’t doing much and he adapts to whatever his surroundings are. Perhaps we need to learn from the pup.