Migraines

Have you ever had a migraine? Do you suffer from them now? I have had one for about a day and a half now. No fun. I have been blessed in the migraine department in that I don't usually have them during the week. The normal sequence for my migraines are Friday afternoon, I start to feel it coming. Friday night, the headache has begun. Saturday it is a migraine. I suffer through the weekend, and on Monday, I can function again. So, having one during the week has been a little strange.

I don't take Imitrex for migraines, though a couple in my family do. I have a prescription for butyl apap, which is a sedative in the barbiturate family. I really try not to take them unless I HAVE to. I have been able to function using over the counter Excedrin migraine, which takes just enough off to make it tolerable.

Well, having this headache has lead me on a search for a scripture about healing. Today's word is found in 3 John, verse 2, NIV, which reads, "Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well."

My prayer for everyone is for good health and for things to go well. What strikes me in this verse, however, is the second part, "...even as your soul is getting along well." While good health and "prosperity" is something we all hope for and pray for and strive for, it is not as important as making sure our spiritual health is in order.

A friend of mine sums it up like this, "If you are not saved, this world is as good as it is going to get. If you are saved, this world is as bad as it is going to get." There are folks who may never have a headache in this world but if they aren't saved, that's the biggest and best thing that they will ever have. On the other hand, I may have a migraine but this is as bad as it is going to get. One day, I will spend eternity in Heaven, where there will be no pain, no sorrow, no hurt, no anger, no migraines.

I pray you have good health and that things go good for you. I pray more that your spiritual health is where it needs to be.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T