Dear Lord; Good evening Father!
As You’re aware Father, I’ve struggled with high blood pressure for quite some years now. It’s one of the few true health issues I’ve had, but has always been reasonably well controlled through medication. Therefore, other than the ritual of taking my pill each day I’ve for the most part been able to forget that the problem exists.
Until a month ago.
Due to a series of unfortunate circumstances, Shannon and I lost our health care insurance effective the beginning of April. We’ve been researching a number of options to correct it, but so far none have been found that fits our needs or our budget. Thankfully, Shannon’s medications are all generics and therefore reasonable to purchase without the insurance, however my blood pressure prescription is not which makes it a bit expensive. On top of that, our Primary Care Physician closed his practice at the end of February, so my options for looking into alternate medications are extremely limited. Weighing all these items in my head, I therefore made a decision to try and go without the blood pressure pills for a while, and see how I made out.
This was not one of my better ideas Father.
Over the course of the next couple weeks, my BP slowly began to rise and I started reverting to the pre-medication days where ringing in my ears, headaches and uncomfortable chest pains were the norm. I of course prayed for relief Lord, oh I prayed, but the symptoms continued to get worse.
Then I realized Father, You’d already given me relief, I’d just decided to stop taking advantage of it.
Your solution for me hadn’t changed Father, I was simply trying to second guess You by looking for an “easier” option. Just because the remedy was a more difficult path than it used to be didn’t mean it still wasn’t the proper choice. As the Apostle Paul reminded us in First Corinthians:
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)
Needless to say, I went and bought the medication and started taking it last Saturday. It’ll take a week or so to level me out again, but I’ve already started feeling somewhat better.
Heavenly Father, please help me keep focused on Your Blessings and true plan for me each day. Guide my decisions to honor Your Will, and direct my gaze to not seek answers outside Your Wishes. Amen.
~Phather Phil
Hi, I’m Phil Malmstrom, a.k.a. Phather Phil. I’m self-employed, father of two wonderful young men, an ordained minister who delights in spreading Jesus’ Message of Hope and Love, a science-fiction junkie, an aspiring photographer and above all that one of God’s Children who rejoices in His Blessings each day. 
Praying that you’ll feel better and get your BP under control.
Thank you Allison, I’m doing much better now. 🙂
Have a Blessed Day!
I love this post. Who are we to question how God chooses to provide for us? Sometimes we are more focused on what we don’t have and fail to realize what He has provided. I don’t want to second guess any of His blessings.
Praying for you, Phil!
It was one of those “slap myself on the forehead” moments Lisa. Forest for the trees sometimes I guess.
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Praying that your BP gets back to where it needs to be! Take care,
Alida
Thank you Alida! It’s doing much better after having been back on the pills for a week now.
Have a Blessed Day!
Sometimes God provides healing through doctors and medication. As much as we prefer divine healing, that is not always God’s way. I love this post. Thank you for this reminder. Praying your bp levels out and you are feeling better.
Thank you so much Jenifer… I’m doing much better now. 🙂
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I am happy to hear you went and purchased the BP medicine, BP medicine is very high and having BP is nothing to play with. I suffer with BP and have had it for four years now it was hard to keep it down even with medicine but now it is under control I have to take my medicine everyday and everytime I am at the doctors office my numbers are great I give God glory. Most people don’t understand BP unless they have it themselves, they call it the silent killer and we who have it must keep on top of it. Now I am not sure what medicine your doctor has you on but I know that some BP medicine are a little cheaper then others. I know that Wal-mart offers 4.00 prescriptions and 10.00 for 90 days, you might want to check into that.
Thank you Desiray… You’d have thought I would know better after everything I went through when I first started having issues, but apparently I have a short memory. LOL Thankfully, my BP is back to acceptable levels now, and the symptoms are better.
Have a Blessed Day!
It’s so true, we try to take matters into our own hands… when He’s already got it worked out! Praising Him for western medicine and for getting you back on track 🙂
Thank you Heidi! 🙂
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