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"I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I wil praise You among many people."

Psalm 35:18

...HEALTH AND WELLNESS

June 3, 2008

by Jenna Currey

    For a full week 4 hours a day, I had the opportunity to learn about International Health and Wellness. I called this class “All the ways I could die on the field”. During this class I had the opportunity, along with my 94 classmates, to learn about the most common diseases and sickness that plague missionaries and their prevention. While this class was very informative and the material delivered well, I found myself worrying and being a little anxious. I saw in what the teacher was saying all the tragic things that could happen to me. As I was sitting in class trying not to look at the gruesome pictures on the screen, I was thinking about how I could prevent all these things from happening to me. Trying to convince myself “I’ll be OK.”

It did not take long before I realized that I was not living a life of faith, nor was I trusting in God. The purpose of this class was to give me more information on how to stay healthy in the tribe and I was missing what God was trying to teach me. God’s intent was not to give me an anxious heart or a fearful mind. When I am faced with an uncertainty it is an opportunity for the growing of my faith, not for worry. This is what God wanted to accomplish through this class.

After this discovery, my faith began to grow as well as my trust. Instead of worrying I am learning to rejoice when anxious times come. As a result of Health and Wellness class God taught me that it is important to know things, but to not put my trust in the knowing. It is more important for me to know my God and to only put my trust in Him.

“For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment” 2 Tim 1:7
“In is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man” Psalm 118:8