Its in the blood!

Last week, I found out that I have anemia. The really good news about that is that there is an explanation for all of the symptoms I have been experiencing for the past year or so. The main symptom that was problematic was my increasing lack of energy. I am known for staying up quite late (12-1am ish) and for the past six months or so I can barely make it til 10pm!

Anemia by definintion is : one of the more common blood disorders, occurs when the number of healthyred blood cells decreases in the body. For more information www.anemia.com/.

This got me to thinking about how critical blood is to our everyday existence. And how we can live without limbs, and certain organs and other parts of our bodies but it's all meaningless with out blood; it is the one common denominator in the body. And this is true of human beings too. No matter what the nationality, disability, etc. blood pumps through all of our veins to maintain our existence. This got me to thinking about all the times and ways blood is used in the Bible. Blood that is shed that is considered a great sacrifice and valued. There was blood for sacrifices, door smeared on the doorposts during Passover which was to protect the home's inhabitants and then there is the ultimate....Jesus Christ shed His blood. Clearly blood is valued and now that I have a disorder that affects the one thing that is so highly valued.

I got to thinking about how sin is a lot like this disorder. This disorder doesn't just affect a certain part of the body or only strike during a certain time of year but rather it is here with me all of the time. If I do not take my medication I become rundown, weak and sluggish and the disorder becomes strong. How much is that like sin?! When we don't innoculate ourselves against it by praying, sticking close to God and confessing sin, we too become weak. Sin can over run your entire life without this 'innoculation.'