A Bedridden Blessing

Written By Alexander Myers

“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”
— 2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)

When you're sick, it feels like everything stops. Your plans, your energy, your routine, even your motivation to pray, can feel muted. And yet there’s something holy about being forced to slow down. Something sacred about sitting in stillness with nothing but your frailty and faith. Being sick strips away the illusion that we’re in control. It humbles us.
It makes us realize that we are dust and yet God still breathes life into that dust every day. You may feel useless. But you're not. You may feel like you’re wasting time. But God is still at work, even in the waiting. Sometimes the healing God wants to do is deeper than physical.

Here is What Sickness Can Teach You Spiritually

  • Dependence: You’re not the source of your strength. God is.

  • Perspective: Your body is temporary, but your soul is eternal.

  • Gratitude: You start to thank God for every breath, every step, every small moment.

  • Compassion: You begin to see and understand others who suffer in a deeper way.

  • Rest: You finally stop running, working, and overthinking, and just be with God.

    Here is a prayer for the middle of sickness

Father,
I don’t feel strong right now.
My body is weak. My plans are on pause. My spirit is heavy.
But You are still God even from this bed. Even in this silence. Even in this discomfort.

Use this time to refine me.
Help me not just recover but help me remember what matters most.
Draw me near in the stillness.
Let Your presence fill the gaps that medicine cannot.

And if it be Your will, bring healing.
But more than that bring growth, bring grace, bring depth.
Even sick, I am still Yours.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

You may be down right now but you are not defeated. You are not forgotten. You are not alone. Even sickness can become a sanctuary, a place where the Healer draws near, and your soul is reminded of what truly matters.

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures…” — Psalm 23:2
Sometimes, He makes us lie down so we’ll stop running from what we really need, Him.

Alexander Myers
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