Yes, sickness has benefits. Time to ramble:

• I’m sick, so I don’t have much difficulty this morning stringing a few thoughts together about illness.
• I don’t know many people who enjoy sickness.
• But, sickness reminds us of our mortality.
• If we had perfect physical bodies in a perfect world, sickness wouldn’t exist.
• Sickness challenges me to trust God.
• So often when I’m sick my first reaction is to take something rather than pray something.
• I’m not left to handle sickness on my own, like somehow my relationship with God can continue once I’m better.
• Especially bad sickness can make us acutely aware of the glory of eternity!
• Sickness also requires patience – for waiting out a long illness, and for those in our lives who may seek to care for us.
• Holy Spirit grant patience and understanding in our sickness!