The Story of Job

My dad was admitted to the Communicable Disease Centre Hospital (CDC) on Tues, 13 May for having sores and rashes all over his body as if some kind of allergic reaction or infection. My dad had no idea where he got it from...it just happened all of a sudden. He was feeling very uncomfortable.



Then a day or two later, my dad had bubbles on his skin. Huge ones. So the doctor had to burst all his bubbles.



The centre did various tests on him and a skin biopsy on him...but it seems his lungs and internal are not affected. So, that was good news. But in the end, they could not find a source or reason why it happened. Oh well..

My dad says he feels like Job, a character in the bible where Job suffered from sores all over his body. You can read the story here. The book on Job talks about how many things were taken away from Job, as well as how he suffered from sores from head to the soles of his feet and despite the ridicule from his friends, in the end of it all, Job praised God and was not bitter against him for all the things that happened in his life. Thus, God blessed him and give him twice as much as he had before for being so faithful.

A week later when our family went out to celebrate my brother and sis-in-law's birthday, my dad told me that he saw 5 good things that came out of his stay in CDC.

I was initially shocked at how he can still be so positive despite staying in hospital for a number of days and suffering from all the discomfort of his skin.

Anyway, here are the 5 positive outcomes:

1) He got to weigh himself. Given my dad's condition, it was not possible for him to weigh himself at home as he cant stand. So, the hospital had proper equipment to take his weight and my dad was glad he finally knows his weight

2) He manage to lose a bit of weight in CDC. He has been gaining weight for the past couple of years and during his stay in CDC, he manage to shed off some because the food was not a lot and very healthy.

3) There was no TV there in the hospital. So, he got to spend more time reading the bible and talking to God which he felt, was so much more meaningful than the time at home, where he spent hours at night watching TV. So, he felt that through this, he decided to now spend more time reading the bible and talking to God and not wasting his time watching too much TV.

4) He got to know many friends there- nurses and patients.

The most important positive outcome was...

5) He even had the opportunity to talk to a guy there, encourage him and talk to him about Jesus. Then, my dad even said the sinner's prayer with him as he accepted Christ.

Amazing huh? My dad has once again encouraged me and set another great example for me to follow!