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Think of the last time you were at your doctor’s office. You came in feeling terrible, perhaps from a cough that wouldn’t go away or a stomach ache that wouldn’t subside, despite over-the-counter remedies. You waited for your name to be called…and waited…and waited. Finally, the clerk utters your name and says, “The doctor will see you now.” Absolute music to your ears.

The physician interviews you to ask what’s wrong, examines you, then explains possible causes of your symptoms. He takes out a prescription pad and writes down what, to you, must be some foreign language and unknown symbols and tells you this should make it better.

Hopeful for relief, your next stop is the nearest pharmacy. Someone like me asks you a bevy of personal questions, accepts the prescription, interprets the foreign language and weird symbols, puts some funny-colored tablets in a bottle, hands you something you don’t quite understand and explains, “Take 2 tablets 3 times a day with food for 7 days.”

Interestingly enough, that experience is a lot like the way I view the Bible. We come to the Word hurting, broken, and in need of some help to address our issues. We go to the Great Physician who invites us to communicate openly with Him what’s wrong (prayer). He diagnoses our spiritual condition, and gives us a solution in the form of the written Word (the Bible) to address our need. We enlist other professionals (Holy Spirit/pastors/wise counsel) to help us interpret what is written and how that written Word applies individually to us. But the decision to take the medication (to do what was written and interpreted) rests on us.

And the solution to the issue is not in the diagnosis, though that’s necessary. It’s not in the prescription, though that’s vital. It’s not even in the act of filling of the prescription, though that’s essential. Symptom resolution only comes when we take the medication as directed or apply what was written.

Plenty of blogs focus solely on pharmacy and its essential role in the medical community. Many others focus primarily on studying the Bible and developing an authentic relationship with Christ. This blog seeks to combine both subjects in much the same way Jesus used parables. He chose common, familiar items to explain, clarify, and convey deep spiritual principles.

Since I serve as a pharmacist, health-related issues are my common place to identify God at work (literally and figuratively). He regularly uses what is familiar to us to make Himself known or to help us understand truths that seem too hard to comprehend. We just have to look for Him. And just like David told Solomon in 1 Chronicles 28:9, “If you seek Him, He will let you find Him.”

I have 4 primary goals for this blog.

• Inspire us to avoid relegating spiritual activity to one day of the week (Sunday) or associating it exclusively with a specific place (church). I’ll challenge us to look for and find Jesus’ involvement in all aspects of daily life.

• Produce a better understanding of the Word of God, the Bible, through a seemingly unrelated subject of medicine and evoke a better appreciation of healthcare by viewing it spiritually.

• Seek ways to activate the Word of God by practically applying what we learn

• Ultimately highlight Jesus Christ as the answer to every problem we face and His word as the prescription to address both our spiritual and physical conditions.

So if you are a health care provider who doesn’t want to leave Jesus at church on Sunday. Welcome! If you are a Christian who desires to see the Bible come alive in your own experience. Join me! If you are a non-believer who enjoys the subjects of health and medicine. Stick around! Hopefully something will resonate with each of you as you visit each week.

Thank you again for dropping by. Feel free to leave a comment below. I look forward to serving you.