Dec.27,2022
Timeline:
Aug. 27, 2021, I was knocked down by Covid 19 – but not out, by God’s grace and mercy.
Dec. 6, 2021, tested negative.
Dec. 10, 2021, at mid- afternoon, moved out from Binan to Baguio. Arrived at Irisan, Baguio in the evening. Stayed at Irisan since then.
Dec. 27, 2022, start to write this Covid 19 experience.
Process:
It was so bad! Probably the border between severe and critical.
That day, personnel from the Barangay brought cylinder medical oxygen. They also informed us that many patients are waiting to be admitted in the hospital. The queuing and difficulty to be accepted was the hospital’s lack of personnel and space, according to them. The sudden-unexpected number of patients was really a crisis to all. Added to that was that there was no medicine available – no discovered medicine yet for covid 19 to prescribe and medical workers were tight-pressed.
The Barangay workers suggested for me to stay home where at least I’d be helped.
At Home:
Knocked down! Really down, down! The first time I got sick that I can’t hardly move – real flat! Towards the evening that first day, I was getting worse. The following day, the pain gradually becoming more painful too. Late evening that second day, the pain all over my body – most likely the highest point – becoming more unbearable really pushed me to the point to think of what probably next? Either way: to continue breathing or to return to dust!
Then I said, “Lord if it’s my time, I accept. Have mercy on me, I want to live”. My last words, then passed out. Don’t know what happened the whole night.
The following morning, I woke up. My body’s pain was probably about ninety percent reduced and the ten percent left gradually evaporated by sunset that day! God’s grace and mercy! ! !
I woke up with no energy! So weakened I can’t even sit! Strength of the rugged Mt.
Province-born Igorot no more! At that point, in this process, I saw my helplessness and nothingness! The lowest ebb “through the shadow of the valley of death” as the Psalmist says.
Lying down so flat and so weakened and so much difficulty moving, came to mind the question: what’s next? Either way: breathing-lying-down-flat or breathing-standing-up. Upon pondering more in silence, I visialized that if my situation remains so down and flat and can’t attain to himself, what scenario is it? A hopeless end?
I forgot what happened to my body’s pain that evaporated – not due to deeply thinking and/or what I did but by God’s grace and mercy! !
Shame on me! Guilty of not remembering and not giving worth to what I received. There are lots more the Lord has bestored upon me that I didn’t appreciate and treasured.
Yes, next I confessed to God through our Savior and Lord Christ Jesus. He alone has paid for everyone ruined by sin. Our Redeemer! He has redeemed everyone by his death on the cross and in grace, offers to everyone salvation from eternal death to eternal life in his kingdom! To Him be the glory, forever!
Report. . Con . . .
Then came to mind – it refreshed me once more – of God’s redemption through his son Christ Jesus. His death on the cross, more than two thousand years ago, has paid every sinner and offered redemption to everyone by grace. In God’s grace, he saves every person who by faith accepts his love through his son Christ Jesus. God saves me in his grace and same grace I respond – enabled by the Holy Spirit – to accept Christ Jesus by faith, as Savior and Lord. This Good News of salvation from eternal death to eternal life is offered to everyone through his son Christ Jesus: “the Way”, “the Truth” and “eternal Life”!