On the visit of a tummy bug

My dear brothers & sisters, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way, for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure. Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. But if any of you lack wisdom, he should pray to God, who will give it to him; because God gives generously and graciously to all. But when you pray, you must believe and not doubt at all. Whoever doubts is like a wave in the sea that is driven and blown about by the wind. People like that, unable to make up their mind and undecided in all that they do, must not think that you will receive anything from the Lord.

James 1:2‭-‬8 GNTD  http://bible.com/69/jas.1.2-8.GNTD

All seemed to be going well,
my sicknesses were minor,
just enough to show, or tell,
no need to be a whiner...

Feelings weren't involved you see.
But now it is quite diff'rent,
Tummy-bug has come to me:
tummy's tight, and I feel spent.

I feel like cursing this thing
for I don't like feeling bad
and this old Paul will not sing
if no benefit's to be had.

It just wants it to be known
that it's suff'ring. Great big deal!
And it wants to loudly groan,
reap what pity, eat no meal,

to get other's attention,
waited on both hand and foot.
This mirror helps detection
of who's ruling o'er this lot

of spirit, soul & body.
I recall what Uncle James
said, struck him like a waddi,
from the one whom God now names

"Human's Leader", from above.
James calls us (recalling him)
"My dear brothers" - full of love,
then he tells us how to win!