As the desert cools down for the fall and winter months, the all too familiar swollen joints and muscle pain sets into my body. The fatigue wears on me. Each day is a little worse. The headaches and general flu-like symptoms are becoming obnoxious to bear.
Yes, I’ve begged God for a healing. Yes, He is silent on this subject.
It would be so easy to let the illness take over and allow depression to set in. I’ve done it before. But this time it’s going to be different.
I’m praising God, anyway. Do you know why? I want to live victoriously, no matter what.
Because God deserves praise regardless of my situation.
Let me repeat that.
God deserves praise REGARDLESS of my situation.
If God is silent, on this subject, I just know HE is God and I am not. I am determined to live a praise filled life within what ever circumstance I find myself in. No, it’s not easy. Yes, I get frustrated over the limitations my body puts on me. Yes, I have days that I break down and cry. However, I refuse to sit in a corner and whimper. I have been blessed with a life to be lived! And I’m going to LIVE in it.
I am a wife, mom and Nana. I am also called to be a Preschool Sunday School teacher and to write for God. So I will continue walking the path He has lined up for me and praise His wonderfulness.
I have become convinced that:
It’s OK not to be OK, AND still follow God.
So true! What an inspiring message to those who are going through tough times right now, or to leave in the back of your mind when you are going through difficult situations! I love that it is OK to not be OK, and still follow God! We can get so caught up in thinking we have to be perfect, and some of us wear that mask all too well, but our loving God, who created us, and is doing a good work in us, will see His purpose through to the end. We don’t have to be perfect, just moldable!