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I know there are a lot of you that deal with chronic pain on a daily basis. It is a way of life, so you can relate to what I am going through. I have been hurting more than normal the last couple of days. I don't want to invoke pity, since I know many go through much worse than what I am. I am just tired of it. Tired of this body hurting.
I have degenerative arthritis in my neck and back, and they are both hurting a little more than normal. The only thing that really gives me any relief is laying flat on my back. I hurt every day, but these past few days have been worse. Whether it is the weather, or just doing more than I should, something has caused it to flair up. Every once in a while it happens, and boy it just knocks me for a loop.
It makes me think of heaven and the day that I finally go there and have no more pain. I can't even imagine! I think other than seeing my Lord and Savior face to face, that the lack of pain, either physical or emotional, will be the most wonderful thing that heaven can offer. Our spiritual bodies will not have to deal with the pain or illnesses, or disease, or any other malfunction they might have. What a wonderful thought! It almost takes the pain away.
As I sit here with the heating pad on my back, I am thankful that I can feel the pain in my back, that I am still able to walk upright, even though I hurt. I can still do most things reasonably well. Someday I may not be able to. I look forward to the day when I am no longer in pain, and being held in the arms of my Heavenly Father. |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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| Hope that the pain will not be to bad, sweetie. *hugs you gently with a soft butterfly kiss* |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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A prayer for you, Deb. I'm sure many will relate to this post. May your pain subside and give you rest. |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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Deb, know I am praying for you, I wrote this on Pastor Aminata's blog. God is amazing so I thought it would be appropriate to give you some hope
Pastor Aminata,
What a beautiful blog, braggin on God! I may have to come back and visit to brag some because God has done so many wonderful things for me.
This year He healed me of a condition very similar to rumatory arthritis. After I had relapsed last year with seven years of sobriety, my hep C coagilated into my joints and the doctors said it was a condition much like rumatory arthritis. My only hope was a cure, or some minor relief from celebrax. I suffered for almost 9 months everytime it would rain or even cloud up it would completely put me in pain to the point where I would keep up my husband all night moaning in pain.
This spring when I was baptized full submersion for the first time, the pastor and I prayed for a few things before the baptism. We had prayed for a healing and a baptism of the holy spirit. I received the healing of the pain almost two weeks after I was baptized. It was spring, and I guarantee it rained almost every other day I was completely amazed one day when it rained and I hadn't felt it the night before.
I now have NO pain when it rains, and I am able to enjoy beautiful NC rains again. Praise the Lord! |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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| Praying for you Deb.
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| March 29, 2008 |
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Heaven will be great, but I thank the LORD for the ability to live in the promise of a pain-free heaven where there will be no more tears. Lord, bring comfort to Deb's body like you have already comforted our hearts and hers. |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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I am also praying for you Deb.
I truly admire the beautiful description of heaven you offered. I too anticipate that Glorious day!
But I am also a firm believer in physical healing. The bible says in Colossians 2:6:
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
We received salvation, which is the greatest miracle we could ever receive, by faith, just believing that he had already saved us, we just had to accept it. I believe that healing comes the exact same way.
God wants you well Deb, and so do I! |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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| Praying for you Deb, we love you................ |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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A prayer for you Deb, and I too am looking forward to heaven along with ya!!
ps... I hear there will be a section just for MyChurchers!  |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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| My prayers will include you, Deb. |
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| March 29, 2008 |
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Praying for you too, Deb. I have to lift up other Buckeyes! - lol
You remind me though that we all live with pain of one type or another - physical pain, emotional pain, or spiritual pain. It a shame there's no heating pad for the soul. |
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| March 30, 2008 |
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| Dear Lord, You are the great physician. Turn to Deb in her sickness asking you to heal her. Put your hands upon Deb. In His Almighty Father's Name. Amen. |
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| March 30, 2008 |
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Megan, thank you.
Lara, thank you for all of your prayers. I have had this for so long now, it is a way of life and I can deal with it, but just these times when it flares up and I just don't think I can take it anymore, those are the times I wish I could be healed!
Kathy, knowing that you deal with your own health issues with the MS, I know you can relate to what I am saying. I am praying for you as well.
Becky, that is wonderful! If god wants me to be healed, He will heal me, I have no doubt about that. In the meantime, I just try to make the best of things.
Denise, thank you.
Growing in Faith, thank you for the prayer...I too look forward to being pain and tear free.
Michael, thank you for your kind words.
Cheryl, thank you. I love you all too...I just love my MyChurch family!
Mike, thank you, and I will look for the section of MyChurcher's...won't it all be so cool?!
Cheryl, thank you.
Gene, I guess the heating pad for the soul is the love of Jesus. He is the only comfort for those hurting souls.
Cyn, thank you for your prayer. It means the world to me. |
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| March 31, 2008 |
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Years ago when I was pastoring a small "start-up" church, there was a young lady who had a severe case of MS (I think). She was a sweet person, but her walk was slow and very unsteady and crooked. She was a great testimony to many because she always said that when she gets to heaven she'll meet Jesus face to face, eye to eye, straight and walking perfectly.
When all else fails in this life, there is the glorious new and perfect and eternal life. In the meantime, if pain persists, prayer, friendship and an occasional "good day" is worth praising God.
John 10:10 -- "...I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." |
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| March 31, 2008 |
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| Ed, wonderful comments. I try to ignore the pain, and keep busy enough so that I don't think about it until it becomes unbearable, and then it is hard to deal with. Fortunately, after a good nights sleep, and resting my back, I am good to go for a little while at least. It is afternoons and evenings that really start to hurt. But I do consider myself blessed, and I try not to complain much. I am saved and I am going to heaven, so I have that to look forward to. How can I not be joyous? |
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| April 17, 2008 |
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| Steve, I thank you for your comments and prayers. Not every day is a bad day, as the day I wrote this. I am thankful for that. |
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