The Lord has done so much for me in the past couple weeks and I want so much to give him the praise that he deserves! I recently went to Nashville, TN to see my father, to search my soul, and to put my trust, whole heartedly, in the Lord with everything in my life. For those of you that don't know me, I have struggled for the past year with my health. I felt like I had the flu throughout my entire body. It hurt me so bad to stand for 2-3 minutes because of my back and throughout my entire body. I was in a terrible amount of pain that no doctor could explain until about a month ago. After many tests coming back negative, the doctor diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia. I couldn't make it through the day without taking a 2-3 hour nap and I was so stressed out about not finding any relief. Fibromyalgia's symptoms worsen with stress. It's the main cause of a flair up. I decided that I had stressed too long about my health and that I just needed to trust the Lord with everything I have that he would make it better. Let it be HIS WILL! That's what I put in my head. The entire ride to Tennessee, I prayed. Me and God had a lot of awesome conversations. He spoke to me and this time, I really listened. I prayed for him to touch my heart, my body, and my mind. The past two weeks, I have not been in constant pain. I have not HAD to take a nap during the day. I have more energy and He has given me the determination to get up early every morning to exercise. I am so glad to say that I have already lost a few pounds and this morning I was able to do a cardio workout for 30 minutes, plus walk over 3 miles!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!! I also went to Tennessee to settle something with my brother because he was not speaking to me. I stressed so much about it before, that it was driving me back into depression. I decided I was going to try to talk to my brother and prayed that our relationship would get mended. As soon as I saw my brother, without saying a word, we hugged each other and now, everything is going to be okay!!! Prayer works! I am focused now on letting God do with me what he wants and I am strengthened through him! "PRAY WITHOUT CEASING!!!" That's the theme at my church right now for the new year, but let's get started early... IT WORKS!!!