2 Timothy 1:13-14
“What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.”.

The Difficulties Of Living With Fibromyalgia

 

It's not easy to live with fibromyalgia.  It is not easy due to the fact that, like myself, you have no knowledge about how you are going to feel when you wake up in the morning.  One day there's pain beyond belief and the next you can feel as if you are walking on clouds, no pain and a day full of activity. My day normally starts with about 20 minutes of trying to stretch out my muscles and have them functioning normally again. Then I have to pick up my little girl from her bed, and that can be a painful experience.  After that it's time to change her diaper, and that is also a huge problem for me as my fingers normally are not working properly.

Fortunately my daughter has learned already to be patient with me. After about half an hour it's time to try out clothes and see if it's going to be a good day or a bad one.  A bad day is a no tight clothes day. Then it's breakfast time but normally I can't eat breakfast due to stomach problems also caused by my fibromyalgia. Then the day goes on. If I have the strength I will try to go out and do the shopping and also take out my kids.   The worse thing about fibromyalgia is that one get so tired.  The pain can be so hard that nothing works and even if you have had a good night's sleep, you can wake up feeling as if you have never slept at all.  It takes control over every little thing you like to do.  One day I have all the strength I can ever use and the next day I have no strength at all.

Fibromyalgia takes all the good in you, and makes you feel horrible if you do more then your body can take. I remember once I was at a dance, felt pretty good that evening and had no pain whatsoever.  The day after the dance I could not get out of bed, I had to call for help.

There are a few things that you, who don't have this illness can do: 1.   Remember that even if someone has fibromyalgia, it doesn't mean you can see it.  We have no evidence on our bodies that prove our illness and too often we get to hear that we are lazy, and "How can you be ill, it doesn't show". Those words hurt. Because we have often had to fight a battle with our doctors to make them realize that we have fibromyalgia and prove it to far too many people. 2.   Also think about the fact that sometimes even a soft touch can hurt, so don't pat us on the back saying "you'll get better!".  It's an illness that is there for life. 3.   Don't make demands on us, because what we can do today, we might not be able to do tomorrow.

About the author: Cherry Sherley is a graduate from website design major and she is a big fun of car rental Auckland because in this way can she get different driving experience. Now she is giving SEO service.

 

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Daily Devotional from Sheila Lloyd

Add the healing power of music into your morning quiet time and connect intimately with God through worship.
  • Day Ten
    Isaiah 32:17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever. Sowing and reaping – it’s a biblical principle that we see at work throughout the Word and throughout creation. We sow a seed and reap a harvest, bear fruit. This verse means, then, that if we sow righteousness, we will reap peace. Who among us wouldn’t like more peace – in our lives, in our world? Righteousness can be simply defined as “right-living,” referring to relationship between human and God as well as between human and human. Hundreds of scriptures describe this right living or righteousness to us, and what we see in this passage is that if we employ “right-living,” the fruit that will be produced is peace. The verse goes on to say that the effect of righteousness is quietness and confidence forever. So when we engage in right living, not only will we reap a harvest of peace, but the impact, in turn, on our lives will be quietness and confidence –forever. What a comfort! Aren’t we hungry for it? I don’t believe the Lord is referring here to a lack of noise or busy-ness in daily life. I believe He is inviting us to a deep, inner peace and quietness of spirit, an anchor that goes deep and remains firm despite the thrashing and storms of life around us. Please notice it’s not temporary…right living breeds benefits that last forever! What must we do? Be intentional about living rightly in relationship to God and in relationship to one another. Further study: Isaiah 32:15-20; Ephesians chapters 4,5,6

Experiencing Worship

  • A Heart of Gratitude
    Psalm 118:28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you.Try to picture the hurt in your spouse’s or child’s eyes if you only told them once a week or once a month...
  • Hindrances to Worship
    They are out there in every service, at every Bible study, on our worship teams and in our prayer and cell groups. They could be a friend of yours, or even a stranger. It could be you or me, your husb...
  • Worshiping at Home
    Most people in America's churches equate worship with what we do in a church "sanctuary" on Sunday mornings. Those of us who understand that it is more than just our corporate experience together may...
  • Wisdom Sold Seperately
    Director's Notes:The book of James says that if we ask God for wisdom, He will gladly give it. He will supply us with all the wisdom we need. The question is: Whether we know God or not, where do we g...
  • How to Worship...at Church
    We need to learn to worship God in every area of our lives: at home, at work, in our cars… everywhere. In this article, we’re going to let Psalm 95 give us some ideas for learning to better worship Go...