A 5 minute Friday post…
Today’s Prompt: LONG
GO
After weeks of waking up with a headache and feeling like I had fog in my brain, this morning I woke up without a headache. Without the fog. What a gift!
Is it possible that the fog that has clouded my brain and my head for a month is beginning to lift?
I can only pray that this is the case. The fog is beginning to lift. If I do not overdo during the healing process, then I will get well.
I read this today:
to be grateful for all of our lives
moments of joy as well
as the failures,
hard spiritual work.
Brennan Manning
I am trying to be grateful for this month of headaches. For this month of being ill. For this month of having to depend on others for food and care and doing the dishes and the laundry.
I long for the time when I can string together DAYS of feeling well and not just minutes or hours.
That is the longing of my heart, but I will remember that gratitude for ALL of my life is the hard spiritual work.
I long to be successful at that.
STOP
Sorry that you're going through something so difficult. Thank you for sharing with honesty, and for your courage that will inspire others. Said a little prayer for you.
Thank you so much…for reading and the prayers!
It cannot be easy to be grateful for a month of headaches. Thank you for sharing your struggle and graciousness. I hope your headaches are soon a long long distant memory not to return. Take care!
Grateful for your presence here today, Michelle.
Mary, I sure do hope this is the beginning of the end of your long month of illness. You have been a trooper through it all. It couldn't have been easy; I know it's scary as well. Yet, you still know there is a blessing somewhere in the struggle.
Be well, my friend.
I went through a year (when I was 30) of being dependent on others–had a ruptured disc–had three little boys that I could not care for–a husband that was doing his career job plus everything at home–it was not easy but looking back I would not trade that time for anything. It was a time when I came to know how dependent I was on God and a time when I learned to appreciate Him unlike I ever had before.
About this time a friend suggested I read a book by Paul Bilheimer entitled "Don't Waste Your Sorrows." It was just what I needed.
Praying that this will be a very precious time for you also, dear Mary. God speed and I hope the fog is lifting for good. Love you!
Praying you are feeling stronger my friend. Gratitude is so important during hard seasons. It helps us to keep our focus on Jesus and off of ourselves. Hugs!