Okay, so I guess you've noticed that I've not been blogging quite as much lately. There has been so many things happening in my personal life, our family life, at work, at church, and our children's soccer/cross country. I even had a wonderful visit from my mother and niece Jessica last weekend. We've experienced some wonderful blessings lately, but also gone through some personal struggles as well.
As some of you know I've been fighting extremely intense migraines almost on a daily basis. The good news is that I'll be 'heading' in for a CT scan on my head (get it...heading...ok, I'm goofy) and, if nothing abnormal shows up, Iwill begin preventative meds to help control them. Yippee! I can't wait! Finally, DRUGS! (Just kidding!) Frankly, I've become extremely frustrated and downright depressed at times over these stupid migraines. I'm just not one to slow down and I don't do well when I'm 'disabled.' I'm so accustomed to helping others and ministering to others. I don't like it when I'm not available to do so. It's been so frustrating because it's been a month of enduring these intensely painful migraines.
I don't know why my migraines have been such a problem lately. I don't know why I've not been healed of them. After all, like you, I'm about the Lord's work. So why am I suffering with something that prevents me from doing His work? Why haven't these migraines gone away? There isn't time to deal with these things! But do you know what? Even in my suffering, God has a plan.
My health problems are minimum compared to the trials that others are facing. Sometimes we question why we suffer such hardships and troubles. The Bible tells us that God's ways are higher than ours. He says so in His Word, "For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:9) Listen, God loves you and me. HE has a plan for YOU. He has a plan for me. HIS plan is better than any plan that we could ever imagine. Like the loving parent, He wants what is best for us. Our lives are full of many wonderful blessings, surprises, and successes. God does bless us so abundantly and I'm thankful for the blessings He's given. But in our lives we also face struggles, pain, affliction, and hurt. We don't know why these things happen to us. We simply live in a broken world and therefore are subject to suffering. But no matter what, we shouldn't allow the external to affect the internal. We must continue to place our faith and trust in our loving God...in The ONE who knows all about our suffering! He is an ever present help in our times of trouble. He's a wonderful God. We can call out to Him and He will answer.
"The LORD hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time." Psalm 34:17-19
In His Love, Cathy
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