PRAY THROUGH THE PAIN - REALLY? (WITH SCRIPTURE)

PRAY THROUGH THE PAIN.

THAT'S NOT MY MANTRA,

IT'S YOURS.

WELL,

OBVIOUSLY,

NOT YOURS,

SERIOUSLY,

BUT NOT MINE.

WHEN THE VERY FIRST THING

WHEN YOU JUST WAKE UP IN THE MORNING,

SLEEP STILL IN YOUR EYES,

AND YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING SO WELL LATELY.

PRAISE GOD,

SO THE PAIN IS FORGOTTEN DURING

THAT PRECIOUS TIME,

THE TIME JESUS LOVES YOU SO MUCH

HE LETS YOU REST IN HIS COMFY WINGS;

THE VERY FIRST THING YOU FEEL WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EYES

IS 
INDESCRIBABLE
PAIN

ALL OVER YOUR BODY

AND YOU NEED HELP JUST GETTING OUT OF BED,

AND THE FRUSTRATION HITS YOU,

NO LIE,

LIKE A HAMMER ON MY HEAD.

I USED TO BE SO INDEPENDENT

GOING TO AND FRO,

KEEPING ACTIVE IN MY HOME CHURCH,

HAVING LUNCH WITH MY FRIENDS,

MOVIES AND SHOPPING,
NOT TO MENTION SWIMMING
IRON-MAN LENGTH
(THAT WOULD BE TWO AND A HALF MILES.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT 
FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN SWIMMING
ALL OF THEIR LIVES?)

NOW I FEEL BLESSED

IF I HAVE
 ENOUGH ENERGY
THESE VERY ROUGH DAYS
THAT HAVE LASTED FOR YEARS
JUST TO GET DRESSED

AND OPEN MY LAPTOP

AND SHARE.

BECAUSE I KNOW

THAT OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS

ARE BROKEN, TOO,

PROBABLY MORE,

MAYBE ALONE FOR ALL I KNOW,

AND ALL OF THESE SIBLINGS IN CHRIST NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY

TO FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF

OCCASIONALLY,

ONCE IN A WHILE

AS LONG AS JESUS

IS ON YOUR LIST.

JUST DON'T LET THE PITY

COME IN TO LIVE.

WHEN SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW OUR LORD

SEES ME, NOT HAPPY BECAUSE I'M IN A WHEELCHAIR,,

BUT HAPPY AND GLOWING

BECAUSE I KNOW MY LORD, LIKE NO OTHER,

CARES,

LOVES,

SHED HIS BLOOD

AND DIED FOR ME.

IT'S HARD TO ACCEPT SUCH LOVE

WHEN YOU'VE NEVER KNOWN IT.
BUT JESUS KNOWS HOW TO SHOW IT.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:17

PRAY CONTINUALLY