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[zephyrofgod]

And at children's church, I learned how to make balloon hats! YAY!

Actually, I got quite a bit out of children's church yesterday. Salt and Light was the message (the balloon hats were the "simmer down" game). And I realised that He has led me to minister to children (of all ages). It also got me thinking. He takes people that have been broken and moulds them into something He can use.

It's amazing, I tell you.

My body is breaking. Yesterday, hands were placed on me for my now-diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis. And the stress involved with leaving school.

I woke up this morning with more aches and pains than even I'm used to. As much as I believe in God's master plan, this is frustrating and beyond normality. It's now that I realise that He's using my broken and incorrigible body as a learning experience. I don't think He's going to ever completely heal me, but at the same time it's a reminder to take one day at a time.

*sigh*

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[revdrsyn.livejournal.com]

Hey, let's talk about this. Maybe Trish and I can help. We used to not believe the proverb "God helps those who help themselves" because it wasn't in the Bible, but after my surgery last year, we realized that we do have a part to play in our healing. My gallbladder surgery was the result of not taking care of myself. It wasn't that God didn't want to perform a miracle, it was that I wouldn't let him because I ran myself ragged and lived on cheeseburgers. But he did send me to a gifted surgeon and has handled the medical bills.

I said all that to say this. Are you taking care of yourself? Arthritis can have causes, usually emotional ones. It's as if arthritis is the body's way of saying "You WILL stop and just sit and let me veg for a while!" And it does have natural cures. Do you relax? Do you stop and just lie down and listen to music and let the cares of the day leave you?

God is willing to meet you where you are able to be met. And maybe in these herb books we have lying around here (they help us!) we can find something to help you take a few more steps toward him.

Just offering.

[zephyrofgod.livejournal.com]

My grandmother had RA at sixteen.

As for relaxing, it's what helps me at the end of my day. I'm sure it does have something to do with diet, but seeing how I've already changed my diet, got on a multi-vitamin, and futzed around with what makes me sick and what doesn't, I'm now at the point where I know I have to really talk to my doc about it. (I also suffer from migraines and some food allergies, namely MSG and nitrates, as well as sesame seeds, to my current knowledge.)

However, I am always interested in what He's offered from His pharmacy (gotta love natural stuff). Like I said, I've had to alter diet, but there's a lot of stuff that is man-made (I've already cut out margarine and a lot of artifical stuff...hard to do when one works with chocolate all day, I might add, but with His grace, I'm getting there.)

[revdrsyn.livejournal.com]

Hey. I did a look through our books, and they all list some of the same things as helpful for RA. Vitamin E, Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) at high levels, like 1000 mg, and the omega oils, like evening primrose oil or fish oil. I guess they help lubricate the joints. Hope that helps.

[zephyrofgod.livejournal.com]

Great!

Thanks. More lox on my bagels for me! :)

[vesta-venus.livejournal.com]

Sweetie -you have my sympathies. My mom has had arthritus since the mid-80's and I've seen everything she's gone through.

[zephyrofgod.livejournal.com]

It's not fun. Thanks.

[lrdfaelan.livejournal.com]

Think about Christian Clowning. I did so back in HS.

[zephyrofgod.livejournal.com]

I have, and it's fun, but spiritually, I felt like it was a performance, not a worship experience.

Sometimes I'm too deep and pithy for my own good.