Hi All,
In the US, March is MS Awareness month. I plan to spend this month in prayer, over myself - yes, and for all who are affected by MS. If you don't believe in a higher power, please be respectful and move on from these posts. But if you would like to, please read and join in with me in lifting up these things. My goal is to post once a day for this month.
blessings,
Laurie
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Dear Father,
Thank you that I woke up this morning and am alive and well. My body isn't behaving how I want it to, but I am grateful to be alive. Last night, my ankles were swollen and my first thought was that it MUST be a new MS symptom and awwww mannnnnn, now I need to contact my neurologist and let her know and my mind was racing and thinking about how this is a new symptom that I need to keep track of. Then I did a quick Google search and began to realize how I drank less water the previous day and the double whammy was that I don't exercise much on Sundays because I sit around at church. By your grace, I came to realize that it was just a matter of salty food + not enough water + not my usual exercise. So I drank more water before bed, elevated my feet, prayed over my ankles, and didn't send an email to my doctor after all.
Thank you that I woke up this morning and the puffiness was down. Thank you for giving me peace and for letting this be something that I know will pass. I trust you Lord that this will pass and will not be a new thing I am stuck with. Forgive me for my fears. I confess that because my diagnosis is that my MS is progressive, I constantly think about how things are going to get worse. So I pray for others who also have progressive or secondary progressive MS. I pray that things would not get worse. Oh Lord, protect our bodies and let our immune system cease attacking itself. I pray for symptoms to remain the same or improve in the name of Jesus. I pray for healing and for relief. I ask that you would not let things get worse but instead to get better, which I know is possible. With you, all things are possible.
In Jesus' mighty name, amen
