THANKSGIVING FOR TODAY, OCT. 23, 2016

Our God is a good God and a just God.  I thank him for Grace, and Mercy.  I thank God for Dialysis.  The feeling you have before you do on dialysis is horrible.  You can't sleep. You're super tired. You are unable to stand comfortably for more than 30 seconds.  You feel like your body is dying minute by minute.  Your body is full of trash your kidneys should have filtered out of your blood. You wake up early because you really did not sleep.  You go to work - putting one foot before the other.  Your mind is hampered and your thinking is slow or non-existent.  But when your numbers reach a certain low you are put on dialysis.  This machine cleans your blood as prescribed by your doctor.  I was still going to work.  Started dialyzing in December 2012.  But finally retired in January 2014.  In-center dialysis was so harsh on me!  Ugh!!!  I started home hemodialysis in February 2013.  I now dialyze Monday through Friday evenings 6-10 p.m.  Therefore my whole life is rearranged.  Hard for me to do anything on those evenings.  If I am severely tired and I miss a night I always make it up on Saturday nights.  But I am able to lead a comfortable life.  It is nowhere near perfect.  I am still tired but I manage as I did when I was wrecked with active Lupus.  I thank God for strength!  I thank him for leading me and helping me walk one step at a time and picking me up when needed!  AMEN!

  THANK YOU JESUS!  GLORY! ALLELUIA!

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Thank you Jesus!

I was a resident of Texas for 24 years; Missouri for 17 years; and thus far Alabama for 19 years! God has been good to me. Introduced me to caring, interesting, intelligent, encouraging, challenging and down right good people. I had a new family in each state! I felt his protection, spiritual comfort, and healing every second of my life! THANK YOU JESUS!!!

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THANKSGIVING FOR TODAY, 09-30-16

I am so thankful for another month of work for the Lord.  He sustained me throughout the entire month.  He has prepared me to face the next month, October.  I can go forth and do his will.  Thank you, Lord for stamina, strength, courage, encouragement, and healing my body.  I thank you for helping think straight and accomplish your will.  I enjoy tutoring and am glad you have sent me tutees to serve.  I serve with humility to represent you with your strength.  Even when I am extremely exhausted you put one of my feet in front of the other.  Thank you so much for mobility.  I am so glad that you love me enough to always have me on your mind, comforting me in time of my need, and always assuring me I can even when I feel like I can't.  I am so thankful for my family and their understanding, encouragement, and help.  You know you are loved when family and friends are there when you need them and even when you don't cheering for you to succeed.  

Lord, I pray for all who are heavy ladened in their minds.  I pray for those who are experiencing pain.  I pray for those who are pursuing further education to get a better job.  I pray for parents who are doing the best they can and moving on up in spite of their circumstances.  I pray for those searching.  They are not sure you exist or if you can help in their situation.  I pray all see possibilities beyond the prevailing circumstances.  In the name of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit I pray.  AMEN!

THANK U JESUS!  GLORY!  HALLELUJAH!!!!!

THANKSGIVING FOR TODAY!

Yesterday when I left work I was able to walk down the steps.  This is significant.  At one point I would have had to walk up and down the ramp.  Lupus patients will understand because of the joint pain experienced when the knees are flexed.  Dialysis patients will understand because of the exhaustion experienced all the time.  I am both the lupus patient and dialysis patient.  

I am so thankful to God for those days that I can walk up and down the steps with little effort.  The drive to live as normal as possible in spite of Lupus and Dialysis is a daily goal for me.  Despite what is going on around me the Lord ensures I am comforted in my time of need.  THANK YOU JESUS!!!

Every day these patients are elated to accomplish at least one task.  The joy of being normal is a daily quest.  It is also hard to expalin to others why you look so good but feel so horrible.  So you fight two battles, one with your body and one with family, friends, strangers, etc.  

So yesterday when I walked up and down those steps I was truly elated and said THANK YOU JESUS as I walked to my car!