Highs -n- Lows Living with the Disease

Tuesday, October 1st

Another beautiful morning...
I can't believe how fast time is flying...October already.  The weather has been wonderful. If only it would stay this way...so nice. :-) We are looking at highs in the upper 70's today.

As I was sorting and cleaning yesterday...I came across pictures of the boys and their dad, Greg.  It's fun looking back at good times but sad because the time just continues to fly by.  Where has the time gone.  The kids are all grown up now and are having kids of their own. :-)

The boys dad, Greg, was diagnosed with a form Parkinson.  He had tremors, his hands and neck would shake. Greg had a hard time accepting it.  He felt like everyone was watching him.  The Drs gave him medication but they didn't work. They tried shock therapy...that didn't work either.  This was back in the 90's... before Michael J Fox came forward.  Treatment has come a long way since then. Greg died of an accidental medication overdose.    :-( 
I can relate to how he would have felt back then.  At the time I just didn't understand.  I thought he could change the way he feels and move on.  After going through this with my Lupus and DM I realize it doesn't work like that.  It's a process a person has to go through. It's like a loss, a loss of yourself and your life as you know it.  If only I knew then what I know now. :-)

Today I have so many things to be thankful for...I have been truly blessed  :-)

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Today's Bible Study

Inheriting God’s Promises

Read | Hebrews 6:11-12

The Lord wouldn’t have made all the promises in the Bible if He didn’t want to give His children great blessings. Yet we cannot be presumptuous and simply assume such benefits automatically belong to us. So how can we claim God’s promises with the expectation that He will take pleasure in answering our petitions?

There are certain questions we must ask in order to test the needs we bring before our heavenly Father. These include:

• Does this promise meet my personal need or desire?

• Am I asking with a spirit of submissiveness to His will?

• Can God fulfill this request without harming another person or interfering with His will in someone else’s life?

• Does the Holy Spirit bear witness to my spirit that the petition pleases God?

• Will God be honored by fulfilling this?

• Does my request to claim this promise contradict God’s Word in some way?

• If God fulfills this promise, will it further my spiritual growth?

Once we have satisfactorily answered these questions, inheriting God’s promises depends on three requirements. First, we need to have faith. Our Father wants us to trust Him, and He rewards those who do (Gen. 15:6; Heb. 11:6).

Second, we must be obedient to whatever we know is His will for us—we’ll never attain His best if we knowingly disobey. And third, we must have patience and be willing to wait for the Lord’s perfect timing. Doing these things is well worth our while, considering the blessings He longs to give us.

Another great day!