Highs -n- Lows Living with the Disease

Thursday, October 3rd

Another beautiful but stormy morning.  We are getting some more much needed rain.  I started hearing the thunder and lightning around 2am. So I've been up off and on since then. :-( Alittle tired this morning...no real tired this morning..  :-)

I continue having the tingling down my legs and pain in my hands... :-(

I was reading through a blog from the Muscular Dystrophy Association yesterday on Humility...here are some inserts from it...

Humility does not mean sitting passively in the back row as life passes by. It requires us to engage life with passion and integrity.

When I accepted my humility, I was able to let go of the feelings of shame that had locked me into frustration and unhappiness. As I became vulnerable, I entered a world in which I began to be honest with myself and others about my thoughts and feelings and began living a more authentic life. I have come to understand that acceptance of my new journey frees me from the burden of trying to fix myself...

So thankful for all I can do.  :-)
    
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Today's Bible Study

Handling Our Anxieties

Read | Matthew 11:25-30

Gideon was a man who experienced great anxiety. Convinced God had abandoned the Israelites, He had to thresh grain in a winepress to keep it hidden from his enemies, the Midianites. He believed that his family was one of the weakest and that he himself was one of the least of men.

God then called Gideon—who in no way regarded himself as a man of strong capability—to lead the fight against the Midianites. Imagine his stress! But he obeyed and gathered his men, only to have the Lord send most of them home before the battle. Though this turn of events would give anyone anxiety, Israel was victorious because it was the Lord who won the battle. In the process, Gideon learned just how powerful and personal his God was (Judg. 6-7).

As Gideon discovered, knowing God intimately is one of the keys to dealing with worry. Those who handle anxiety well—inwardly and outwardly—know the Lord in a deeply personal way. They are the ones who calmly proceed while others are drowning in stress. When asked how they do it, they usually will respond, “Read the Word. Pray. Trust God.” These simple statements point to a way of life rather than a method. That way of life is centered on Jesus Christ and is spent learning to know Him in His fullness.

Man’s methods for handling anxiety serve only to distract or numb us from stress. God’s way is to reveal who He is through the Holy Spirit’s teaching and, in the process, replace our fretfulness with His peace.

Another great day!