MEDITATION MONDAY . .
When I gave birth to my four kids, Steve and I chose to "give each one back to the LORD". I don't believe that I ever considered that in that act, we would be signing up for a journey of LONGSUFFERING.
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Three of our four children have physical conditions that are often at their very worst this time of year. God hears my cries... He sees my tears... GOD HAVE MERCY!
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This past year, we've come to know the name of one of Jessica's disorders, as more research has been done and a foundation has been established: Intracranial Hypertension.
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For many of the approximately 25,000 in the US who suffer from IH, it has been years of procedures as the search has continued for answers. For us, it has been close to 16 years.
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FIVE things that I have on my mind specifically right now:
- Our daughter has been in her bed most of the last 3 weeks as the barametric pressure has done it's work on the weather system and on her pain level.
- Our friend Grace, who went into surgery 1/2 hour ago in Bloomington, IN to have a shunt put into her brain to drain her spinal fluid -in order to reduce the pressure.
- A friend's niece, Meghan who had the same surgery done last Thursday for her IH.
- All those with chronic pain who cry out daily, hourly, and by the minute... GOD HAVE MERCY.
- The BLESSINGS that come with such suffering... as I listen over and over to the new song that I heard this past week. Please pause the playlist above to watch these brief videos. Then, go over to the right sidebar and listen to the new song entitled BLESSINGS (as sung by Laura Story - in the third video).
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~BLESSED~
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