For those in Limbo (and diagnosed)..please read!

[luvnGod]

Hi fellow limbolanders and those diagnosed,

If you're like me and struggling day in and day out with not knowing why your body is failing you, I offer prayers and some words of encouragement today.  It's hard when you appear to be okay on the outside, but your body is crying out in pain, discomfort, fatigue, etc.  It's hard to move on with life, work, take care of your family, etc. when each step you take is a constant reminder something is wrong in your body.  Yet one of the hardest things for me is not knowing what I am dealing with.   What can I take a stand against?  I want to be a fighter, but what am I fighting against?

In the process of waiting, you feel yourself progressively getting worse and all the while feeling more crazy than ever.  What can we do?  What shold we do?  How can we cope?  I just got news this morning that the MRI of my cervical spine came back negative again, but the MS specialist wants to see the actual disk.  So now what?  

God sent me a beautiful vision of me walking out in the pouring rain, holding onto a umbrella.  I slowly walked unafraid, trusting in the resource I had keeping me dry.  God showed me, when in storms we are quick to run for shelter to avoid getting wet and being uncomfortable, however, when we are reaching up and holding onto our umbrella (the ultimate resource ~ God), we feel protected from the rain.  He encouraged me to keep walking through the storm, look straight ahead and cling to my umbrella.  We have two choices when a "storm" comes, we can walk through the storm, holding onto the resources we have, OR we can avoid the storm and run for shelter never moving ahead.  The more storms we encounter, the more we move through them prepared, the easier the storms will become.  

I encourage you today to hold tight to your umbrella.  It's always there available for you to use.  You have to be the one willing to pick it up and hold onto it.  I pray this metaphor blesses you as it has blessed me.  God is wanting us to seek Him.  He doesn't force us to, but invites us into a wonderful relationship with Him.  It's our choice!  

I choose to walk through this storm holding tight to my umbrella with my head held high.  I'm confident that there is something causing the chaos in my body and through God I will discover what it is.  In the meantime, I will wait out this storm and continue moving forward.

I love you all and will continue to pray for you.  Be blessed today in knowing YOU ARE LOVED!!
Stacie

[ku111]

Thank you for that!  Absolutely beautiful and true.  I will say many prayers for you and your also.  ((hugs)) too!

[Ricobord]

Amen!!

[sarahw244]

God does work in mysterious ways, doesn't He?  Just reading this now...really something I needed too.  Sometimes you don't even know exactly what it is your looking for or asking for, then up pops a message like this, like it was written just for me....

Thanks very much for this!  Prayers are being said for you as well!  Your time will come.  Before I was dx'd, I remember asking the Lord for patience.  It seemed the more I asked for patience the longer I needed them, lol!
Love and Hugs!!!
Sarah

[Sidesteps]

This was a wonderful post full of hope and faith. Thank you. I needed it just now. Hugs. I am saying my prayers for you and all my friends here.
~Barb

[tjlmoo]

Wow Stacie,
That really reached deep in my soul and touched my heart!
Simply beautiful!
Remember:The Lord knows the plans he has for you.......and you do too!

I thank the good Lord for sending us all to support one another here on this Limbo forum/MS forum. I thank God for YOU!

Even as we walk through the valley of the shadow of death or any other obstacle, we know that God is with us and his perfect love casts out fear.:)
So,storms or whatever it takes to bring glory to the Lord,
I say "Jesus bring the rain".

Love,hugs and blessings,
Tammy:)