Today has been an interesting (and long) day. I had to work early this morning and didn't get much sleep last night. I figured I would try to take a nap this afternoon, but I ended up not having time to do that because I had other things to take care of. So now, here it is a little after midnight and I'm still awake.

This week has been a blessing in many ways for me. I have been in a tremendous amount of pain lately, combined with a lot of fatigue and other issues. It's been an ongoing problem for quite some time. After ruling out other possibilities (such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, etc.), my doctor began treating me on Monday for fibromyalgia.

If you don't know what fibromyalgia is, here is the basic overview: it is described as inflammation of the fibrous or connective tissue of the body, with widespread pain, including in certain tender points. For me, this has basically meant that my body feels like I have the flu a large part of the time.

The medicine I was given this week has helped a lot. I can definitely notice a difference. Obviously, it'll take a while for me to feel "normal" again. A large part of the treatment is simply aerobic exercise and sleeping well. That will be easier once the pain is under control, which is hopefully coming soon.

Part of what can make it worse is stress, and I have definitely been under a lot of that lately. There are so many issues going on that have a lot of people in my life stressed. I don't blame them for being stressed at all, since there is a lot of uncertainty. However, as I've mentioned in the last couple of blogs, I know that God already has tomorrow planned out...

Isaiah 41:10 -
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.


and then Isaiah 41:13 -

For I am the LORD, your God,
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.


I have to admit, I don't have these verses memorized word for word and scripture location by location. (Big thanks to Google for the help! lol) However, that is part of the purpose for this blog - for me to find scripture that helps me deal with the things going on in my life. As I've already found, they are pretty general topics that probably apply to all of us. We all have things in our lives we are uncertain about. We all have sin in our lives we are dealing with, and we are generally all facing some tough times in at least one area of our lives or another.

If I have learned one thing in my life, it is that I cannot do this on my own. Every time I have tried, I have failed. I will go into more detail on that on another day (believe me, I could write a book). For now, I leave you with this scripture, which I whole-heartedly believe:

Luke 1:37

For nothing is impossible with God. (emphasis added)