FOUR YEARS AGO JANUARY

Four years ago this month I was diagnosed with Lupus (SLE) and it has been an interesting journey. I look at my life now and see how far God has brought me from. Because I acknowledge him I am able to have the Lupus with no activity. What a mighty God I serve. Everytime I think about my life I think about me coming before the throne believing and trusting for his grace. God's grace is sufficient.

How am I able to be healed with such a devistating illness?

Now Faith is sure of we hope for and and certain of what we do not see. Heb 11:1

I don't go by what I see I go by what God's words says.

YOU CAN OVERCOME!

I have been thinking about all the changes that I have been through throughout my lifetime. It hasn't been easy but it has taught me to be patient and not give up. If you are facing challenges today please rest assure that life will and can get better. Continue to look on the bright side of life. Once you change the way your think that's the way your life will give. Be strong and stay encouraged.

Thought for today: When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. Buckminster Fuller

PERSEVERANCE

I get up every morning and I thank God for another day. He has blessed me each and every day to feel good in my body. I haven't had a Lupus flare since I have been diagnosed with Lupus. I don't take for granted what God has done in my life. I cook, go on walks, exercise, do physical therapy and I don't complain. God has given me the strength, endurance and perserverance to do things day by day. Every day I remember that I can do all things through Christ who gives me the strength and the ability to do things.

Prayer for the Day
Dear Heavenly Father, we bless you today. Thank you for the wonderful favor you give us when we are serving You and your causes. You have made a way many times for us when there was not a way to take care of something in the natural. I am grateful for the gifts You have given us. May we always use them to bless those that You send us to. Lord, keep us from the temptation to use money as a means of manipulation, but rather let us use our money to bless and help others with. Lord, may we also never be guilty of using the spiritual gifts you give us to manipulate others or for self gain. Forgive Your ministers that have succumbed to this and deliver them and change their hearts. Purify our hearts and motives Lord, that we might bring glory to You and never any reproach. I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

ALL IN HIS HANDS

{4} [B]ecause of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, {5} made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. {6} And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, {7} in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. {8} For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- {9} not by works, so that no one can boast.
Source: Ephesians 2:4-9 NIV

I am praising God everyday for his mercy and grace in my life. God is a healer and is beside me everyday. I love the Lord with all my heart and soul.

Leader of my Soul

My Lord leads me and guide me. He uplifts my heart and soul. There is nothing that I can do without him. I lay at his feet and let him know what's going on within me. He is always a friend to me. When I keep him in my daily life I recognize that there is nothing to hard for him that he cannot do. The Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever and ever.

HOPE

My path with Lupus has been challenging but rewarding. Walking with Lupus can sometime feel like I am walking through the valley of the shadow of death but you I don't fear what I face on a daily base. I think about each day all the blessings that God has placed upon me and how he takes care of me each day. It's a blessing to be alive and well. I would do anything to be able to stand on my own two feet and walk through the grass and the trees. My ability to walk normal has been difficult. Every step that I take I keep in mind that God is my hope and strength.

Psalm 33:18 says, "Behoold, the Lord's eye is upon those who fear Him (who revere and worship Him with awe), who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness. I wait upon the Lord each day for a miracle. I always rest in him and everythng works out.

Returning Student With Lupus

Well, I just finished the fall semester of online classes. It has been a long road but nice adventure this semester. My classes were not hard at all. At the beginning it was a little difficult but I made it. I didn't think that I would be as successful during the fall semester because of my diagnoses with Lupus(SLE) but God has given me so much strength and the ability to do it. I enjoyed the homework, classmates, and most of all, having discussions with the professor and students. I am proud of myself and I hope that the next semester will be as easy as this one.