tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359574645706637258.post6885081181387538098..comments2024-01-13T02:39:04.761-06:00Comments on The Purpose of Pain: Being Honest About AngerPurpose of Painhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02904265394324250175noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359574645706637258.post-2262797038778044782013-03-02T15:36:55.008-06:002013-03-02T15:36:55.008-06:00Hi Jamie,
Thanks for writing. I'm so sorry to...Hi Jamie,<br /><br />Thanks for writing. I'm so sorry to hear of your pain, but it is encouraging to hear that cutting gluten and sugar has helped you! It's nice to "meet" you via Tara (www.wegotreal.com) I look forward to reading your story more and I hope mine can be encouraging to you as well.Purpose of Painhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904265394324250175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359574645706637258.post-23885751320729621912013-02-28T08:05:10.954-06:002013-02-28T08:05:10.954-06:00I found your blog through Tara, who mentioned you ...I found your blog through Tara, who mentioned you in her post. I think she's mentioned you before and I have read some of your story. I have lived through chronic neck and back pain since 2008, with no hope for improvement, outside of cutting out gluten and sugar, which does help immensely. Even then, I have neck pain and can't stand for more than 5 minutes doing things like cooking, dishes, etc...it's extremely frustrating and I used to get mad about being incapable of doing things. That being said, I just quit doing stuff. My kids are old enough that they wind up doing the chores and when I do cook, I try to rest in between things and still have the pain. It's hard not to be bitter, but I have recently begun wondering if my pain isn't just part of my story. And I'm like asking God, "Isn't a broken, then restored marriage enough of a story? Are you saying you want this pain to be a part of it to?" I don't have the answers yet. But I will be praying for you. People who don't live with that kind of debilitating pain don't get it, but I get it and my heart goes out to you. I don't think I would have made it through four little toddlers if I had the neck pain combined with the back pain. Fortunately, the neck pain came later, and I'm not having to pick them up, or other things that would exacerbate the pain. So, God has worked things in such a way that the timing could be worse, and I'm thankful that it isn't!<br /><br />www.lovingwhenithurts.comJamie Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06196774663589391228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359574645706637258.post-31824909142488196302013-02-19T20:51:28.345-06:002013-02-19T20:51:28.345-06:00I want to say AMEN to all you said. I feel exactl...I want to say AMEN to all you said. I feel exactly like you. Like what else is there? Why me? Why GOD?! I am even struggling to pray. So, I started this new devotional tonight and it is on prayer. I'm going to just start with where Matthew 6 says to say the Lord's prayer. Not in vain, but because this is how Jesus taught us to pray. I pray it opens a door or sends revelation to me. Ultimately, the truth is that God DOES desire abundant life for His children (us). Let's agree in prayer that it will be so, for us, and our families. xoxA's Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393032781121692942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359574645706637258.post-87775934407521842072013-02-15T12:43:23.829-06:002013-02-15T12:43:23.829-06:00I wish I had some wisdom to offer, but I don't...I wish I had some wisdom to offer, but I don't have more to say than what you have already said. Know that I think of you and pray for you often. erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087894658713504760noreply@blogger.com