This is not for a pity party or for anyone who reads this to feel sorry for me in anyway, however it is to get some stuff off my chest that I have been dealing with. I have thought many times how to live a life with meaning even while dealing with having a chronic illness. Being diagnosed with about seven different illnesses since the age of 15 doesn't make it any easier either. The best way to describe how to live a life with meaning no matter whether you have a chronic illness or not is having Jesus Christ as your heavenly father. He always brings peace to you in the midst of the storm and no matter the circumstances you may face. Having a chronic illness, however, can many times put questions in your mind like Why me, God? or Why now? or Why at this age? or Could I have done anything differently to keep from getting this? or What did I do to deserve this? and all of these are logical questions and should be expected to be asked by anyone living with a chronic illness or any illness for that matter.
Just to give you a little bit of history...I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease on December 13, 2007 after about six months of being sick and not knowing what was going on and many doctors visits. Now after almost two years of dealing with this they still haven't been able to find a medicine that takes all of the symptoms away, which anyone that has been through a situation like this can tell you it gets very frustrating after a while. However God is and has been still there and He is and certainly has still been faithful. For those of you who are reading this and don't know much about Crohn's disease in short it is an Inflammatory Bowel Disease characterized mainly by abdominal pain and diarrhea, but normally has many other symptoms and you can read more about it at ccfa.org. Not realizing it at the time, but God was going to use this not to break me, but to make me into what He had in His plan for me to be which I now know is a hospital chaplain and without going through this and God helping me to develop the desire to help others who are facing similar trials and tests I still would not know that. So thank God for the trial even in the midst of it.
No matter the circumstance you are facing just know that God is more than able to help you and get you through this time...No circumstance is to big for my God.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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