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Each Day Already is a Challenge

A Texas Sunrise

Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

A friend, William Taylor, took this picture. He visits Surfside Beach with his dogs almost every morning, watching the sun rise while the dogs prance about at the water's edge.

This is only about ten miles from where I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas. Sadly, I only visited this beach about four times in the six years I lived nearby.

Each day is a challenge. A challenge to get by without thinking about the fibromyalgia pains. A challenge to stay awake when chronic fatigure wants to take over. And a challenge to navigate through fibro fog.

I haven't been writing as much as in the past. For years, I wrote at least 500 words a day. Now, I'm lucky if I write 500 words in month. Sigh.

For more information about what my day (or life) is all about with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic pains, IBS, depression and everything else thrown in, check this out:

It's a New Day

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My pain and welcome to it.
#1028189 by Kenzie

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tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 1:12am
In response to "I had to laugh "

Once you see it, I am sure it is hard to "unsee" it. LOL. I looked up the title but did not see it listed online. You don't see many bloopers like that around here, but I am sure they are out there.

tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 1:06am
In response to "Have we forgotten?"

I researched the falling man and looked at victim and family stories. I am sure there were some kind of city remembrance events. I did my own, allowing myself to watch the terrifying videos, and reports, and documentaries the entire day to remember. There already is a generation who don't remember anything unless they learned something in school or from their own family about the attacks of 9/11.

tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 1:03am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Great news! Lots of

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Kenzie

Sep 26, 2024 at 2:58am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Thanks!

Sumojo

Sep 26, 2024 at 2:40am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Great news, Kenzie. 🤗

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Kenzie

Sep 4, 2024 at 12:22am
In response to "I had to laugh "

That's pretty funny, Mike.

Merry_Mikey

Sep 3, 2024 at 11:13pm
In response to "I had to laugh "

On a somewhat related note, I saw a YouTube Sports Short day before yesterday. It was part of a collection of "NFL Best Somethings [catches, runs, interceptions, etc.]". Somebody went to all the trouble of selecting and collating the video clips, ranking them however they thought best, and then captioning them so viewers would know who did what to whom. Except... In this particular video, players in two separate clips were given credit for doing whatever it was they did - against their own team.

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Kenzie

Sep 3, 2024 at 8:04am
In response to "I had to laugh "

But we do expect the media to do better.

Sumojo

Sep 3, 2024 at 7:24am
In response to "I had to laugh "

That’s the English language for you, Kenzie

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Kenzie

Aug 6, 2024 at 1:55pm
In response to "Keep us in your prayers "

Thank you so much for your prayers.

August 29, 2007 at 6:41pm

#531473

Sufficient Grace

I struggle with how to respond to well meaning Christian friends who say, "If you just prayed harder..." or "If you just believed more...". They seem to think that my chronic pain is my own fault, that if I prayed harder God would take away my pain away.

When I'm having a bad day, comments like this really get to me. I begin to wonder if these well meaning folks might just be right.

Then I remember that Jesus asked that to take the cup from him.

Mark 14:35-36 NIV
Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

And I remember that Paul asked three times that his affliction be taken away.

2 Corinthians 12:7-9 NIV
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

Although I cannot really rejoice and be glad FOR my trials, I can learn to be thankful IN them.

James 1:2-4 NIV
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

I think I am able to do that. I think I am able be joyful in spite of my pains and ailments. That was proven at the hearing before a judge last month about my Social Security disability claim. The judge commented, "All of your doctors have noted that in spite of your pain, you appear to be happy."

I am happy. Even today when the pain is so great that even my skin and my scalp hurt and the thought of anyone or anything touching me makes me cringe.

When the thought of human touch makes me back away because the pain is so great, God chooses at that moment to wrap His arms around me and give me a heavenly hug. And I can go on. I can perservere. After all, "I can do everything through him who gives me strength." (Philippians 4:13)

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