RA Life Begins!
So... I have been a busy little bee! I have started crafting my door tags (name tags for the doors of each gal on my floor), and creating a Facebook page to post important information!
I also created a welcome video for the new girls! I will link it below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mAGNfCVE0A
Life right now is about savoring the last week (I have exactly seven days left!) with my family before I hop onto a plane again! My California life is going back into storage bins in the attic to wait for Christmas time!
I also wanted to briefly share a testimony. The past few weeks have been difficult. I have been dealing with some awful health issues- abdominal pains, nausea, dizzy spells... not fun at all! I had gone to the doctor to do some blood tests and everything came back normal, but I still was not feeling well. Meanwhile, my doctor has prescribed a gluten-free diet and an over the counter medicine.
Now, you have to understand health is super important to me. I try to eat well, exercise, drink water, avoid becoming overly stressed- all of those things that we are told to do to be "healthy." So having abdominal pains after I ate every time where I felt like I was about to explode and sometimes having to bend over because it hurt so bad- that was shocking to me. Why? How could this happen if I was doing everything "right"? After the third week of intense, increasing pain and seemingly no progress, I began to feel really scared. Scared that the hospital staff could not tell me what was wrong and feeling helplessly out of control of my body. I started to pray and commission some of my prayer warriors at church.
Once again, I was in a place of free-fall. Little to no control. And that is where I had to decide to speak truth and scripture over my body and mind. Freaking out sure wasn't doing me an ounce of good here, I can tell you that much! The next few days, I was teeter-totting between being gripped by fear, and speaking out healing over myself in faith. Faith in God started to give me more strength.
Three days later, I started to feel better. I felt good for 50% of the day, as opposed to 10-20% of the day! The next day, I actually felt 100% better. I have been feeling 100% better since then! It could be prayers, the dietary change, or both, but I am sure grateful that I am feeling SO MUCH better!
As I embark on my RA journey, I am reminded that I am just as much in the hands of God as each of the gals I have been praying for. He is Sovereign, and in control of every detail that matters to me and to Him. So, in a way, I am grateful for this scare. As much as I would LOVE to know what happened in my body, I do know that God takes care of us, in His way.
More important than our highs and lows, our striving, and even our health is our relationship with God Almighty. It is toughest to come to terms with that, in scary situations, I think. But when we remember that, it gives us strength and peace and a good, solid ground (everything else is sinking sand!).
Cheers and love and good health to you all!
Blessings,
Melly XOXO
I also created a welcome video for the new girls! I will link it below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mAGNfCVE0A
Life right now is about savoring the last week (I have exactly seven days left!) with my family before I hop onto a plane again! My California life is going back into storage bins in the attic to wait for Christmas time!
I also wanted to briefly share a testimony. The past few weeks have been difficult. I have been dealing with some awful health issues- abdominal pains, nausea, dizzy spells... not fun at all! I had gone to the doctor to do some blood tests and everything came back normal, but I still was not feeling well. Meanwhile, my doctor has prescribed a gluten-free diet and an over the counter medicine.
Now, you have to understand health is super important to me. I try to eat well, exercise, drink water, avoid becoming overly stressed- all of those things that we are told to do to be "healthy." So having abdominal pains after I ate every time where I felt like I was about to explode and sometimes having to bend over because it hurt so bad- that was shocking to me. Why? How could this happen if I was doing everything "right"? After the third week of intense, increasing pain and seemingly no progress, I began to feel really scared. Scared that the hospital staff could not tell me what was wrong and feeling helplessly out of control of my body. I started to pray and commission some of my prayer warriors at church.
Once again, I was in a place of free-fall. Little to no control. And that is where I had to decide to speak truth and scripture over my body and mind. Freaking out sure wasn't doing me an ounce of good here, I can tell you that much! The next few days, I was teeter-totting between being gripped by fear, and speaking out healing over myself in faith. Faith in God started to give me more strength.
Three days later, I started to feel better. I felt good for 50% of the day, as opposed to 10-20% of the day! The next day, I actually felt 100% better. I have been feeling 100% better since then! It could be prayers, the dietary change, or both, but I am sure grateful that I am feeling SO MUCH better!
As I embark on my RA journey, I am reminded that I am just as much in the hands of God as each of the gals I have been praying for. He is Sovereign, and in control of every detail that matters to me and to Him. So, in a way, I am grateful for this scare. As much as I would LOVE to know what happened in my body, I do know that God takes care of us, in His way.
More important than our highs and lows, our striving, and even our health is our relationship with God Almighty. It is toughest to come to terms with that, in scary situations, I think. But when we remember that, it gives us strength and peace and a good, solid ground (everything else is sinking sand!).
Cheers and love and good health to you all!
Blessings,
Melly XOXO
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