In the Wilderness While the Storm Rages

 I just need to get this out there...Regression SUCKS!! I hate it, hate it, hate it. Right now I am trying to write this post and it is hard to even keep my head up straight. I have been sick off and on for the past month; I don't know why. This week has been very bad. Shaking, major pain in the bone behind my ears. Hard to walk. Lots of the old symptoms are back. I have felt like screaming and yesterday actually put the pillow over my head and let out a few yells.

I keep asking myself, "How can I thank God for this disease(s)?" Yes, diseases plural because this week I found out I have Celiac. Well, I actually was thankful to find this out because it was one more piece to the puzzle. So, I have been telling God that I am having a difficult time saying thank you for where I am at right now. Then, I am reminded that I am in the wilderness with a raging storm. When I am in the "wilderness" the main thing I am thankful for is to know that I am being made stronger in character. That God is moving and molding my life and that it will effect others.

There was a really amazing sermon preached a while back by Keith Simon entitled Living in the Wilderness . I can't tell you how much this sermon has helped me. Honestly, I am not going to try to explain it because you really need to hear it. Really! It doesn't matter if you are sick or healthy this sermon will impact your life at some point, in some way, and you will be able to go back to God's word and remember that he knows right where you are at and is in control.

One more thing that I want to share that has been a real comfort to me for quite a few years now, during other storms in my life is a song by Casting Crowns entitled "Praise You in this Storm." No matter what our circumstance we can praise God, because no matter how awful we feel or how desperate our situation, or how much we just want to disappear, WE ARE NOT ALONE.