The worst thing about fibromyaliga is not the pain, the debilitating fatigue or the inability to concentrate for very long. All of those things are unpleasant and negatively affect quality of life, but the worst thing, or so it seems to me right now, is just how dull life with fibro often is.
“I’ve always been a little homemaker. I know I’m talented, but I wasn’t put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mum and to look after my family. I love what I do, but it’s not where it begins and ends.”
“The mind of Christ rules other minds. Created minds - whether rebellious or submissive - are subject to the Creating Mind of Christ.”
“The Icelanders talk about their mountains the way Italians talk about football teams. They all support their own mountain. And people argue passionately which is more beautiful and remarkable.”
“On the contrary, I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use, and that He found me.”
“From my inmost soul I delight in the knowledge that God does or permits all things, and causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him. He and He only knew what my dear wife was to me. He knew how the light of my eyes and the joy of my heart were in her… But He saw that it was good to take her - good indeed for her, and in His love he took her painlessly - and not less good for me who now must toil and suffer alone, yet not alone, for God is nearer to me than ever.”
“It doesn’t matter, really, how great the pressure is, it only matters where the pressure lies. See that it never comes between you and the Lord - then, the greater the pressure, the more it presses you to His breast.”
“We may have more wealth in these days, better education, greater comfort in travelling and in our surroundings even as missionaries, but have we the spirit of urgency, the deep, inward convictions that moved those who went before us; have we the same passion of love, personal love for the Lord Jesus Christ? If these are lacking, it is a loss for which nothing can compensate.”
“I am taking my children with me and I notice that it is not difficult to remember that they need breakfast in the morning, dinner at midday and supper at night. Indeed, I could not forge them if I tried. And I find it impossible to think that our heavenly Father is less tender and mindful of his children than I, a poor earthly father, am of mine. No, He will not forget us!”
Sometimes I feel like the last 7 years have been spent in limbo, waiting for God to break in. I thought that, perhaps, he had done earlier this year, but very little has actually changed. I’m still waiting, hoping and expecting.
