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How I Cured Morgellons
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9/8/2019 9:31:42 AM |
Tonight, I started reading Max Lucado’s book titled “Anxious for Nothing” in preparation for a five-week study of the text at my church on Wednesday evenings. If any of you struggle with anxiety, it is a must-read. In the book, he describes the history of the hymn “It is Well with My Soul.” It was written my Horacio Spafford while he was sailing on a ship to bring his wife Anna back home after she survived a shipwreck. All four of their daughters had drowned. When I read that, I could not imagine the grief that the couple endured back in November of 1873. To have written the following hymn is a testament to Horacio’s tremendous faith in God and how he knew that God would carry him and his wife through their sorrow and pain. I thought I would share Horacio’s hymn because it touched my soul tonight. “It is Well with My Soul” Horacio Spafford When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrow like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul. My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul. It is well, with my soul, It is well, with my soul, It is well, it is well, with my soul. I have often marveled at the tremendous faith I see in so many people on the forum. When I read this hymn, I now understand how Cheryl...and Chrissie...and Anna...and Cathy (the ladies I know personally who have long-suffered) have been able to endure this illness for much lengthier periods of time than others. I don’t mean to imply, at all, that they have greater faith than anyone else, I simply want to point out that when I first came to the forum, I just could not fathom how they could maintain their faith when their journeys have been so arduous and crossed so many years. They, and so many others throughout the forum’s history, have had to turn it over to God, and He has made their ability to endure possible. I admire them for their steadfast devotion, especially in their darkest hours. And then I thought of my mother. My mother, who is now in her mid-seventies, was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease in her mid-fifties. My grandfather used to spray DDT fertilizer on his four-acre lawn every week to keep the grass green. It is no wonder that my grandmother had two separate bouts with cancer and that my mother’s ongoing exposure to DDT resulted in an illness that has completely robbed her of a normal adult life. She has suffered in ways I cannot imagine, and it has been quite difficult for her two daughters, myself and my younger sister Laurie, to watch her lose her life in stages. My mother is an only child and can be a tad bit stubborn, so for years she tried to control her situation without allowing God to help. As a result, she has suffered horribly from depression and anxiety and fear. This past year, she has made some progress on that front, and it has been a blessing. I imagine that God has worked on my mother Lynne the way he has worked in the lives of my sister and me—and the way that he has worked in the lives of all of you. I will leave you with one last quote from Max Lucado’s book. It has become my new mantra, and I hope it helps at least one of you. I plan to keep a coy of this quote on my desk at work and one at home. Celebrate God’s goodness = C Ask God for help = A Leave your concerns with him = L Meditate on good things = M CALM...CALM...CALM May the peace of God be with you, now and always. With much love and sincerity, Jamie | ||||||
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