Fibromyalgia

[heron]

Wow. powerful story. Did it take you long to find out what it was?

When I finally realized that my two-year respiratory problems might be due to mold, I spent a day ripping out our downstairs carpeting. (To my husband's surprise.) Within days, I felt better.

 

[Wildwood]

It's been a while since I joined this discussion--you've said some very interesting things while I was away.

Henry Wright in his book said what he also felt the cause of fibro is. He said the lack of male leadership in the home. He said women want to be cared for, spritually, emotionally and physically. They were made to love their husbands and let them lead there household. But he said most men have failed in that area. Causing the women to have to take that role, causing more stress, and pressure on themsleves and they are not created to be that way. God created man to take that role.

I often think of this when I'm struggling with something hard--whether it's physically hard work or emotionally stressful--that God didn't create me to deal with these things alone. My body just isn't designed for it. He meant me to have a husband to help me, but I don't live in a perfect world. What strengthens and sustains me is knowing that God is my Heavenly Father and that I can rely on Him for the physical and emotional strength I need. By trusting Him to help me do things, I think I've pushed myself physically such that I have physically gotten stronger. And, I've learned to ask him for wisdom and to find comfort in trusting Him. If I was trying to do it all alone--without relying on God--I think my body and spirit would break down.

I was recently inspired by reading about Deborah in the book of Judges--how God blessed her in a leadership role that He first offered to a man.

Thanks for posting the insightful information.

 

[heron]

"That God didn't create me to deal with these things alone."
--What a nice reminder. (I'm physically exhausted right now, too...good timing.) We're living in an era where people compete so much, it's hard to admit that we're not always capable.

Not only do we neglect the balance of the male-female partnership, but our reliance on God and other people. What a relaxing thought, that we don't have to expect everything of ourselves. Whew.