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Posted on 01/31/2012 10:16:14 PM PST by JustAmy
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In his first inaugural speech in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the newly elected president of the US, addressed a nation that was still reeling from the Great Depression. Hoping to ignite a more optimistic outlook regarding that economic crisis, he declared, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!”
Fear often shows up in our lives when we are at risk of losing something—our wealth, health, reputation, position, safety, family, friends. It reveals our innate desire to protect the things in life that are important to us, rather than fully entrusting them to God’s care and control. When fear takes over, it cripples us emotionally and saps us spiritually. We’re afraid to tell others about Christ, to extend our lives and resources for the benefit of others, or to venture into new territory. A fearful spirit is more vulnerable to the enemy, who tempts us to compromise biblical convictions and to take matters into our own hands.
The remedy for fear, of course, is trust in our Creator. Only when we trust the reality of God’s presence, power, protection, and provision for our lives can we share the joy of the psalmist, who said, “I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears” (Ps. 34:4).
Easy to say ... hard to do. We get lazy and careless or I do. Forgive me LORD, YOUR WORDS are precious, and meant for the reader/believer, thank thee, Father, thou are so good. In Jesus name, amen. *********************************************************** King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Hebrew 4:12 ____________________________________________________________
LOVELY!
Thank you, yorkie !!! for posting this poem. Are you posting yourself?
How wonderful to see your name as poster.
Thank thee LORD, for Yorkie’s healing process and her return to posting.
Another lovely poem. Did you compose it?
It is short and beautiful!
Thank you, for posting it.
Thank you Rus, for this Daily Bread today. The above scripture was for me today. I have been very worried about the pain I've endured for about 2 months. The pain pills I take for my hip didn't touch the pain in my back. I am having tests done now to locate the problem and I have learned some of it today, which will be included in my next post to my friends here, including you.
Some of you know about the terrible pain I’ve had in my back in between my shoulder blades. I’ve endured this awful pain for about 2 months. The pain pills that I take for my hip (sciatic nerve thing) did not ease the pain in my back even a speck. On Thursday I decided I couldn’t take it anymore and called my doctor. They set me up for the next morning at 11:00. The doctor felt up and down the spine area and of course didn’t know what it could be but he sort of guessed that one disc had fallen onto another disc. This was just a guess he told me.
He sent me that day for x-rays. I have been so anxious over the weekend and Radiology called this morning and said my doctor wanted me to have a bone scan tomorrow. They called back in about 30 minutes and changed the appt. until next Monday but couldn’t answer any questions that I had.
The doctor’s office just now called and told me it looked like a compression fracture in my back. I was nervous and didn’t ask any questions and decided to call back and ask what in the world that meant. The assistant told me it is where one disc had fallen onto the next disc. They are not positive but that is what the doctor had just guessed at on Friday. The assistant did tell me it was one of the most painful things you could have and probably was why the pain pills didn’t kill the pain.
You guys will never know how bad I have hurt. Any movement makes it hurt. When I sit on the couch very still it doesn’t hurt and when I sleep during the night it doesn’t hurt but the minute my feet hit the floor and I start moving around, the pain starts.
I have stayed away from the computer a lot because of the pain. Just thought I would tell you why you haven’t seen me much. My doctor said on Friday if that was the problem that it might can be fixed with a needle of some kind. He didn’t explain it further and I think he was trying to tell me that I may not have to have surgery. Of course, that will depend on the rest of the tests I will have done.
See you all when I can! Thanks for listening.
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We’ll all be praying for you, jaycee. I think a lot of us can relate to spine pain no matter it’s location.
We’ll be praying for your test results and the follow-up treatment that you will get complete relief from the pain. Personally, I’ve undergone four lumbar surgeries over the last 20+ years. Hope the epidural will bring relief for you if that’s the route the take.
Wow Jaycee, I’m so sorry to hear this news. There is nothing like back pain, well except eye pain. But looks like good news on horizon, getting a proper diagnosis is the first step, once you know what causes the pain it can be focused on and hopefully soon for you you will get some relief. Prayers for you my FRiend!
Prayers for you to have relief from this excruciating pain. We love seeing you, but please pace yourself and don’t overdo!
Jaycee, I can, I have C3-7 that are bone on bone, The 3 T’s that are in the bra area...the first one burns constantly, the middle I popped in my 30’s pushing a school door open, and it sends shafts of pain to my right rib cage, hasn’t changed in 33 years, the one below burns now too.
Then you have the L 3-5 that are bulged and pressing on nerves, and I tore the right rotator cuff year ago last Oct, to small to fix, very painful none the less. And the tear keeps getting bigger. Trying to do the PT popped the L-2 and that sent severe pain down my spine.
So I know the pain you are in all to well. Even 10 mgs of lore tabs don’t bring it down to half...Best medicine I found for the pain was a stiff shot of Scotch and Water, get’s you 4 hrs of sleep at least. I’m not much of a drinker, and 1 is all I can do or I get drunk.
Don’t ask about the TORTURE I went through with the 3 day inner ear perfusion last month. VERSED is a NASTY NON WORKING DRUG that is supposed to erase your memory. BULL S.
Am having a prolapsed bladder repaired on the 28th and then start with the Neurosurgeon for the Lumbar after that heals.
I am so sorry, my dear FRiend!
Prayers headed your way!
(((HUGS)))
Thanks so much, Conor. Its been bad for sure and when pain pills don’t help, you don’t know what to do but try to find help. My doctor did tell me to take a higher miligram which he called into my pharmacy. I am using up what I have on hand now with 1 and a half pills.
I don’t think they are speaking of the epidurals for this. I did have epidurals once a month for 3 months year before last for my hip and I hate to report, they didn’t help the hip. I know they do help a lot of people with other things. Before the epidurals I went to physical therapy for about 6 weeks for my hip problem and when that didn’t help, I tried the epidurals. I wound up on pain pills which I don’t like to take but we must do whatever makes our lives a little better.
I believe there is some type of substance they can inject to make sort of a cushion between the discs. When I find out more about this I will let everyone know. Its all Greek to me but I will learn as I go.
All prayers I am grateful for indeed!
Thank you, Dave. All prayers will be appreciated. One good thing about Amy’s Place is that we all gather around to pray for each other whatever the needs are. We have a great bunch here and I’m glad to have a place like this to share things with kind folks.
I know you have had a lot of back problems as I remember. I’ve always wondered about your leg giving away with you and you would fall. By the way, how did that get, Dave? That was so dangerous.
I told Conor just now that I don’t think they are speaking of epidurals. I believe its a substance of some kind that they can inject to cushion those discs. I’m not positive but I will find out down the road I guess. My daughter in law said she saw something similar on that Dr. Oz show (I believe its Dr. Oz,) and she said now she wished she could remember more about it. She did say that this thing I have was what caused trouble for many people’s back pain.
Thanks again and we’re praying for you in your upcoming surgery!
Thank you so much, Rus. I had the eye problem before the back pain so I’m a walking encyclopedia on those problems...LOL! But I have a lot to learn about this back thing.
Appreciate all prayers from my Amy’s Place friends. What a great place we have here to share our problems with and know we can pray for one another!
When I find out what this thing is that they can inject, I will share with everyone. They have come a long way these days to help people with extreme pain.
Thanks again, Mr. Mayor, and you know how much I appreciate ODB every day. Today’s message fit me perfectly as I have been fearful.
I called one of my friends today to see if she knew anyone. She needs some help too and she got this girl and she worked cheap but she only had her once and the girl called on a Sunday and asked if she could do her work that day because she was in Bristol to do another lady's house. My friend told her no, she didn't want her work done on Sunday. She later called her back and told her (nicely) that she was going to find someone else. It seems people you hire want to make up their own rules as they go.
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