Thank you TigerClaws for reminding me that YouTube can be an excellent source for sending videos to others who are not subscribers to Tabletalk Magazine or those who do not have the Ligonier organization app downloaded to phone or tablet.
Thank you, Gamecock, for posting this tribute from Joni. She is an inspiration. I have friends from various Christian denominations that pray for the healing of my Parkinson’s Disease. I tell them that witnessing in suffering is my new vocation. :) I would rather have prayers to be patient and gracious. I haven’t reached the point of being thankful for PD but I do understand suffering’s place. RC has taught me (biblically) that all things come from God’s providential hand, that God knows what is best for me, and PD is the way He chooses to keep me close to Him. I am thankful for that.
Too much of this is hitting home for me as I struggle with this mast cell disorder and I watch my condition continue to deteriorate.
I have just realized that I am now sensitive to the last form of Vitamin A I have found to take to supplement my diet. I can’t eat anything that contains it cause of what amounts to severe food allergies to virtually all veggies and fruits. And to anyone inclined to make suggestions, I have already thought of it, whatever it is.
Believe me. I’ve investigated everything.
I am not taking my furnace of affliction as gracefully as Joni.
I heard someone make a comment about how God gives His biggest trials to those He knows are most able to handle it.
I heard that with mixed feelings.