It has been five years since I experienced the first pain and fatigue symptoms of two auto-immune diseases that I was subsequently diagnosed with. The last years have been a daily struggle with pain, fatigue, steroids, medications to alleviate the steroid side effects, infusions, etc.
It appears that one of the auto-immune diseases is in remission, so I am now off the steroids, and as a result off the blood pressure meds and insulin used to combat the steroid side effects.
I was celebrating! Then, last week I came down with a UTI from a bacterium resistant to most all antibiotics except one. That one has a list of side effects two pages long! Including in the list is a low white cell count so I was warned to stay away from places where I might contract something else. (The places to avoid that hurt most are church and prayer!)
I had one of those “Really Father?” moments. While I am fussing with God, He brought back to my mind a song I heard a couple weeks ago in church.
“I’ve got joy in the morning, joy in the evening / You keep me dancing, in every season / Whatever comеs tomorrow, I’ve got joy / Yes, I’ve got joy in thе sunshine, joy in the rain / You keep me dancing, again and again / Whatever comes tomorrow, I’ve got joy.” [Joy (What the World Calls Foolish) Martin Smith]
And, of course, the joy of the LORD is my strength.
