MS Talk through the eyes of a believer!

Out of curiosity, what is a MS flare-up like in your world?   Have you ever had one? My first one was, well, there I go using that word again.   It was scary.   I awoke & could not talk, walk. I still had my mind.   However; no signals were getting to the brain.   I could see & hear what was going on around me, but I couldn’t respond. I don’t know why, but my husband took me to the bathroom & sat me on the toilet.   I fell; I couldn’t even sit up by myself.   It was by God’s Grace that I wasn’t hurt. “ You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus” 2nd Timothy 2:1 I couldn’t walk, talk or think but God allowed the first thing on my mind to be, oh Lord.   I thought, oh Lord, do I have to spend the rest of my life like this?   I remember thinking, my God is bigger than this.   MS that is. I also remember thinking about John 10:10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and tha

This is a ministering moment.   A moment of encouragement.   I do a lot of that.   Whatever works for you; I suggest that you use it because MS can & will walk all over you.   I was sitting here mediating on the Word of God.   Not questioning Him, but wondering why me; MS & Tysabri invading my space.   I’m not questioning God because I know none of this could happen without going through God’s hands first.   If He allowed this to happen then He must have a plan cause I don’t have a clue. Outside of that, I could hear God say, you have to go through the fire but you won’t get burnt.   He said I won’t pull you out of the fire but I will get into it with you. Read your bible @ Daniel 3 about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.   God said, Ruth, I’ll be with you always. Matthew 28:20 “ teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. I read a devotional & it went something like this, “when

I read several good articles about how certain things effect those diagnosed with MS.  One of them was so funny and made me think that the person who  wrote it must know me.  LOL........................ One article spoke about social situations and how MS patients can/do perceive things wrong.  Someone can say something without malicious intentions & because of how the brain processes information a person with MS can perceive the person to be angry. Read more @ Healthline.com The reason it was funny cause when I'm talking to my husband, I sometime  say, I'm not going to argue with you and he'll say, Ruth, we are not arguing, we are just talking.  Sometimes it sounds like he is yelling at me.  After reading this article somethings make more sense. I also read how it is important to have good people in your life when battling a chronic disease.  Reading the article was good, but self experience has taught me this.  Read more @   MS News Today.com   As I was r

One of the hardest things about being diagnosed with MS is learning to live with it.   Honestly, I don’t think I have learned.   I did learn that one of the first things that you must master is managing.   That is learn to manage time, energy, memory, limitations, space.   I probably forgot somethings but what I’m saying is, you start to look at people, places, and things differently. What use to be important now all of a sudden it is what it is. In other words, you start to put things in its perspective place. I can’t tell you what perspective is for you because when it comes to MS, it deals with each of us differently. I like to call it a personal disease. I was going to write some other things but as I sit here thinking about MS, I can hear God saying Ruth be thankful in all things.   “ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. ”   1 st Thessalonians 5:18 However; through it all, I don’t complain about the situation because I have

It is time to get in motion.   I start an exercise program in a couple of days.   To improve my balance & strength, the doctor suggested that I attend PT.   I have decided to attend the Yes U Can program. ( Read more @ yesucanusa.org )   The program is designed to offer fitness support to adults with limited mobility.   Personally I think it’s great for those battling MS and there is no fee for this program. An update will come later after I attend a couple of sessions and get into the swing of things. There are certain things that God created just for me to do.   No one look like me, no one has the same finger print as I because God created it just for me.   In other words, I’m different, unique. “Indeed , the very hairs of your head are all numbered”.   Luke 12:7.   The bible clearly states that God has a plan for my life.   “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord , “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. Jeremiah 29:

I was talking to my niece today & she asked me, what did I have plan for today?   I had to explain to her that with being diagnosed with MS, my days are based on how I feel. If I don’t feel it, I don’t do it.   The only thing that I do even when I don’t feel up to it is, get the Tysabri treatment.   (Read more @ Tysabrihcp.com ) .   This medication does not change the way I feel.   It does what it is designed to do and that is slow down the progression of the disease.   Once I understood that, I could deal with getting it better. On most days I feel fatigue, pain, pens & needles feeling in my feet.   The pain is never in the same place.   It could be in hands, feet, legs, back, head, eyes, face or whatever MS decides to do on that day.   I like to use the terms that MS is sneaky and unpredictable.   I never know what I’m dealing with. In not knowing what I’m dealing with concerning this disease; however I do know who knows all about it.   Nothing can happen to me with

I’m a woman with a purpose! I have a function in the body of Christ. I’m constantly pressing my way because I know that God will not let anything destroy my destiny. My balance is off. I might cannot stand too long or maybe walk with a limp, but God said His grace is sufficient.   But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” 2 nd Corinthians 12:9 This is how I get out of the funk that MS will and can put you in daily,   I get out by encouraging myself with the Word of God.   I was speaking with my husband today and after 2 ½ years, I admitted that I was scared.   Well, I don’t like using the word scared.   God did not create me to fear.   “ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 nd Timothy 1:7 I’ll just say I’m concerned.   Concerned about the effects of using Tysab

I write as God gives it to me.   To the naked eye there is no rhyme or reason to it all.   Look with your spiritual eye.   My plan is to write about MS, experiencing it personally along with some of the daily challenges.   I guess that will come into play occasionally but today; He gave me this: I was listening to a pastor this morning and he said something very powerful.   He said in Ephesians 4:30 where God says, “ Do Not Grieve the Spirit ”.   We always refer that to something super natural, but when we miss treat our family, we are grieving the Holy Spirit.   We are grieving Him when we don’t speak to one another because the power of unity in the Holy Spirit cannot/will not flow unless we get rid of all the hypocrisy.   “ He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me ” Mark 7:6-7 Our relationship with each other says a lot ab

To bring you up where I am, I was diagnosed with MS in 2015.   I must say that there is a link between MS & depression.   Needless to say I was feeling some kind of way, but I’m so glad that I know Jesus.   I had to remind myself that God promises to keep me in perfect peace if I keep my mind stayed on Him.   “ You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.”   Isaiah 26:3.   With that being said, God brought to my mind several scriptures:   Psalm 125:1 “   Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.”   Isaiah 40:31   “   but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;    they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.   He also said, “ But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord , whose confidence is in him.”   Jeremiah 17:7.   Something rose up inside of me when I read, “The lions may grow weak and hungr