LIVING WITH IT!

LIVING WITH IT!


Whether it be a bad back-
A bad intestine like me-
Or whatever


We all hate that DREADFUL
Diagnostic line=”well-
You are just
Going to have to LIVE
WITH IT”


It is never fun to
Live in CHRONIC PAIN=
But we can still
FIND JOY=
We can still find
ACCEPTANCE=and keep on
PRAISING THE LORD!


“Sing JOYFULLY to the Lord
All you lands-
Break into song-
SING PRAISE” Psalm 98:4


The reality of ACCEPTING
Our limitations=accepting our
CHRONIC pain=is not easy


Some wounds and HURTS in this
Life=cannot be healed=
They just
Must be ENDURED


But we can ENDURE ALL
In the Lord=and we can
KEEP on moving forward
IN the Lord


“We have ENDURED
No end of ridicule
From the arrogant


Of contempt
From the proud” Psalm 123:4


“The wicked desire
The stronghold of evildoers


But the root
Of the righteous ENDURES” Proverbs 12:12


“But the word of the Lord
ENDURES forever


And this is the word
That was preached to you” 1 Peter 1:25


It is one thing
To endure and LIVE with
Chronic pain


But it is quite another
To keep enduring-
To keep on getting up
And living with JOY and
IN FAITH=and
Keep on PRAISING GOD
Despite your ailments


“Shout for JOY
To the Lord
All the earth


Worship the Lord
With gladness
Come before him
With JOYFUL SONGS” Psalm 100:1-2


Somehow=I have KNOWN
Some amazing people
In my life


People who did not just
PUT UP with their chronic pain


But people that found the STRENGTH
To dig deep=
Still RISE in the morning
And keep on GIVING PRAISE
To the Lord-
ALL DAY LONG


“In that day
You will say=
'I will PRAISE you Lord
Although you were
Angry with me


Your anger has turned away
And you have comforted me'” Isaiah 12:1


“Accept one another-
THEN=just as Christ
Accepted you


In order to bring
PRAISE to God” Romans 15:7


And that is our CHALLENGE
My friends


NOT to just live
With our chronic pain
But to continue to PRAISE GOD
In our FAITH


In the midst
Of our pain


Dear Lord=I/we=
PRAISE YOU today=and
Give JOYFUL THANKS=for our LIVES


In Jesus name=and in the name of OUR ALL LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-28-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn