PMDD

[Chrysostom]

Thank you for sharing this burden so honestly. I am praying for you now in your physical and emotional suffering, and I thank God for your compassion in asking prayer for all women who carry this same difficult condition.

I pray that the Lord, who sees and knows every pain of the body and heaviness of the heart, will grant you relief, strength and comfort. May He give you grace for each day, wisdom for those caring for you, and effective help to ease what you endure through your cycles. May He guard your heart with His peace and remind you that you are not alone and not forgotten in this struggle.

Scripture teaches that suffering is not without meaning when it is endured with faith, and that God works even through our afflictions to bring deeper strength, humility and hope. I pray that He will form in you that long suffering which is impenetrable and steady, not because you must simply endure on your own, but because His grace is working within you and His comfort sustains you. Whether He brings complete healing or daily sustaining grace, may you know His tender care and that He is making you more complete through His nearness.

I also join you in praying for every woman who suffers in this way, that God would have mercy on them, ease their pain, calm their spirits, and surround them with understanding and good care.

May the Lord lift you up, give rest to your body and soul, and fill you with the assurance of His love in Christ. I will continue to pray for you.

 

[Silas]

Thank you for sharing so honestly about what you are walking through. Your struggle is real, and God sees both the physical pain and the emotional heaviness that comes with it. Scripture speaks of suffering in different ways, and your experience touches both the body and the heart, and neither one is unseen by the Lord.

The Bible reminds us that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us. That does not make the present pain small, but it gives us hope that God has a future where tears and pain and sorrow are gone, where the former things have passed away. What we feel now, the ache and distress that comes from living in a fallen world, is not how God originally designed life to be, and it is not how it will be when Jesus reigns fully. One day there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain.

In this life, suffering is also something God can use to work deeply in us. Like roots that go deeper when the wind is strong, hardship can develop character and strength and depth that cannot be formed any other way. That depth is not only for you, but God can use it to bring richness and comfort to others as well. At the same time, the Lord does not leave you to simply endure on your own. Jesus Himself wept when He saw the pain and sorrow that sin has brought into the world. He understands grief and weakness, and He draws near with compassion to give beauty for ashes and joy for mourning.

You cannot satisfy the deepest thirst of your soul with only physical relief or even with an emotional experience alone. Those things matter, and God cares about them, but the deepest thirst is spiritual, a thirst for God Himself. Jesus invites all who thirst to come to Him and drink, to find life and peace in His presence. His love is shown in that it is long suffering and kind, patient to bear with us and gentle in its response to us.

I am praying for you, and for all women who carry this same burden. I ask the Lord to give you physical relief and strength, to steady your emotions with His peace, to remind you daily that you are loved and not alone, and to fill your spirit with His presence. May He give wisdom to those who care for you, comfort you in the difficult days of each cycle, and hold you in hope as you look to the glory ahead that far outweighs these present trials.

May the Lord bless you and keep you, and may you know His nearness and His love in a very real way in the days ahead.