Praying For A Reluctant ###

There is nothing like being a part of a family yet always remaining apart. A young mother in our family had to have her leg amputated. She is depressed and cannot seem to overcome her sadness and the unfairness of it. She has three children and is in physical rehabilitation and has complications from mersa sores that are slow in healing. I send her very brief messages (2) so far. One has gone unanswered. This is a case of estranged family. Estranged because there is some kind of rift between my husband and his daughter. They had been at least texting each other before she lost her leg as a complication of her diabetes, which she told no one that she had this disease. It very likely was untreated, period.

While there is unfairness in this, there was responsibility that was never met on the part of the diabetic person. And now she is in pain because she ignored her condition out of denial and/or shame. There is a lot of pain in this family that I see that God needs to somehow heal. If anyone could heal this young woman and help her get through her physical rehabilitation and learning how to wear an artificial limb and learn how to walk again. I know He hears, I know he sees this young woman each day in her physical pain and frustration. She is away from her children which is so difficult for her; she has never been away from them ever.

I would ask that anyone reading this blog entry, to please pray a brief prayer for this young mother and her family.

Thank you for your prayers.

 

[russeu]

Dear Heavenly Father,

I come to you with thanksgiving. Thank you for the body you have given me. For a while I have been focusing on what is wrong with it, but today I am making the choice to focus on what a wonderful gift it is. Lord, my body has been broken down and attacked with Diabetes. I know that my family history, unbalanced diet or lack of exercise might be part of the problem. Lord, I take responsibility for the body that you have given to me. I am asking for the wisdom that I need to be a good steward of it. I no longer am going to allow this disease to steal my joy, hamper my ability to do my part in taking care of it, or cause me to be depressed any longer. Lord, can you help me to keep my focus on living a long and healthy life? Give me the courage to stick out and obey the instructions and diet that has been given to me by my doctor. Help me to make the changes I need to make. Help me to pay attention to the people I see that have not taken care of their condition. Please use these powerful living (or dead) examples to motivate me to treat the body you have given me with care, honor and respect. I realize that food cannot be my source of comfort. You should be. Help me to rely on you to get me through the dark times. Show me the verses I need to stand on so I can be strong. Lord, give me the tenacity that I need to keep making the wisest choices for my family, and me starting today. Lord, protect me when I am having a low-blood sugar attack. Please give me favor every time that I do. Help me to remember to carry my glucose tests and tabs. Help me to be wise about the times that I drive, and about planning ahead and around my diabetes routine. Help me to keep this condition under healthy control. Provide powerful angel protection if I get in a position when I may need them. I reserve those angels in advance! Lord, I know I need to stay active. Give me the wisdom I need to do something active every day and to keep my weight at the level that my doctor recommends. This condition is so time consuming and inconvenient. Please protect my attitude as I deal with extreme fatigue, irritability, hunger issues, weight issues, frequent urination and thirst problems. Please bless any wounds that I have to heal quickly and properly and to increase my circulation in my hands and feet. Heal the rashes and skin irritations right now in Jesus’ name. Lord, correct my insulin imbalance. In the name of Jesus, I cast out any spirit of heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, blood vessel disease, amputation, nerve damage and impotence. I will live a long and healthy life if God chooses to heal me of diabetes or not. Thank you Lord for the body you have given me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

[sheepsbrooke]

Thank you for posting this. -- A Fellow Diabetic