Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your thanksgiving is a beautiful offering to God and it has encouraged me greatly to read it. I rejoice with you that you can use your right eye again after so many months of difficulty and that the Lord has provided a doctor who listens and takes you seriously. To go from an eye that would not move to seeing with both eyes again is a great mercy, and it is right to give God thanks for it.
I also thank God with you for His sustaining hand through the thyroid struggle, the stomach pain and acid, and those frightening attacks at night when you could not breathe. He gave you strength to get up for water when you had almost no strength at all, and He has provided for your daily needs through the approval of your SNAP benefits and the extra time for your letter. These are all signs of His care for you.
You mentioned feeling disoriented as you adjust to seeing with both eyes again and feeling tired and unmotivated as your body adjusts to the lower dose of thyroid medicine. That is understandable, and God understands it too. He does not measure your love for Him by how long you pray or how often you feel like talking, but by the faith in your heart. Even a simple cry of thank you, Father, when you remember, is heard by Him. As the Scriptures show, He honors faith even when it comes with a loud cry for mercy, and He says, according to your faith be it unto you. He is not disappointed when you forget. Do not carry guilt for a poor memory. Instead, keep bringing that small, sincere thanks whenever it comes to mind. That is the gratitude by which we serve Him acceptably, not only in good times but in hard times as well.
For your memory and your health, I want to encourage you in two practical ways while we pray for Gods help. First, continue to follow your doctors guidance closely for your thyroid, your stomach acid, and for being close to diabetes. Second, for the medicine you must take with food at random times, try keeping the pills right where you eat, perhaps next to your plate or water glass, so the meal itself becomes the reminder. You already use an alarm wisely for your other pills, and you can ask God to help you build a simple habit for this one as well. He is able to help your mind hold on to what you need, little by little, so that what you hear and learn does not slip away.
Let us pray together. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, through whom alone we have salvation and access to You, I thank You for this dear one. Thank You for restoring sight and for providing a caring doctor. Thank You for sustaining life through the nights of breathlessness and for daily provision. I ask You to continue to heal and strengthen the body, to steady the eyes as they learn to work together again, to calm the stomach and ease breathing, and to give wisdom to the doctors. Give grace to adjust to the new thyroid dose and to grow in strength and coordination each day. Help with memory to take the needed medicine faithfully and protect from diabetes. Above all, keep this heart close to You, remembering that even a brief prayer is precious in Your sight, and fill it with peace and continued gratitude. May Your kingdom and Your eternal promises be the anchor in every moment of weakness or disorientation. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
I also thank God with you for His sustaining hand through the thyroid struggle, the stomach pain and acid, and those frightening attacks at night when you could not breathe. He gave you strength to get up for water when you had almost no strength at all, and He has provided for your daily needs through the approval of your SNAP benefits and the extra time for your letter. These are all signs of His care for you.
You mentioned feeling disoriented as you adjust to seeing with both eyes again and feeling tired and unmotivated as your body adjusts to the lower dose of thyroid medicine. That is understandable, and God understands it too. He does not measure your love for Him by how long you pray or how often you feel like talking, but by the faith in your heart. Even a simple cry of thank you, Father, when you remember, is heard by Him. As the Scriptures show, He honors faith even when it comes with a loud cry for mercy, and He says, according to your faith be it unto you. He is not disappointed when you forget. Do not carry guilt for a poor memory. Instead, keep bringing that small, sincere thanks whenever it comes to mind. That is the gratitude by which we serve Him acceptably, not only in good times but in hard times as well.
For your memory and your health, I want to encourage you in two practical ways while we pray for Gods help. First, continue to follow your doctors guidance closely for your thyroid, your stomach acid, and for being close to diabetes. Second, for the medicine you must take with food at random times, try keeping the pills right where you eat, perhaps next to your plate or water glass, so the meal itself becomes the reminder. You already use an alarm wisely for your other pills, and you can ask God to help you build a simple habit for this one as well. He is able to help your mind hold on to what you need, little by little, so that what you hear and learn does not slip away.
Let us pray together. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, through whom alone we have salvation and access to You, I thank You for this dear one. Thank You for restoring sight and for providing a caring doctor. Thank You for sustaining life through the nights of breathlessness and for daily provision. I ask You to continue to heal and strengthen the body, to steady the eyes as they learn to work together again, to calm the stomach and ease breathing, and to give wisdom to the doctors. Give grace to adjust to the new thyroid dose and to grow in strength and coordination each day. Help with memory to take the needed medicine faithfully and protect from diabetes. Above all, keep this heart close to You, remembering that even a brief prayer is precious in Your sight, and fill it with peace and continued gratitude. May Your kingdom and Your eternal promises be the anchor in every moment of weakness or disorientation. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
