Overcoming One Day At A Time

Orig Written 2014 I'm having one of those days where I just long so hard to be healed and free of this pain for me and my family I would do anything to have this life be something of the past. I tell each joint over and over to work as they were made.  As I sat here crying I heard " You are my daughter and you are a warrior. I made you for so much more than this". I don't FEEL like a warrior today. As I look at my calendar full of penciled in appointments, lab draws, treatments, and future surgery I ask Him, "when is it going to  be over? Is my life always going to be like this? I've been doing this for years and there's more complications everyday. I'm tired of fighting". Being told that if the worst happens the people you trust most will not be there for support or help is heartbreaking. "Christina, I felt He whispered,  you are a warrior and not a worrier. Do not worry about the future or you will destroy your present. Choose to be a...

There are times in life when situations occur and we would rather die than have to face the reality of the present. I've had many times where the pain was so great that I did think I was going to die of a broken spirit and a broken heart. Looking back through those chapters, one I'm currently still fighting, I learned some valuable lessons. There is value in pain and heartache. It doesn't seem fair at all to suffer through watching love ones waste away, being abused, losing a child, or losing your own health while some seem to have life handed on a silver platter. Something I learned far early in life is that nothing in life is fair and having a pity party doesn't change that fact. So you have been hurt and the pain is so great that you cry out and wonder what the point of being here on this earth truly is. I have known great grief and loss and no its not fair, but I'm here to tell you that there is hope and happiness once you get past the initial stages of facin...