I had an appointment with my lyme specialist on March 5th and it was wonderful! All of the new symptoms I have had the last two months has been due to not keeping up on supplements. For example, I didn't order my sleep medicine until it was gone which meant little sleep for Jenna for two weeks. I tried a new probiotic which I do not like, it created more abdomen pain, so I switched back to my old one which works great! And lastly my memory was really suffering and I had no idea why until one day out of the blue I remembered I used to take a supplement to help my memory, I had forgotten to take it for four weeks!
So now I am trying to keep on top of all of my medicine and supplements especially in ordering new! I learned my lesson and we all got a kick out of me forgetting to take my memory medicine. The medicine we changed at this lyme appointment is upping the dose of Azithromycin which I was taking at half dose, this medication has been very difficult for me. In the fall I had a huge relapse from it causing me to take a medicine holiday for almost two months! So we have been taking it slow, I have been on half dose since November and am going to full dose every other day. Kinda tricky, but one day will be full dose and the next half dose to introduce it slowly. You could say I am at 3/4ths dose.
I started my new job two weeks ago and I love it! The family is wonderful, I am so blessed to have the job I have. My life is busier because I have the new job and I am still working at Childserve Daycare. I am trying to find the balance of work, school, homework, ministry, and lyme disease. My hand is also holding up pretty well! I have been taping it almost daily but it is still pretty useful, its very weak but I am so thankful it is not as bad as the first cyst I had!
"I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful putting me to service." ~1 Timothy 1:12
I have no doubt that the strength that gets me through the day is from the Lord, I know it is not from me! I simply want to sleep and lay down all day! But I have never thought about why the Lord gives me strength, He gives us strength so that we may serve Him. If we know anything about the Lord we should desire to serve Him because of how much He has done for us, He deserves all we have. How beautiful it is that He helps us even then, He provides strength for us to endure everyday that we may have the opportunity to serve Him. What a wonderful God we serve!
"Therefore behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths." ~Hosea 2:6
This verse is beautiful because it shows the Lords protection, here He is protecting this woman from repetitive adultery. She has a repetitive sin and the Lord has placed a barricade between herself and the sin. He is protecting her for her own good.
My dad said an old proverb yesterday, "If you do not know where you are going then any road will lead you there." If we choose to surrender our life to the Lord we need to leave the reigns in the Lords hands. It is so easy to map out a path for your life, but the Lord has such greater things in store for us! Every time I have mapped out something for my life I don't get it, but in the end what I received was so much better than what I had mapped out! The Lord knows what we need and what is good for us much more than what we think we know. He is our protector because He loves us. Does a path your walking down seem to be closed? Stop and listen, maybe the Lord is asking you to walk in a different direction, we must let the Lord lead every step of our lives. We serve a God who gives us only good gifts, even if we don't see the good right away, we can trust God through it.
Prayer Requests:
*My body would successfully handle the new dose of medication
*That I will clear my map and let the Lord lead my life
*That I will find a healthy balance between work, school, ministry, and lyme
*Diligence in school work; I have three large projects due the week after my hand surgery
*Lastly, that I would not stress about school
