This Life Unfolded: Mononucleosis Style

I used to sleep 5-6 hours a night. Now it’s more like 11-12. Advil pm is my best friend. That’s not even mentioning naps. ;)

I used to do the 20lb weight thing…now I lift 3lb weights. Haha.

My internal thermostat has suddenly decided that my toes and fingers are always cold. I used to ALWAYS wear flipflops—even in the winter. I now usually have 1-2 pairs of sock on.

I used to function on 1-2 cups of coffee a day…Now I have trouble remembering what it tastes like. Maybe this is somehow related to that new found sleep thing…:)

Allergy meds and certain foods I used to eat all the time now make me dizzy. Still trying to figure this one out.

I used to wonder at my inadequacies.

Now I’m SURE of them.

But HE IS GREATER.

My heart has forever been changed by the season begun in September 2008. I know that sounds cliche, but it is true. My strength—physically, mentally, and emotionally—was stripped away. But He is GRACIOUS! I truly believe the Lord allowed this so that I could find out what my true source of strength is.

This is an excerpt from a passage that the Lord began to engrain in me in the fall. May these words nourish your soul!

This is what the LORD says:
"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

He will be like a bush in the wastelands;
he will not see prosperity when it comes.
He will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in a salt land where no one lives.

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.

He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."
[Jeremiah 17:5-8]

HE IS LIFE.

and He is ALL that we need.