A Time of Healing

After the first day with the therapist, I felt so good and so back to normal that I thought I was "healed".   Then, on day two, I could hardly walk.  The therapist had gotten rid of the pain, but apparently after eight years, my joints and muscles don't just change overnight.  We are now doing progress at a steady pace with therapy and an exercise routine to keep everything in alignment and resetting it as needed.  I am looking forward to summer, when I really will be able to be normal again!!  Hopefully, there will be a complete healing before then!!

God is good.   His graciousness and His love has kept us and has given us all pathways to adventure and love.  Whatever comes, whatever happens, He will deliver us.    

Good News

Today I went to my first physical therapy appointment.  I didn't know what to expect and thought it would be painful, but it wasn't. 

It turns out that the problem with my lower back is that it is out of alignment.   Yea!  No surgery!  My therapy session was great.  It was comfortable and when the therapist realigned my spine, there was no pain.  Actually it felt good to not feel anything, there had always been pressure on it, even when the pain was not there. 

As the night wore on, my back became tired and I am now ready for bed.  I realize that all those years of using those muscles, in that cramped position, will require a lot of exercise to get them to function completely normal again.  I know that one treatment did not fix all, but I am so happy to see the light at the end of the tunnel in this matter.

God is good.  His timing is perfect, and I believe that He has brought a healing through this therapist, for His plans.   Tonight rest; tomorrow we will see what the Lord has planned.

The Created Man

The Bible is amazing -- it tells us of the creation but does not go into detail.  To think what had to be undertaken to form this world in perfect harmony with nature and beast, so that man can live and rule here, is mind boggling.  So, for us, the Word simply states God "created".

It has always kinda surprised me that God created all the animals of land and water and air,  and all the plants, to all have the ability to multiply.  They were all created male and female--except man.  Why?  God, Himself, tells us why:  "Genesis 1:26 Then God said,“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;... "    If God had a female companion, why would He not have created a female counterpart?  "Genesis 2:20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him."   God created a mate for Adam, in a way none other of His creation was created--from the rib of Adam.  

Going back to "Genesis 1:27  So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."  We are told that God created man in his image.  Then we are told he created male and female.  The female was not created in the image of God, but from man, yet still created by God.

We know there is only one God, "Isaiah 46: For I am God, and there is no other;  I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done,"  

So, what is Jesus, but the son of God born the son of man?  Much like the rib of Adam was used to create Eve, so was the Spirit of God put into the baby created in Mary's womb.  Jesus, born a baby, whose spirit was the Spirit of God.   We are created in the image of God and are His adopted children.  Jesus was born as the true Son of God--Spirit of the True Spirit of God.  We are told: "John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”   Most certainly the Spirit that is God is far beyond anything man can imagine!