The Trials Keep Coming

At this point, I shouldn’t be surprised. Nothing is coming easy for me right now. This will be the fourth night in a row that has felt like a torcher chamber. This time there seems to be some kind of allergy underneath my skin. This allergy is creating a nonstop prickling and burning sensation in my face, hands, and lower body.

This particular feeling isn’t something I recall ever battling before. I finally took some Benadryl around 2am once nothing has appeared to change. I’m praying this might knock this discomfort out soon. I’ve been keeping a daily log of anything I eat or drink daily. Maybe there’s something I will detect as the main culprit.

In the meantime, I’m just throwing up prayers for relief and endurance. I’m still confident that I’m on the right track and doing all I know to do. In the meantime, the my misery right now just keeps escalating. This is the kind of misery that usually only goes away once I’m totally knocked out asleep.

I’m back to feeling exhausted and impatient. Actually, I really have no choice but to be patient. Praise God, my nights are not normally like they’ve been in recent days. I find myself desperately looking for something to throw on the fires within my bones. All I keep coming back to is faith and prayer.

The truth is life continuously throws chaos our way. It could be physical, emotional, mental, relational, or all of the above. Unfortunately, the worst battles are the ones raging within you. You only have one of two options for your response. You can either choose to curse God or trust God. I’m gonna keep choosing to do the latter, since God has never let me down. Now, hopefully I will able to sleep real soon since it’s already 3:15am.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6

Jesus said, “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33