But now I'm faced with a very formidable foe. Day before yesterday I received the results from my semi-annual MRI to assess the damage to my spinal cord. The news was not good. The lesions on my lubro-sacral root at the base of my spinal cord have deepened to more than 4 microns. This means that in six months the damage has increased by more than 1/3. I have already limited my working hours to two per day, and to work less is not an option. Social Security says that because I can move my arms and legs and am not blind, I am therefore not disabled. I have hired a lawyer, but he says it will be 12 to 17 months before the appeal case can be heard before an administrative law judge. The doctor says it will be 24 to 36 months before the spinal cord damage puts me in a wheel chair. After 3 years of pride, I have taken to my cane again. The pain is inexplicable to those who have not expreienced it. Add this to the arthritis in my spine, knees, hips, hands and feet as well as the veinous stasis which causes swelling and pain in my feet and legs, and the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome currently limited by morphine blocks to my right leg, and life seems to suck.

Your prayers in this race against bureaucracy and BS will give me a new injection of strength and determination. I am no longer able to care for myself. None of my family are nearby to offer assistance. I am alone, I am continuing to be tough... but I'm losing ground. May your gracious prayers and God's merciful encouragement help me to survive just a little longer. God bless you all.

Yesterday I was sent to this verse...

Deu 8:18  But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

I was told to make sure I read the verse in the context it was given. I was told to anoint my wife with oil and pray the verse over her and then she over me.

So I have this vehicle I want to acquire.  It is shiny and sporty. It costs nearly $51000 Cdn.  I can't afford it.  But I was supposed to go and place oil (same oil) on the door locks of the vehicle and to command it to come to me. The symbolism of ownership, the unlocked door. 

I believe I am going to be shown something more in all this. Days ahead will tell.

Those who think I am off kilter in a desire to prosper and be in health as my soul prospers do not understand the concept that poverty serves no man, and certainly not God. I am not debased. Praise God for His great and many kindnesses.
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I know I am new to this forum, and am not well known, but may I please ask for your prayers?  Not for myself, but for a very, very dear friend.  He is a vietnam vet, who aside from the general issues of growing older...arthritis, etc...has some quite severe spinal issues, and is quite possibly looking to be wheelchair bound very soon.  He is such an amazing person, very humble, always a kind word for others, a great teacher, and a mentor.  And, someone who is very dear to me.  It hurts my heart so, to know that this great man is not only suffering pyhsically, but emotionally as well.  His many children are grown with families of their own, and moved away, and he is a widower.  I won't give his name, but here is a part of his post:



If you could find it in your hearts to please keep this very dear friend in your prayers, and possibly even add him to prayer chains, it would mean so much. Please, please consider uplifting him in prayer...he is hurting so much.


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Father I thank you for hearing my prayer as I lift up PY friend to you right now in the name of Jesus.  Father this man is needing a healing touch from you right now in the Name of Jesus.  Father I ask that you touch him from the top of his head to the souls of his feet Father.  Let this serve as a wonderful and glorious testimony of your goodness and glory Father.  Allow this man to leap, jump and shout when praising you and just doing daily tasks with out pain because You have healed him Father.  Father I know this unbarealble pain, and I reach out to you desperately seeking your face to turn his situation around.  You said if I ask in Your Son's Name and do not doubt in my heart, You will answer my prayer and call it done. THis is the case, there is no doubt in my heart and I ask all these things in Your Son's Name, Jesus Christ....amen...
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Yes in Jesus Name.
Lord you say when two or more are gathered.
Pamela, a beautiful prayer.
I stand with you as we pray this!
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I was wondering have you or others laid hands on him and prayed over him? Would he be to uncomfortable with that?

Up until last year I lived for 7  years in an apartment community were most were elderly and disabled. The Lord led me on a few occassions to pray with them and He even had me to lay hands on those who were in pain. While it didn't always allievated all their physical pain, it did almost always give them the peace they needed. Sometimes it seems like we can get through those terribly painful times if we have the Lord's peace to give us the strength to continue. 

I also know that physical pain can truely add to the depresssion and fatigue. I also know that sometimes certain medications can add to depression. The elderly have the highest rate of depression, and elderly men have the highest successful rate for suicide. I'm not trying to be a downer, but it sounds like he is in trouble and needs not only spiritual help but professional as well. Take it from someone who knows, (my elderly neighbor committed sucide, and I was the one who had to notify the police). My heart still breaks for him, I know he was in alot of pain, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. He needed professional help but he was too stubborn and prideful and fearful to get the help he needed. He too had no family that cared about him. I tried, but he pushed me and everyone else away.

I will be praying for him!

Sandra
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I will keep Him in my prayers.
My heart is aching over this situation.
There are so many needs.
My heart is going to bust, Lord.
We need you always, my God , my God
we are crying out again.

Are you getting tired of me Lord. I hope not.
I can't stop talking to you. You're children
are in need of You.  
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