WOYWW: Bless the Lord

I have been painting rosaries to give away on Christmas. I wonder how many I will be able to paint before I get bored! 

“I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall be ever in my mouth.” Psalm 34:2

There are times in our life when blessing overflows and it is like we are enveloped in God’s refreshing presence. It is easy then to praise God and thank Him and bless Him. But what about times when we feel empty and depressed? When we experience the “dark night of the soul”, as some call it? When we feel hopeless and find no purpose in living?

I was looking through my diary and I found entries like these through the years 2010-2011: “Pain is tiring. Now my ear is also painful. Pain in my back, coughing terribly painful. Dr Ganzon showed me compression stockings I had to wear, so thick and ugly. Josh prayed over me. Mommy visited to see how I was and asked if I was depressed. Life can be terribly battering, I’ve got all these black and blue marks on my body now, I have to wear these tight stockings, and can’t wear my nice dresses. I’m still in pain, but God is good, He is an awesome God! Before Christmas I went to mass every day. I want to do that again. It’s just so hard to walk, get up, move. But I know I receive strength from the Eucharist. He is there.” 

I had Pemphigus Vulgaris and had numerous mouth sores that made it almost impossible to eat, I had compression in my bones, Deep Vein Thrombosis, emboli in my lungs, and Thalassemia. I prayed and painted every day to keep my spirits up. 

Then in January of 2012, I received my breakthrough. “Pain is less. Much less. I started my Word Of God medicine today at least 3 times a day or more.” Proverbs 4:20-22 reads “My child, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and HEALTH to all their flesh.” In Hebrew, the word “health” translates to medicine. This verse became “Rhema” for me, and I took my medicine three times a day by reading healing verses or listening to it. God is good. He healed me. He saved me from my distress. I WILL bless Him at all times.