You see I remember a time when putting a shower curtain up brought on intensive pain and on more than one occasion, tears. Back in the day the pain and stiffness form the arthritis cause by the lupus was not only intense but also in 35 joints in my body. It was so bad that reaching up to take down the shower curtain was painful, but bearable. Gravity was my friend. But putting it back up was totally different. I was already spent from taking it down and doing the laundry so to reach up, hold the curtain and hook it on the loops was torture.There are 12 hooks on the curtain rod. I remember struggling to get 4 of them hooked before I sat down to rest and rub my shoulders. Then I would do 4 more, then 4 more, resting between each set. By the 12th one I was usually in excruciating pain and needed to lie down.
I thought of that tonight. In my mind I had been sick for the last few days. I had held my own pity party and bemoaned that I could not do some of the thing I had planned to do this weekend. But then I reached up to hang the curtain and began to put the holes through the hooks, suddenly about halfway through I remembered when I would pray to do even 4 hooks at a time. And now. But God! I began to shout and think about just how far God has brought me. I had not realized how much God has healed me in these 36 years with lupus. My worst days today are like my best days back then. God has been so good to me! God keeps blessing me and keeping me! Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus for reminding me of your awesome power and unlimited grace! TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!