Thursday 29 August 2013

God is Good?

Confession for today.

I am quite sick of people's reactions lately to good news. Various people around me have had wonderful things happening, which, I agree is good. But the reaction to the news is so often, "God is good."

Yeah, someone's pregnant...."Isn't God good!"

Someone got a job.... "God is so good!" or worse...as a father of # kids he deserves it (and my husband doesn't?)

It really seems to negate all of God's goodness at other times of life.

God seems to be so good when things go well.

But what about when things don't go well?

What about when we are barren....still!

What about when we don't know where finances are coming from? or don't get the/a job?

What about when life is one big struggle after another?


Corrie Ten Boom said once in response to someone telling her how good God was because she had a cozy home and things were going well, that God was still good in the concentration camps. God was still good when her sister, Betsy, died and they lived though a taste of hell.

It's easy to say God is good when things go well. Actually it seems to be a line people give off offhandedly. But if God is God, He is good all the time.

He is still good when things are discouraging. When things are downright awful.

Let's not forget God's goodness to those who are having a hard time. (And please, let's try not to flaunt the "goodness" when everything is going right.)

Thursday 8 August 2013

I started taking Exclzyme after I read some posts on Endo Angel. I have severe Endo, my surgeon said it was the worst she's ever seen. I was skeptical if Exclzyme would work for me and it didn't. BUT I only took the recommended dosage. I "upgraded" to Serracor-NK (same company, AST Enzymes) which also has  Nattokinase and triple the dose.

Oh my goodness, did it work.

I get those types of periods where I cry just knowing that it's coming. This month (after only taking it for one month at the triple dose - 6 caps, 3 times a day), I was able to be sitting up on day one, by day two I was doing dishes and "normal" activities (while still sort-of taking it easy - no scrubbing floors or anything!) My bleeding was more consistent, while be lessened in intensity, and I even shaved off a day!

This stuff is amazing, I'm so glad I learned about it. We are on an extremely tight budget and these pills are expensive, but my husband is convinced that this is something we are going to continue with. We have tried many natural things over the past 6 years (including permanent diet change) and this one is one of the best (next to diet).

The best thing is that it is actually doing something to FIX the problem, not just cover it up like pain killers do.

I still had a little bit of cramping before my cylce actually started and when the period decided to rear it's ugly red head again on day four (used to be day 5). But I said to my husband, "I'm beginning to feel like a 'normal' person!" I used to not even feel cramps because all I could feel was intense pain (which I firmly believe was not the same cause as cramps).

I am very much looking forward to seeing what next month will be like.