Over the last 50 odd years, health issues have seen me having to take to my bed. It wasn't easy when I had 4 children under 5 years when glandular fever strikes and wouldn't go away.
Likewise with schuermann's disease ravishing my vertebrae and spending weeks at a time in traction in hospital, I have learned to control my home from my bed.
With my back or heart problems requiring days of rest and my never-ending fibromyalgia flares, I still have to take to my bed at times. And apart from having a few nana naps, I have many hours to fill in.
It is definitely possible for us chronically ill women to keep our households in order from our bed. Being ill or disabled does not preclude us from serving God or our families.
With a bit of planning, we can be like that Proverbs 31 Woman. God loves us regardless of how fast we spin our wheel.
So today with the heavy rain we have been having last night and today, my fibromyalgia is beckoning me to my bed. There I will take my laptop and organise my finances, work out my week's meals and listen to scripture and worship music. I will also pray. Blanket prayers, I call it. And yes, I will be sleeping a little.
I have done a load of washing and it's in the dryer. I will be folding that up and putting it away sometime this afternoon when I get up. God willing: and spoons, of course!
The dishes are soaking in hot soapy water and can wait. I will do them whilst I am cooking lamb chops, mashed potato and green veggies for dinner.
Not a lot will be done today except some resting up and controlling my household from my control centre: my bed.
Thanks for a little encouragement. I struggled today doing a bit of dusting, but we got her done. God bless, Glenys
ReplyDeleteMandy, it's so uplifting and satisfying to get something on your to do list, actually done! What may seem like nothing great to "normals", to us is like climbing a mountain! So glad you were encouraged a little today. Blessings!
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