Headaches

Lately I’ve been very distracted.  I’ve had a continuing daily headache since the middle of January.  They are beginning to drag me down... more.  Although I know that the Lord has a purpose for these headaches, I’m certainly wondering what that purpose is.  To make me more like Jesus?  Of course.  To increase my dependence on Him?  Definitely.  To deepen my faith in His perfect protection and provision?  Certainly.  However, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings at all if the Lord decided to make known the cause of these headaches.  Yes, I’ve been to the doctor, they’ve done tests and tomorrow I’ll return to the doctor to find out the results.  Unless the Lord shows me otherwise, I’ll be “stuck” with a diagnosis of migraine headaches.  I’ve just never known someone who has had migraine headaches ALL the time.  May His will be done. 

This is definitely an “unfamiliar path” that the Lord has me on.  Headaches have never been a part of my life before.  There was the time that I got a headache from having a myelogram, but that was not unexpected.  Then I’ve had some tension headaches along the way.  However, I’ve never had anything like this.  Like I said, this is getting old.  

Lord, please keep my eyes on You in the midst of all of this.  Please do with me what You want.  I really will follow You wherever You lead me.  I truly and wholeheartedly surrender all of this to You and will praise You in this storm.  May Your will be done, not mine.  

“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.  The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to go on the heights.”  Habakkuk 3:17-19

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.  When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”  Isaiah 43:2