The first thing I want to pass on to everyone is a big Merry Christmas! In the next few hours I’ll be headed out to the lake where it truly is a winter wonderland, to celebrate Christmas with all our family which are too many to count. I also hope that all of you are getting through this holiday season without too much pain. This is that time of the year where things get a bit crazy in the chronic world! Schedules get crazy busy and stress levels increase causing lots of extra pain. It can be a time of the year that spoonies just want to forget because its such a taxing time on your body! Christmas in the chronic world can be filled with so much pain and suffering!

Honestly I struggled with what type of a post to put together because usually I put together one that speaks towards how to get through the Christmas season! I felt it was more important to put together a message with hope and encouragement, especially at this time of the year when people are feeling so discouraged. I get it because I’ve been living it! I’ve had those moments when you just want Christmas to be over, and your just barely hanging on for dear life. I understand just how much strength and determination it takes to battle through Christmas with all the extra stress.

When it comes to a message I wanted to keep it simple, and I’ll be open and honest. Like I’ve said before I put my life in Gods hands and let him shoulder everything in my life. So the key for me is allowing God to be the driver in my life. When things get hard I turn to Him! When I feel alone in this fight I turn to Him! When I think that I just can’t carry on this fight I turn to Him! See its pretty straight forward isn’t it! Yes absolutely there are things I have to do during the Christmas season to make things just a bit easier to live with my chronic illness. However only God can provide all our needs and you have to be willing to trust Him with your life! So at Christmas I trust Him all the more when things get difficult. Do you? Merry Christmas everyone!