Comments on: Finding Joy

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:45:06 +0000

Thank you Gail for your positive ideas.

By: sharon b

sharon b — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:15:20 +0000

kanj i ampraying for you. i take a lot of meds for different things and it is hard to lose eight while on some of them but i lost 30 lbs it took me over a year and i still need to lose more but with Gods help i know we both can do it

By: kanj

kanj — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:51:10 +0000

Gail, thank you for the devotional. The one step I need to focus on these days is most definitely ”U-TURNS”. the issue of weight has once more attacked me due to medication that I must take. I am small in stature (5′ 1”) and ideally for me I know how much weight I can carry. but in order for the medicine to do what it needs to do, I cannot stop taking it because of the weight gain. i am nauseous pretty much 24-7. it’s hard to want to eat when you already feel nauseous but it’s even worse if the meds are taken on an empty stomach. so into the start of the 4th week(which ends today), I was almost willing to throw in the towel, almost. But God gave me a new song in my heart that morning. I was praying to the Lord that I didn’t wish to admit defeat but that with the flesh being weak, I didn’t know how much longer I could cope. I told the Lord I still had 8 weeks to go. I prayed for strength and believe it when I say that not even 15 min. later, I was feeling relief from the nausea. Just out of nowhere did I feel I could continue on. The weight will likely continue but the depression will not. I have been blessed with good health and I know it will be a year long battle to loose a mere 5 lbs. but lose it I will. I am not looking at this situation any longer as a trial, I am looking at it as a blessing because you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.

By: sharon b

sharon b — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:31:10 +0000

thank you

By: DonnaL

DonnaL — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:00:56 +0000

Gail, once again a very helpful word. It is so easy to let ourselves slip into an unhappy place at times like these. Really great practical help here. And when we hope in our heavenly Father all else seems to fade away. Praying that we all “LAUGH” in ever increasing ways this day and the days to come. Praying that those reading the devotional today will rest in that wonderful heavenly hope we have in Christ Jesus. Love to you all. Donna