During our recent hospital stay, I pulled my “Christian” around the hospital in a red wagon so we could try to keep the “cabin fever” away. As we were passing the big reception desk, a flyer taped to the desk caught my attention…”PCOS Seminar.”
Most people would say I should not have seen that flyer. It was lying flat and not posted on a wall. I wasn’t standing “at” the desk, so why did I see it? I’ll tell you why, because God ordained it! He wanted me at that seminar!
PCOS is a “syndrome” that affects many women. It deals with insulin resistance in the body and I have lived with it for about 14 years (read more about PCOS here).
The physician presenting, from Colorado Springs, has begun a twelve session series regarding PCOS and is working to bring the “Advanced PCOS Institute” to the University of New Mexico. It sounds like an amazing program that manages this chronic condition.
I asked a question during the presentation and the doctor told me that the infertility clinic at UNM would work with me to start the process of this program and not have to “wait” for the program to come to UNM! (The crazy part is that I have an appointment with a specialist next week…the wrong kind).
God knows everything about us. The things that make us happy and sad, our fears, our deepest desires, and the shame so many of us carry around and buy into.
Every day I have to fight against the lies that the enemy plants in my head. Tonight, God let me in on a little something..there are women out there struggling with the exact same things I struggle with. We are not alone.
We are surrounded by others who have the same beliefs and struggles and we need to be there for each other. We need to learn to “struggle well.”
And the coolest thing of all, God made himself known to me clearly tonight. He literally brought me to a place of acceptance. A place where I did not feel alone while in a room of strangers. It was a reminder that He never leaves me and loves me with a love I can’t begin to comprehend.
Just the way He loves you.
Today I Am Thankful For:
1. an organized binder
2. Avery labels
3. red flowers
4. wind chimes
5. I-25
