My Achilles is really a-killin’ me
And my heel just won’t heal, what the heck!
My stiff neck’s a real pain in the butt… but there’s more
My sore butt’s a real pain in the neck
(Since the day I survived that big wreck!)

I can’t stomach this unstopping stomachache
Struck with gout I wanna pout all alone
And I sigh when sciatic pain shocks me awake
Diagnosed with Pneumonia, I moan
(Sick at home, of my phone, I’m bored sick!)

Pins and needles! My knees need a healing
Since my heart’s out of sync, I lose heart
Got more docs than my clock could have time for! I’m feeling
Quite dazed as my days fall apart
(Why does rain make my brain start to smart?)

Does the Lord hear me sleeplessly weeping?
My appealing for healing in full?

Then He whispered, I feel it all with you, Beloved

And I will heal as is best for your soul

Through these trials, My Child, I uphold you

And remold you to the Likeness of Love

Fear no harm! In my Arms, I enfold you

I will guide you to “Life to the full” (John 10:10)

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“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” -2 Corinthians 4:16-18