SEVERE ME UNDERSTANDING AND REMEMBRANCE DAY Aug 8th We were asked by ME Group Australia to write an article on finding Hope in this place of endless, severe suffering: You Are Precious And Your Presence Matters, a Reflection on Hope. Greg and Linda Crowhurst When you are diagnosed with Severe/Very Severe ME, hope is an ephemeral, delicate thing. If you hope to be immediately better, or return to your previous life, those hopes will, most likely, be dashed, if the diagnosis is correct. When I was asked to write this article for ME Group Australia, I asked Linda, my wife, what hope means to her. She commented : “Hope for me cannot be about anything specific, unless that specific thing is actually achievable, or potentially achievable or possibly achievable at some point in time, even if it feels unlikely . For me hope comes in small things, not big things. Hope of a better moment, hope to not be irritated, hope to not be distressed, hope not to be tormented in every single mome...
With Christmas just days away - shall we unite our suffering, with and for the little and defenceless ones whose potential and unique gifts to the world will never be realised because of abortion.And give great thanks that Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ came into the world as a little baby and that Mary said "Be it done unto me according to thy word".
ReplyDeleteYour reflections have been so stimulating.God bless and have a wonderful and peaceful Christmas. All love Theresa xx