Pain and Sorrow Gain better Tomorrows

I refuse to let sorrow control my emotions in a negative way. I refuse to let pain control my emotions in a negative way. Instead, I will take the pain that comes from my body, & the sorrow that derives from losing something so dearly loved, & use them both to better my path. Sorrow will remind me that there are loves in life worth continuing on for..& Pain will serve to remind me that I'm indeed still alive to love. ~SDR

Perfect Match made in Prayer

Hubby said something to me once, and I'll never ever forget it...it was about 6mths or so after my back surgery and I was still in so much pain and dealing with the infection of the incision & hours of PT. As most of you know, Hubby has done SO much for me during our marriage as I have had a ton of surgeries and procedures, and I was (and still am sometimes) prone to bouts of guilt over all he's gone through because of me. We were laying in bed watching a movie & I just looked over at him & started bawling...he said.."What's wrong, I thought you were feeling better".."I was!" I said.."but I just started thinking how horrible it is that I prayed All My Life for God to send me a wonderful husband like you...but...I cannot image you praying even one single day for a wife like me!"..Then..he started laughing at me...and I was shocked...I said, "What's so funny! It's not funny!"..he turned to me and said..."Sommer, all my life I've only wanted one thing...something that seemed to elude me no matter what happened in my life...I was never really needed for anything..sure I helped people and they appreciated it for the most part, but I never really felt needed. I knew they could have done whatever it was I helped them with without me if they really wanted...So, I prayed everyday, that one day God would send me someone that needed me..truly needed me. I wanted so much all my life to know what it felt like to be needed mind, body, and soul..and you, Sweetheart, fulfill that prayer everyday!"..Half in shock I replied.."Be careful what you wish for Mr. Roy", he grinned at me and hugged me and said.."Yeah I know, right?!" and we laughed...I'll never forget that...how God looked down on the earth one day and saw one person with one prayer, and one with another, then put those two prayers together in a perfect match! How wonderful & all knowing our God is! To this day, when I feel I'm a burden to him, I think of that moment..there are still some times when I am able to do for him but he does for me anyway..and it's hard but I let him, knowing his answered prayer is in his works...

Today I'm feeling "Low" But That's Ok

Today I'm feeling "Low" But That's Ok
By: Sommer Roy

I don't wear lots of make-up lately, my glasses suit me fine, I'm just a little country girl, who occasionally has a glass of wine.

Been feeling kinda low lately, with medical things and such, I'm used to all the maddness, but sometimes it's a bit too much.

Oh, I'm thankful everyday you see, for ALL the blessings God has given me, but I'm only human after all, and sometimes I'm prone to take a fall.

Some have asked me why I see the world, with such blind faith and optimistically. But why is positivity always considered such an irrationality?

Some even say, well it must be nice, to have everything in life go so right. But I have my share of troubles too...I'm no different than all of you!

Right now I have a tootless grin, and I bet you wanna know why, Well lets just say this bone disease has no boundries, reason or ryme.

So off to the dentist I will go, in hopes he'll patch this little hole. And until then, I'll only grin so the locals have no opportunity for all those redneck jokes I just know they're holding in.

Have you ever tried being 3ft7 and eating a desert or two? It's not something I'd recommend cause I know what it will do!

It's not so much the eating right, it's being able to move after to fight the good fight...And moving is not something I can excatly do everyday..somedays I'm great, and somedays I'm just "ok".

So round and round and rounder I go until it's just absurd...Yup this kinda life sometimes I think is officially for the birds.

But then I think about what I've learned, and all the blessings, not the pounds, I've gained, and I realize if I could go back there's only a few things I would change.

I'd love a little harder, dig in a little deeper, learn a little more, and appreciate ALL the things worth fighting for!

NEVER take for granted all the gifts the Lord has given you. Think a minute really hard about without them all the things you could not do!

For if I knew nothing of life's saddness, how would I ever really appreciate the fullness of all of it's wonderful gladness?

Yup, this life works out everyday just the way it should, and I learn more and more everyday that ..God sure is Good...

This isn't a poem moreso than it is just my thoughts...sometimes I tend to ryme when I think to myself :P