Heaven Is My Future Home*

When God commands it, Jesus will be ready for his followers.  the people who have died and accepted Christ as their savior will rise and meet up with Jesus to greet us. Then we who are living on this earth will rise and will be with Jesus and the others  That will be one glorious day.  

Picture all the people who you know that were believers in God but have passed away.  Visualize them with their heavenly bodies and then picture us transforming into our heavenly bodies and meeting up with them.

That will be some reunion, graduation, or heavenly party.

I can't wait to see the people again who I have had to say good bye to on this earth. I hope we will be able to thank the people that were in our life for a season yet affected our lives later on in life. 

I would love to thank a couple of people who helped change my life.  Like Garilyn Burdon who brought me to church when I was a child, and Pastor Mike Smith who preached at that time. Something he said, clicked in my heart when I was a child and I gave my heart to God. I never was able to say thank you.  I didn't know how special that would be to me until later in life.

I look forward to seeing all those people again...and I look forward to living with Jesus without any boundaries forever....

"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.  After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.  " 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NIV

Tips in dealing with *F.I.B.R.O.M.Y.A.L.G.I.A.*

Try to find the good through the pain when dealing with F.I.B.R.O.M.Y.A.L.G.I.A.,

F- Friends (Communicate with others especially with those who can relate with you.  Everyone needs friends, especially when dealing with pain).

I- Idea (Get ideas on how to live with your pain...look up stuff online, ask a friend, ask someone in a support group).

B- Break (taking breaks is so important for you...You need that rest to help you keep going).

R- Read (Read up on your meds, fibro symptoms, even food labels, etc...Better yet, read a good book).

O- Onions (sometimes you just have to peel that onion and cry. It's okay to cry and have down times).

M- Memories (Think of funny things in your life, in the past or present. Learn to laugh at your crazy fibro fog moments).

Y- You (take care of YOU because sometimes that is all you have.  Learn to love YOU the way you are).

A- Advocate (Be your own advocate. Stand up for yourself with doctors, family, friends, etc...Remember YOU know how YOU feel...Speak it out).

L- Love (Remember to love others, and show them you care. Encourage others, if you are able to).

G- God (let God be your source of strength. He loves YOU unconditionally).

I- Interests (find a hobby or do something fun to take your mind off of the pain, like read a good book, do artwork, take pictures, etc..).

A- Attitude (try to have a positive attitude. I know it is hard, and you may not be able to do it all the time...Do your best to keep going, keep your chin up and look up and say, I CAN DO IT...yet if you aren't able to do things you use to do, you may have to grieve over it and find something new that you can do...