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This is for as well as from my friend, Randy Slack (aka Okie Preacher):

I have a physical problem that the doctors have not been able to identify. It has been characterized by severe muscle pain and weakness, joint pain, fatigue, shortage of breath, dizziness, difficulty swallowing, and coughing fits that almost cause me to pass out. I have only let a few people know as I wanted to find out exactly what it is. Hear is an email I sent out last week:

We went to the MD doctor yesterday for a consultation. After all the tests, he had found that there is nothing wrong with me neurologically or muscularly; in other words, I do not have MD or MS or anything related. This is of course, good news. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find any physical reason for my pain and fatigue. The Dr. believes me that I there is something wrong, as he commented that the shaking I suffer from is the body’s reaction to pain – the worse the pain, the greater the shaking (usually in the late afternoons and evenings).

I am starting to believe that I am Job and that God has purposed this for my good (which is the case with all the trials we go through). So, I am grateful for the test, knowing that 1) God loves me, 2) He is in control, 3) He is wiser than I am. Tuesday this week, in prayer, I told the Lord that if this is His plan to perfect me, then I thank Him for the trial. Not that I am some kind of deeply spiritual person, but because I recognize that He is allowing the test, so His purposes in it are only for my good.

Now I will be perfectly honest. At times there is great discouragement, as it is very difficult to be in constant pain. It is discouraging to go to bed tired, wake up tired, and live in a constant state of fatigue. It is difficult not to be able to walk for more than 50 feet without being winded and having to rest (most of the time). I have suffered from depression, to one extent or another my entire life. Honestly, this is worse and for the first time in my life I have asked the DR. for, and am on, depression medication, which doesn’t affect my cognitive abilities and seems to help.

Thanks for your prayers.

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