How very definitely I share with you the agony of pain and the unwillingness to be defeated by the deceiver into some manner of subjugation to the deceiver's clutch. Hold fast to your Faith and your Hope, for God blesses despite the deceiver's effort to rend from us our HOPE, to be replaced with depression. HAH!!! That effort gains the deceiver NOTHING here, for we are GOD empowered.

You see, Eva, you know of Cleo and me we have lived the slide from baing multimillionaires in assets to God's gently prepared landing after the wreck which tore my body ripped away from me the career which had provided, then the stock market removed all but that which was needed to capitalize the business, Inspri, which stands for Inspiration of God, and we dedicated that little business to God who inspired it. Struggles have been the case for the business, but we are finally within mere weeks of launching Generation II of our product line, a blessing to patients who worked with us on prototypes to bring greater relief. God kept HOPE alive when the deceiver would have had us believe a monster sized manufacturer of adhesives which supplies us descended into an 8 month long delay of correcting an error of adhesive formulation so the lamination process of our product was delayed. Customers became disheartened. It seemed Inspri might collapse, and I Know the deceiver was on the sideline cheering in joy hoping we would LOSE FAITH.

God is good, and our Supreme Blessing. We now near the finish line of bringing help to people in 50 nations with new means of help. I appreciate even the message from two days ago where a customer wrote she was crying tears of JOY at the relief. God is indeed good. God is SO GOOD!

Even so, perseverance is necessary in the path of pain the deceiver hopes will daunt and douse our Joy. True?

I shout AMEN to your writing Eva!!

These few words I type are accomplished in agony, for you know my right arm is in great jeopardy. My very well trusted Pain Management Specialist [thus credentialled] is extremely concerned about my right arm. It pains me so very much. Yes, I will migrate to voice recognitino software to type on my behalf, because the arm may ultimately become fully useless, if not removed...... you have walked a similar path Eva regarding other body parts which fed your family. My right arm has helped feed my family and provide them comfortable living circumstances for decades, as practicing law in this millenium is much dependent upon direct computer manipulation to draft documents, letters, emails, responses to lawyers and clients alike. So, these particular words are borne of Agony, and in time, perhaps agony will go away. I am concerned about the loss of my arm, but, if it goes, I know God will guide.

Already, I am aware I can pilot an automobile safely with the one good arm I have despite the injuries of a wreck seven years ago which still manifest in hurts of the body. I KNOW I can dictate to a computer in spoken word, and it will respond. Goodness, even Stephen Hawking, who cannot move an arm at all ro speak with his mouth is able to bring forth wonders from his mind as he renders speech through an electronic voice. Do you see how I am Blessed? With the voice God has allowed me, I will sing for the wedding of a childhood friend in two weeks time. Cleo and I will drive there, sharing duty at the wheel, me using the one arm, as the other produces difficult pain while nerves die, circulation abates, the skin become mottled in appearance, and I begin to think of shirts and suit jackets with a single sleeve as a possible future.

God helps me to see even in adversity there is Joy. Have I given up on the medical treatment which is equally available to me in this time of agony, hurt, and uncertainty? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Surgery number 30 is being planned to attempt an exploratory relief. In the meantime, a CT scan and another nuclear medicine study in hopes of finding a culprit which can be remediated so the arm remains intact ane once again becomes useful without agony.

So EvaBlessed, my friend, we are on the road to Emmaus together, hand in hand, but please grasp my left if you will OK? Thus we can avail of the Blessings God has for us while we seek His will, and pray for each to learn of helps to end the hurts.

We are definitley not the only two here who suffer, so Saffy, Sinead, Tchr012, Sandy, Ger, Ginnie oh dear Ginnie who wonders how medical help will come when it seems to be out of grasp, Rae, and SO MANY OTHERS, yes, I know you are lurking POOH, need help from God's inspired physicians, may we each feel the touch of a healing hand.

Blessings abundantly known here,
God ever with me,
God beside me,
God going before me,
His Son, His Spirit, and Mary, always helping lift us along the way,
That complete Holy Family,
Blessed,
Mark56