woundedbutterfly

Thank you so much for your prayers~ My heart also breaks for you and your family. I know how hard it is on husbands as well. May God bless you and keep you strong. His grace is sufficient!!!

You ABSOLUTELY have my empathy on this! My wife suffers terribly from chronic pain and has now for more than eight years! She does her best. She reads. She prays. She involves herself deeply in her crafting and her crafting friends (both online and locally). She simply does the best she can as she can. It breaks my heart sometimes to see the pain she suffers in so much and all of the time. All I can offer her and anyone is to do our best to help here and now, pray here and now and retain hope that the Lord Jesus Christ will remake us in that day without these miseries. Thank you for your comment. It helped tremendously. It helps to realize my husband and I are not alone. Our hearts go out to your family as well. I know my husband can relate to how you feel~ I'll be sure to share this with him. I am so thankful for this illness. Over the years I've found it too easy to wander away from God and end up lost. It's not so easy anymore. For that I am truly grateful. The pain keeps our whole family close to God... and growing closer everyday... that is a blessing!! But I am human. My body can only handle so much physical pain. When it gets real bad- I cry out- my husband cries out... to God, to friends. And we cling to our faith that his grace is sufficient. It's all we know to do. God Bless You Friend!!

It gets so hard to go on. I don't dare think about tomorrow... or next week... or the rest of my life. It's minute to minute with me... I am praying- I am reading my bible- so on and so forth- I am doing everything I know to do.... I desperately need this pain to stop. So broken hearted right now...

Praise God

First thank you all for your responses. I appreciate them. Butterfly I have PTSD- I never thought about it being night terrors. Because the dreams aren't related to my trauma exactly...I looked up night terrors and it sounds exactly like what is happening. What did you mean when you said, "I began to notice a correlation between being taken from glory to glory- and these episodes." what's from glory to glory? I don't understand that reference. Dennis, how do you mean "It's a test?" A test of what? Candice. Otherone I have poor memory in general. I have gaps in memory related to some trauma issues, but none as far as when I left the Lord vs when I started to come back that I am aware of at least. I know what to do if it is demons now. And if it is just my mind I will have to get on a better sleep schedule. I have issues with some mania and sometimes I cannot sleep at night. So lack of sleep could very well be a part of this. thanks again. Hello Sorry about that... for me, in my life and walk with God... from glory to glory describes what is happening with me. For example: Before I had a relationship with God- I knew there was a God and he created us, that he had a son, he had to die for some reason, and now we would go to heaven. I knew what the ten commandments were and that you should try and obey them. I consider it to God's glory- that I knew that much. But he didn't he leave me there. I almost died from a gall bladder surgery gone wrong~ while in the hospital a chaplain came in and handed me a little phamplet. I read it and realized I was one of God's lost sheep. I cried out to him and prayed the salvation prayer. Again... I consider that another glory! Each step coming closer and closer to God. To a relationship with him. Learning to be more like Jesus. My life (probably as most) has consisted of God working with me, teaching me, showing me places I'm falling short and giving me the ability to change so on and so forth~ I'd like to compare the "glory to glory" to "leveling up" in a video game- but that's not quite right... because I'll never have a "high score" - and I'm not any better then anyone else. My level isn't better than anyone else's- it's just my level. So you being called back to your walk with God I'd consider another glory! He's taking you to a different level- of praise, worship, relationship, learning, understanding...etc. Hope that helps! Add me as a friend if you like It's been a pleasure to meet you. Had to edit this and add in the scriptures I found... (I'm sure that's where I got the saying "from glory to glory" or I might have heard a sermon being preached on the subject. I can't quite remember) 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. New Living Translation So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord--who is the Spirit--makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. English Standard Version And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

I have experienced something similiar. I have been diagnosed with Post traumatic stress disorder and night terrors are a symptom of that. Google ptsd +night terrors to learn more about the symptoms of night terrors. I began to pray to God about these dreams and ask for his help. The next time I had one of those dreams... it wasn't as hard to speak in the dream- and I found myself screaming the name of Jesus over and over again like my life depended on it. The fear and the darkness would lighten up if not completely go away. From that night on- it always happens... the night terrors come... and in my sleep- dreaming- I begin to yell the name of Jesus... and it all subsides. I began to notice a correlation between being taken from glory to glory- and these episodes. So I began to be less scared when they happened. I trusted God would protect me - and that something was happening on a spiritual realm that I didn't understand. May you turn back to God, may you remember that you have tasted and seen that God is good. May he strengthen you and give you the ability to seek him with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. When you feel fear speak these scriptures: For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. Timothy 1:7 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." Romans 8:15 Have a blessed night!