I have debated posting this because I do not want to come across as a whiner. But this whole blog thing is supposed to be a record of the shape I am in and where I am going.

By the way, that whole diet thing I started? It sort of fell apart. I have held my own though.

My immediate concern is that I am in the midst of a horrible fibromyalgia flare-up. I have felt it coming on for a couple of weeks and, this morning, honestly, I could have stayed in bed all day. I have never felt that way before. My fear this morning was that, if I did that, I might never get out of bed ... ever again.

So I prayed for courage, very gingerly got out of bed, took a long, hot shower, painfully drug the trash to the curb, and headed to WalMart for a bottle of Aleve.

Ahh, yes ... Aleve ... not something I would want to live on but it can help the headaches, muscle aches and painful joints dramatically. I am doing some better now. Still maneuvering gingerly but not so much as earlier.

I don't talk about fibromyalgia much. Fortunately for me, I do not have it nearly as bad as a lot of people. My approach has been to just work through it and try to ignore it because no remedies help much or for long. Unfortunately, Lisa does end up hearing me complain some. Okay, maybe a lot. I hate that.

But, the point is, I am still going. God and my little Aleve pills are helping and I will make it through this. The reassuring thing about fibromyalgia is that it is not damaging to your body. Just something you put up with and carry on. Fibromyalgia is perhaps the thorn in my flesh but out of my weaknesses come strength. Thank you, God, for blessing me so very richly.

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)