Freespire Blog

 "This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promises gives me life." - Psalm 119:50 I don't know how many times I've read this verse and thought: 'oh wow, what a comforting verse'  Tonight as I read this I stopped and realised I read it wrong all along... this is my comfort IN MY AFFLICTION...  It's so easy to get angry and despondent... it's easy to be numb and to pull away from loved ones... it's easy to retrieve back into my own bubble... in my anger and sadness and aloneness there is no accountability. There is no hope. There is no looking forward. There is no positivity. There is only my own selfish negative attitude.  Truth is: It's easy to go back to the negative defaults because positive thinking, holding on to promises, holding on to the word of God and hope requires faith. Faith requires believing without seeing, trusting and letting go.  It's the same old sing song...  Yes, I have fibromyalgia  Yes, I have migraines Yes, I h...