Reminding

You don't need much reminding in our situation of our seeming powerlessness and lack of significance.

 You don't need  much reminding of how profoundly ill the person with severe ME is on every level.

 You don't need much reminding of what a struggle it is to get through each moment sometimes . 

You don't need much reminding of how tiny and remote your life has become when you live in the realms of severe ME.

It is the world that needs reminding that they ignore us, isolate us, neglect us, refuse to engage with us at their peril; because we are so in touch with the truth, with what is real, armed with the sword of the Spirit,  the breast plate of  integrity,  the shield of faith and the helmet of righteousness , that we surely cannot fail. 

With God's goodness we have kept going this far and we are not giving up now.

We , the sick, the disabled, the carers, the poor, those on the edge, are a mighty force in the world that does not even  see or  know it.

Let us then be reminded of our spiritual power, blessed by love, and be uplifted by faith and the rightness  of truth that keeps us moving forward  to  gain justice in an unjust world for the  physical reality of ME.

On days when life is a struggle and everything feels too much, let us be reminded to daily  put  on the armour of the Lord and therein feel his protection and strength  leading  us and guiding us   safely forward, in His name. 

Amen.