Comments on: Question of the Week: Pain and Suffering… the Answer. http://www.chadsblog.net/question-of-the-week-pain-and-suffering-the-answer/ Ramblings from the youth ministry of New Harvest Church in Salem, OR Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chad Harvey http://www.chadsblog.net/question-of-the-week-pain-and-suffering-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Chad Harvey Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:52:57 +0000 http://www.chadsblog.net/?p=120#comment-325 Thanks for stopping by and sharing your story. I also really like the passage you used at the beginning. What an incredible perspective! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your story. I also really like the passage you used at the beginning. What an incredible perspective!

]]> By: Heather Siebens http://www.chadsblog.net/question-of-the-week-pain-and-suffering-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Heather Siebens Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:38:43 +0000 http://www.chadsblog.net/?p=120#comment-324 Philippians 1: 12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. ESV I didn't know Jesus the whole time growing up-never heard about Him. None of my family raised to follow Him. I got married early-wanting to create that perfect marriage my parents didn't have. He never told me anything about Jesus-or being raised in a church. He was lectured by family to make sure we go to church...it led to marital disfunction for years...I denied Him at 20-didn't accept Him until He began chasing me down. When I got pregnant with my (now ex husband) my epilepsy went nuts. After I had her-nothing controlled it. I was interrupting my husbands schooling with hospital stays-I moved, with our daughter to AZ, where my family was to find a great neurologist-and Jesus guided me knowing what I had to face in the coming years. My husband did move back-not happily. I went into my brain surgery August 7th, 2002-right before, still not knowing or into Jesus...I bought a cross...go figure. The surgery was remarkable for my seizures...but very painful. My husband had to move to TX-for the Army...I followed him in October...4 days after I arrived, October 6th, 2002-he beat me. That began my search for Jesus-and my OD'ing to numb the pain. Upon my last one in 2003 I almost reached daeth-but Jesus knew I was trying to find Him-trying to get better, just hurting-He saved me again-and the docs changed my meds. My seizures set back in hard...we took a road for the next year to testing for 2nd brain surgery-that gave me time to really grow in my faith-and it was amazing. Even during huge seizures-He was the One that would comfort me...I had my surgery, the cut out part April 4th, 2005-it was waaaay more complicated than the first-cause they opened me twice...in depth electrodes...etc..but with my faith and prayer with Him...it was close to pain free!!! I was at Bible study the next day I got out. Here is the catch-I have been on this medication then that one-having this issue-then that one....ever since. Other meds other than the one I became addicted to tear my body apart. Then developed TMJ, have air in my salivary gland, seizures occured on spontanious times-huge ones that frightened the docs, they wanted to do a third surgery-but my new hubby couldn't take that. RLS set in...and now, over the past year and a half-I have had signs...but now I have huge ones that look like MS-and they are doing a thousand tests. I live in the hospital-I am 32. My legs barely work...and seizures are controlled if on a lot of meds...but-I know He has reasons for everything...and I have helped many find faith in Him, come to Him in illness-and trust Him to have brain surgery, love Him during pain...even though, yes, I do have my emotional days-but I know He will get me through it all...only through Him can I rely... I praise Him for having me find Him! And blessing me with such an awesome family... God bless you all-love our blog! And your twitters! In His Grip, Hetty4Christ Philippians 1: 12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. ESV

I didn’t know Jesus the whole time growing up-never heard about Him. None of my family raised to follow Him. I got married early-wanting to create that perfect marriage my parents didn’t have. He never told me anything about Jesus-or being raised in a church. He was lectured by family to make sure we go to church…it led to marital disfunction for years…I denied Him at 20-didn’t accept Him until He began chasing me down. When I got pregnant with my (now ex husband) my epilepsy went nuts. After I had her-nothing controlled it. I was interrupting my husbands schooling with hospital stays-I moved, with our daughter to AZ, where my family was to find a great neurologist-and Jesus guided me knowing what I had to face in the coming years.
My husband did move back-not happily. I went into my brain surgery August 7th, 2002-right before, still not knowing or into Jesus…I bought a cross…go figure. The surgery was remarkable for my seizures…but very painful. My husband had to move to TX-for the Army…I followed him in October…4 days after I arrived, October 6th, 2002-he beat me. That began my search for Jesus-and my OD’ing to numb the pain. Upon my last one in 2003 I almost reached daeth-but Jesus knew I was trying to find Him-trying to get better, just hurting-He saved me again-and the docs changed my meds. My seizures set back in hard…we took a road for the next year to testing for 2nd brain surgery-that gave me time to really grow in my faith-and it was amazing. Even during huge seizures-He was the One that would comfort me…I had my surgery, the cut out part April 4th, 2005-it was waaaay more complicated than the first-cause they opened me twice…in depth electrodes…etc..but with my faith and prayer with Him…it was close to pain free!!! I was at Bible study the next day I got out. Here is the catch-I have been on this medication then that one-having this issue-then that one….ever since. Other meds other than the one I became addicted to tear my body apart. Then developed TMJ, have air in my salivary gland, seizures occured on spontanious times-huge ones that frightened the docs, they wanted to do a third surgery-but my new hubby couldn’t take that. RLS set in…and now, over the past year and a half-I have had signs…but now I have huge ones that look like MS-and they are doing a thousand tests. I live in the hospital-I am 32. My legs barely work…and seizures are controlled if on a lot of meds…but-I know He has reasons for everything…and I have helped many find faith in Him, come to Him in illness-and trust Him to have brain surgery, love Him during pain…even though, yes, I do have my emotional days-but I know He will get me through it all…only through Him can I rely…
I praise Him for having me find Him! And blessing me with such an awesome family…
God bless you all-love our blog! And your twitters!

In His Grip,

Hetty4Christ

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