The Cross

I took this photo of a cross that stands atop a hill at Boone's Chapel baptist church, where I attend when able. I came across this in one of my daily faith books. I felt led to share. Enjoy.........

I came across this in the book entitled, "This too shall Pass....Keeping the Faith in tough times."

"No Pain, no palm, no thorns, no throne, no gall, no glory, no cross, no crown..."

 quote by: William Penn, "No Cross, No crown" 

What is required to move through the suffering we endur sometimes? The WILL to do so and the inner strength to carry it out. My problem is carrying it out. I have so many good intentions that I feel as I can't carry them out due to the fatigue of Adrenal Insuffienciency. We must have hope and faith not in our ability but in God's timing. Which is another problem of mine, impatience. I hope all are well who reads this from time to time. Love you all,

Tracy

My first grade Teacher.......

I'm now 40 yrs old and have had Addison's for 5 years now I believe. A good friend of mine called and said, "you'll never believe who has what you have"........I asked WHO?????????? Because if you know anything about this disease, it's rare. You don't have it like diabetes etc ever other home down the road...she finally told me, our first grade teacher who's name I shall leave anonymous because I didn't ask her permission. OOps....I'm in trouble again. She still lives in our hometown, as do I and still lives 5 min or less away. How rare is that? We've reconnected after 35 years of not seeing or talking to her but I would always glance at her home as I drove by almost daily and wonder how she was. She was my favorite, sweetest, prettiest, coolest teacher and still looks the same today. I've been able to share experiences and actually help her along some and she shares with me. I love her dearly and maybe the reason behind this all was for our "illness" we now share.........