trying to figure out what Gods plan is with having my back get so messed up.

[jenniferand2]

I am trying to figure out why God saw it in his plan to have me get my back messed up and have me be in so much pain. I know other people have it way worse then me and I am by no means trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill here. I just wonder why my back had to get messed up when i was just trying to get things back together in my life. I now he has a reason but knowing why might make it a bit easier to deal with. I know i will never know the reason here on earth for why it happened. I just wish I could get things under control so I can actually enjoy activities again. Thanks just a vent post here I am just a bit fed up with back pain and back spasms running my life.

 

[resurrection33]

I am trying to figure out why God saw it in his plan to have me get my back messed up and have me be in so much pain. I know other people have it way worse then me and I am by no means trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill here. I just wonder why my back had to get messed up when i was just trying to get things back together in my life. I now he has a reason but knowing why might make it a bit easier to deal with. I know i will never know the reason here on earth for why it happened. I just wish I could get things under control so I can actually enjoy activities again. Thanks just a vent post here I am just a bit fed up with back pain and back spasms running my life.

I don’t know the extent of your back problem. I’m hoping it is just a minor thing that might be the result of stress or fatigue.

 

[blue_ladybug]

I am the queen of bad backs.. Please read this, it will help you understand why you're going through this. It's my own personal story.

http://christianchat.com/miscellane...estimony-lessons-learned-through-my-pain.html

 

[JosephsDreams]

It may not be Gods plan. But then again, maybe it is. If it isn't, He can take what is meant for bad and make it good. If it is, be attentive...

 

[jenniferand2]

I don’t know the extent of your back problem. I’m hoping it is just a minor thing that might be the result of stress or fatigue.

I have severe degeneration and discs that slip in the lumbar region and also i have disc that slips in the cervical spine one below where my spine fuses to my skull

 

[jenniferand2]

I am the queen of bad backs.. Please read this, it will help you understand why you're going through this. It's my own personal story.

http://christianchat.com/miscellane...estimony-lessons-learned-through-my-pain.html

Lady blue I will try the link again in a bit it seems to be spasing out lol just like my back. Did you or do you ever get angry with God because or the pain you go through? How do you or I get to a place where we can be okay with being limited in what we can do ? How do we put things back together I guess is what I am asking there is so much I want to do but feel like I can barley move some days. I am sorry I have alwyas been bad at excepting limitations I have with bipolar and ptsd and a million other things I have more broken me then good me and I get frusterated.

 

[jenniferand2]

Lady blue I will try the link again in a bit it seems to be spasing out lol just like my back. Did you or do you ever get angry with God because or the pain you go through? How do you or I get to a place where we can be okay with being limited in what we can do ? How do we put things back together I guess is what I am asking there is so much I want to do but feel like I can barley move some days. I am sorry I have alwyas been bad at excepting limitations I have with bipolar and ptsd and a million other things I have more broken me then good me and I get frusterated.

please lady if you would like to pm me and maybe give me some insight I would be greatful

 

[jenniferand2]

I am humble and very proud to be alive do not get me wrong. I just wish i could do some things simple things like go for a stroll in the park with not having any pain. Like have my pain lessened so I can go back to work full- time. I feel like I should be thankful that I can still walk, talk, breath and many other things some people can not do. I also just feel like I am just kind of sitting around slowly watching life creep by and I am destined to do better things I am sure. I just keep running into my body falling apart on me. Sorry I am done ranting

 

[TeeNard]

i don't have back problem, but i have some problems with my mind at times that get me a bit frustrated at times, but some friend showed me some videos which i really found helped me. I will post the link for you. Just give me a few moments to find it.
In the meantime, do you think God is the blame, or do you think there is another reason.
I'll be back in a moment.

 

[blue_ladybug]

I can't remember the last time I had no pain in my back, or my body in general. Do I get angry with God? Not angry, so much as frustrated. How can I live my life and do anything if I'm stuck in bed 24-7 with a broken back? I can't, not really. So I take some meds, put on heat wraps and ask God to give me the strength to do what I need to do. Even then, it is still hard to function. One day you and I will be healed. We will have pain-free bodies, and you and I are gonna do cartwheels and back flips in the fields of heaven.

 

[jenniferand2]

sorry. jenniferand2
took me a while to find.
here is the video:
Jehovah's Witnesses BROADCASTING
If the link does not take you there directly, The video is "Imagine the Time".

And here is a link to your question.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20121101/why-god-allows-suffering/#?insight[search_id]=e0804da4-4a63-40e8-9312-8dfde741d310&insight[search_result_index]=11

i hope it helps.

Thank you no I do not think God is to blame. I just get angry and wonder why it has happened to me when I want to do so many great things with my life.

 

[TeeNard]

Thank you no I do not think God is to blame. I just get angry and wonder why it has happened to me when I want to do so many great things with my life.

I am glad to hear that you don't fault God. Please don't fault yourself either. God doesn't.
I'm not going to ask you if you looked at the video, or the article. That is between you and God.
I know that many church people feel negative about that group of people, but I learned for myself, that people listen to and accept what their pastor and other church goers tell them, without finding out for themselves, and I discovered that I got more from the bible from my friend who belong to that group. But everyone will make their own choice.
I really like to talk with persons like yourself, not saying that you fit this category, but I spend a lot of time with older folk, and try to encourage them, because many times they are left alone. I would enjoy talking to you some more outside the forums. If you pm me, I could give you my contact information. God bless.

 

[resurrection33]

I have severe degeneration and discs that slip in the lumbar region and also i have disc that slips in the cervical spine one below where my spine fuses to my skull

That sounds rather serious. Years ago I injured my lower back and had some problems after that. I found a new job that didn't require the heavy lifting the old job did, and after a time the problem pretty much disappeared. I think stress and fatigue also play a role in back pain.

 

[Depleted]

I am trying to figure out why God saw it in his plan to have me get my back messed up and have me be in so much pain. I know other people have it way worse then me and I am by no means trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill here. I just wonder why my back had to get messed up when i was just trying to get things back together in my life. I now he has a reason but knowing why might make it a bit easier to deal with. I know i will never know the reason here on earth for why it happened. I just wish I could get things under control so I can actually enjoy activities again. Thanks just a vent post here I am just a bit fed up with back pain and back spasms running my life.

When God Weeps <-----written by a woman and guy years after spending six months together searching God's word for the answer to the big question -- "Why?"

And why did they get that interested in that question? Because at 17 she jumped into a body of water with her friends, broke her neck and became a quadriplegic. If anyone can teach me why God graced me with chronic pain and graced hubby with far worse, those two could. And they did.

Well worth the reading, and it won't answer just about a sore back that will go away. (And not that your sore back is a "just" either, but compared to the rest of your life that's a momentary discomfort. The rest hurts even more.) You've been through far worse than this, and God has you covered, thinks you're particularly special to him, and does answer that really big question. Those two just happen to do better at explaining it all in words than I can.

(Really, really... buy, borrow, or swap to get that book and read it. I don't recommend but about five books on all the stuff that interest me, and that's the only one worthy of your question.)

 

[Depleted]

I have severe degeneration and discs that slip in the lumbar region and also i have disc that slips in the cervical spine one below where my spine fuses to my skull

Whoops. Sorry. Didn't know you were in my boat for back pain. I was hoping yours was just a muscle spasm gone wrong. I'm more of a thoracic back pain than lumbar or cervical, but DDD too, so I will be getting the rest if I live long enough. (Already hit lumbar, just that at my age, who doesn't have lumbar pain?) I can't imagine how bad that will be since yours already started way before mine did.

Good news though. Mine started at your age, and I can still walk without assistance. (Just don't ask me to lean over long, unless you like screaming big old lady scaring your friends and neighbors.)

 

[Depleted]

Lady blue I will try the link again in a bit it seems to be spasing out lol just like my back. Did you or do you ever get angry with God because or the pain you go through? How do you or I get to a place where we can be okay with being limited in what we can do ? How do we put things back together I guess is what I am asking there is so much I want to do but feel like I can barley move some days. I am sorry I have always been bad at excepting limitations I have with bipolar and ptsd and a million other things I have more broken me then good me and I get frustrated.

I'll let you know when I come to accept this. I have to let hubby know, since he became disabled 2-3 years after I did.

17 years and still waiting for the moment of accepting.

How long you got to wait for me to get back to you?

Worst part -- I never know what will cause more pain until hours to a day after doing "stupid-idea."

And most of stupid-ideas have to be done anyway and who else is going to do it?

BUT, in case you haven't heard of it yet, TENS unit = back lifesaver.

It's my T11 (or was that 12? I always forget), that causes the chronic pain around my waist -- inside and out. Pain pills help that pain, but do nothing for back. TENS units give wow-I-can-live-with-that pain relief.

The on-the-market ones are iffy, at best. (My originally prescribed one lasted 16 years. I've bought three on-the-market ones since February, and I'm holding my breath for this third one last long enough that my next prescribed one comes in sometime this week. They're giving me two types -- the ones you'll see when you google and a vest one. Considering T4 is in a spot I can't reach, I'm really looking forward to see if the vest helps. If I can, I can deal with T4, T11, and my two L's all in one sitting.

Want me to let you know how it goes, once I find out?

 

[Depleted]

I am humble and very proud to be alive do not get me wrong. I just wish i could do some things simple things like go for a stroll in the park with not having any pain. Like have my pain lessened so I can go back to work full- time. I feel like I should be thankful that I can still walk, talk, breath and many other things some people can not do. I also just feel like I am just kind of sitting around slowly watching life creep by and I am destined to do better things I am sure. I just keep running into my body falling apart on me. Sorry I am done ranting

The book I recommended I read after being royally ticked off at God for making me disabled, and then finally getting over that. And THEN God had hubby become disabled. The only thing worse than being disabled is to feel helpless when you love someone and they become disabled too. (You're a mom, right? Yeah, that kind of helpless. You know it just from one of your kids getting a cold.)

So the words I was thinking about God -- and I am not afraid to tell him what I'm thinking any more than I fear telling anyone what I'm thinking -- I can't write on here. I think I might blow up the entire Internet just from the heat and anger of those words I used to think. I would have given up on God entirely, except for that obvious problem -- there is no denying God is, so giving up literally can't be done. So, once I got to the point (a mere 18 months later) that I realized I had to get back with God, he gave me that book.

He didn't really, but I have absolutely no idea how I came to hear of it or how it got into my house. (I suspect I just forgot, but usually when I forget there's some vague story lurking in the recesses of my mind. Nothing for this one.) BUT the first thing the book says is don't read if you're angry with God.

Well, if I waited around not to be angry with God, I'd never read that book. Whole problem was I didn't want to be but also didn't know how to get over it either, so I read it anyway.

It reached me quickly. (And truthfully, the opening story ticked me off. That's how angry I was.) If it can reach someone at my level of anger that quickly, it will reach you at merely frustrated quicker.

It reached because it answered that question in such a consistent way, (no way of trying to argue for the other side, and I've got the personality to know that for a fact. lol), that there has been such a peace ever since. Not that I am alone in the world, cut off from others because of a bad back, but that I am not alone. God has me close for a particular reason. And I agree with Joni -- I actually feel sorry for those who aren't disabled. How do they do that?

That kind of answer from that kind of typically disagreeable person like me.

 

[Depleted]

I can't remember the last time I had no pain in my back, or my body in general. Do I get angry with God? Not angry, so much as frustrated. How can I live my life and do anything if I'm stuck in bed 24-7 with a broken back? I can't, not really. So I take some meds, put on heat wraps and ask God to give me the strength to do what I need to do. Even then, it is still hard to function. One day you and I will be healed. We will have pain-free bodies, and you and I are gonna do cartwheels and back flips in the fields of heaven.

September 30, 1999. Not a full day of no pain, but the last day I had several hours of no pain -- and strung together, no less. (I do remember. I also can tell you what date the pain hit -- 7/7/99.)

You do cartwheels and backflips. I just want to put on clothes that DO bind at the waist. (Do you think we get clothes to go with the new bods?

)

 

[Miri]

September 30, 1999. Not a full day of no pain, but the last day I had several hours of no pain -- and strung together, no less. (I do remember. I also can tell you what date the pain hit -- 7/7/99.)

You do cartwheels and backflips. I just want to put on clothes that DO bind at the waist. (Do you think we get clothes to go with the new bods?

)

Almost certainly, either that or there had better be some good clothes shops in eternity.

 

[Depleted]

Almost certainly, either that or there had better be some good clothes shops in eternity.

I hate shopping (unless it's a craft store, garden nursery, or Build-a-Bear. lol)