No Weapon Formed Against Me...

I have seen the verse from Isaiah 54:17 that is the title of this blog many, many times. Even though I consider the book of Isaiah to be one of my favorite go to books, I never realized how much that verse "No weapon formed against you shall prosper" really meant to my life. It was about four years ago that I really started realizing something was wrong with me. I remember that the school year was over, and I had a lot of time on my hands but that I couldn't enjoy that time because I couldn't get off the couch for very long. I was so, so tired all of the time. It wasn't just a regular tired, it was a hit by a truck kind of tired and on most days there was no real reason for this! I remember telling my husband something just doesn't seem right. Then a couple of weeks after that I had my first episode in the middle of the night where I couldn't move my legs. Shortly after that we found out I had a small tumor on the base of my brain. We thought "ok, now we know" but little did we know that wasn't the root of the problem. It would take months, and many more appointments to find out that the real culprit was M.S. Fast forward four years, I just came in from a tough work out with my trainer, it was leg day and anyone who works out knows that leg day is the worst day! While I was struggling through a few of my reps at the end of the workout I was thinking about where I was four years ago and how I never imagined that I would be here, right now, not in the best shape by far, but in the best shape of my life. I often wonder about another saying that I hear pretty often, "God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers". M.S. is certainly a battle, I don't know without this diagnosis if I would have pushed myself to run a 5k nearly every weekend, or to run another half marathon this year, or to do zumba like a maniac, or even to put myself through the pain and torture of working out with my trainer! I was doing some reps with the sled today along side some high school volleyball girls. We were all struggling a little bit and while they were starting to get a little silly I realized they are there because they are young and they are trying to get better at their sport, I am there because...I chose to be...because I can't stand the thought of ever going back to the place that I was four years ago...because I want to inspire others to never give up. I know that I am blessed, I thank God many times a day for where I am. I still have bad days, don't get me wrong, but right now I am beating the odds!