God is good! I wanted to start this blog with that statement because sometimes what I write here in this space is not entirely clear and complete for how I am doing. I am great. I have struggled to get used to the life here in the USA---I needed some boosting that is for sure. but now...i am great and I can see clearer. when you ask, you will receive.
i am here in Orange City now after a weekend vacation in Wisconsin and the weekend before spent with my brother and his family near Omaha on the campground site 21 and 22. I will begin my biking adventure tomorrow. I will bike 3 miles...pick weeds at a pumpkin farm for 4 hours...then bike 3 miles home all before lunch. My sister Christa is getting ready to leave for Honduras to teach 2nd grade. Who would have known that the house I grew up in would be a mission send out base too. ha. so yeah, things are good on this end. they are a lot better since I have been spending time with Jesus.......duh!
Have you ever wondered what was missing in your life----why you are easily bothered, why things are overwhelming, why you have sadness, why you never seem to be able to communicate what you mean, and why you feel restlessly stuck inside of a body that doesn't portray who you really are inside? I have been there. I have recently discovered (or really just understood and I made a choice to be transformed) that everything starts to plummet when I live on my own strength. I lose respect, I have fear, I am trapped inside my emotions, and I have no hope.
If I don't live from the Source of life--met in the quietness and relationship with Jesus EVERYDAY I will eventually slowly fall apart. I need Him so much and I am thankful and willing to serve Him and be transformed into His likeness. get quiet...in your heart today.
:)
At this point i have decided to educate you on the life cycle of a cold sore.
(the photos included are not to gross you out---but to help. this is MY face you are seeing...not some creepy health book model. this is just a warning)
#1 LATENT
The cold sore is hiding in the nerve in the back of the jaw. the virus may "sleep" for weeks or years without incident. Your body's defense "soldiers" keep them in check. When there is stress your defenses may drop. Then the cold sore virus can escape and reproduce - beginning the active cold sore stages.
#2 PRODROME
The cold sore virus travels down your nerve fibers to the surface. This movement causes your cold sore target area to itch or tingle.
#3 INFLAMMATION
Your cold sore virus has now arrived at the surface and begins it's reproductive cycle by entering the cells at the end of the nerve. This causes a lot of swelling and redness.
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It began when we were camping over 4th of July in Omaha...I felt the tingle and wondered if I would be getting 12 small zits in one place....that was a clue I guess.
#4 PRE-SORE
A full blown cold sore is not one big blister but a grouping of small blisters called vesicles--tiny, hard pimples or red bumps that are painfully sensitive to the touch.
I got one big red one first then some days later I recognized those vesicles near the corner...it was outbreak number 2! but notice how these cold sores NEVER touched my lips.
#5 OPEN SORE
The most painful and contagious time is when all the vesicles break open and merge to create one big open, weeping sore. The weeping fluid is teaming with newly born cold sore viruses. Touching this fluid, you could easily spread the cold sore virus to another part of your own body or to someone else.
#6 CRUSTING
It will develop a yellowish crust or scab as it begins to finally start the healing process.
eww! can you see in this photo that I had started yet another outbreak just under the nose and a dot in the nose corner? I finally went to Walgreens and got some topical medicine which was a relief! I am taking daily doses of L-Lysine for strengthening cologen in the skin.
#7 HEALING
Once scabbed over, it begins healing from the inside out as new skin forms under the crust.
after a sweaty bike ride I gently wiped my face and the scab fell off...wonderful! Number 3 up by the nose just turned into a golden orb with nothing inside and number 4 was scared to start growing so it quickly died.
#8 POST SCAB
Cold sores at this stage no longer have a visible cold sore scab and your skin has totally healed. Under your new skin, healing is still taking place as the destroyed cells are regenerated. This produces a red spot that may linger. You are STILL contagious until this red spot disappears.
i know it is a bit gross to read all of that...but interesting enough i hope.
it turns out the cold sores have a connections to fear, stress, and anxiety.
i have dealt with these connections strictly and don't see cold sores being a problem in my life much more.
i am thankful to God that he takes the ugly cold sores on my face, but also the grossness sleeping deep in my heart waiting to express its ugliness. Through His process and time...I am fully restored and healed. That which was destroyed is renewed and it's better.
do you get it?
hope so.
i am here in Orange City now after a weekend vacation in Wisconsin and the weekend before spent with my brother and his family near Omaha on the campground site 21 and 22. I will begin my biking adventure tomorrow. I will bike 3 miles...pick weeds at a pumpkin farm for 4 hours...then bike 3 miles home all before lunch. My sister Christa is getting ready to leave for Honduras to teach 2nd grade. Who would have known that the house I grew up in would be a mission send out base too. ha. so yeah, things are good on this end. they are a lot better since I have been spending time with Jesus.......duh!
Have you ever wondered what was missing in your life----why you are easily bothered, why things are overwhelming, why you have sadness, why you never seem to be able to communicate what you mean, and why you feel restlessly stuck inside of a body that doesn't portray who you really are inside? I have been there. I have recently discovered (or really just understood and I made a choice to be transformed) that everything starts to plummet when I live on my own strength. I lose respect, I have fear, I am trapped inside my emotions, and I have no hope.
If I don't live from the Source of life--met in the quietness and relationship with Jesus EVERYDAY I will eventually slowly fall apart. I need Him so much and I am thankful and willing to serve Him and be transformed into His likeness. get quiet...in your heart today.
:)
At this point i have decided to educate you on the life cycle of a cold sore.
(the photos included are not to gross you out---but to help. this is MY face you are seeing...not some creepy health book model. this is just a warning)
#1 LATENT
The cold sore is hiding in the nerve in the back of the jaw. the virus may "sleep" for weeks or years without incident. Your body's defense "soldiers" keep them in check. When there is stress your defenses may drop. Then the cold sore virus can escape and reproduce - beginning the active cold sore stages.
#2 PRODROME
The cold sore virus travels down your nerve fibers to the surface. This movement causes your cold sore target area to itch or tingle.
#3 INFLAMMATION
Your cold sore virus has now arrived at the surface and begins it's reproductive cycle by entering the cells at the end of the nerve. This causes a lot of swelling and redness.
.JPG)
It began when we were camping over 4th of July in Omaha...I felt the tingle and wondered if I would be getting 12 small zits in one place....that was a clue I guess.
#4 PRE-SORE
A full blown cold sore is not one big blister but a grouping of small blisters called vesicles--tiny, hard pimples or red bumps that are painfully sensitive to the touch.
I got one big red one first then some days later I recognized those vesicles near the corner...it was outbreak number 2! but notice how these cold sores NEVER touched my lips.
#5 OPEN SORE
The most painful and contagious time is when all the vesicles break open and merge to create one big open, weeping sore. The weeping fluid is teaming with newly born cold sore viruses. Touching this fluid, you could easily spread the cold sore virus to another part of your own body or to someone else.
#6 CRUSTING
It will develop a yellowish crust or scab as it begins to finally start the healing process.
eww! can you see in this photo that I had started yet another outbreak just under the nose and a dot in the nose corner? I finally went to Walgreens and got some topical medicine which was a relief! I am taking daily doses of L-Lysine for strengthening cologen in the skin.
#7 HEALING
Once scabbed over, it begins healing from the inside out as new skin forms under the crust.
after a sweaty bike ride I gently wiped my face and the scab fell off...wonderful! Number 3 up by the nose just turned into a golden orb with nothing inside and number 4 was scared to start growing so it quickly died.
#8 POST SCAB
Cold sores at this stage no longer have a visible cold sore scab and your skin has totally healed. Under your new skin, healing is still taking place as the destroyed cells are regenerated. This produces a red spot that may linger. You are STILL contagious until this red spot disappears.
i know it is a bit gross to read all of that...but interesting enough i hope.
it turns out the cold sores have a connections to fear, stress, and anxiety.
i have dealt with these connections strictly and don't see cold sores being a problem in my life much more.
i am thankful to God that he takes the ugly cold sores on my face, but also the grossness sleeping deep in my heart waiting to express its ugliness. Through His process and time...I am fully restored and healed. That which was destroyed is renewed and it's better.
do you get it?
hope so.
6 comments:
hm. good post. Here I am reading it all in this "medical way" and then it dawns on me....
great ideas in there. I get it.
I like the way your mess has turned into a message :)
I just finished listening to the Bethel Sermon of the Week and there Kris Vallotton talks about that. Hehe, nice to see it in practice :)
:)
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