my friend Jen sent me this. . .

I just wanted to share with ya something that I heard Sunday morning that was so awesome, such an encouragement!! We had a guest speaker yesterday, he told us a story of how he met this woman who was trying to explain to him about the drug Prozac that she used to take. As he was listening to her explain this drug to him, how it works..he started to see the overall picture behind her story. She explained to him that she has this disease that forms tumors on all of her nerve endings, is extremely painful, most of the time unbearable. She then explained that when she takes this medication (Prozac) it basicly numbs her brain, her ability to think clearly, make right decisions. Through talking to her more he realizes that this woman is a Christian, she said that what hurts the most is that it disables her ability to please her Lord, obey Him and make choices that are centered around Him. So, because she felt like she wasn't able to please the Lord the way she needed to, she decided to stop taking her medication, suffer through the pain so that she could please her Lord!! Is that powerful stuff or what?! After hearing that I thought...if this woman was willing to suffer in order to please, obey her Lord then we, as perfectly healthy individuals have no reason or excuse to ever stop striving to please, obey our Lord and Heavenly Father! Also, I mean if this woman was able to make such a sacrifice as that in order to do what's right, obey God..then that just proves how important it is for us as Christians to strive to please the Lord! I hope this was as much an encouragement to you as it was to me..pass it on to somebody else too so they can be encouraged to please, obey our Lord!