Jennifer Saake

As I looked up dates for this week, I realized that it was EXACTLY two years ago this coming Saturday, on December 10, 2020, when I watched Susan Heck's " A Call to Scripture Memory " - https://youtu.be/WVvPtTCni1E - and asked God if it would be possible for me to commit ONE short book of the Bible to memory by January 1, 2022? I was intrigued by the "brain training" aspect of the concept, deeply convicted of the spiritual benefits of this idea, and incredibly sincere in my desire to hide God's Word in my heart. I was also cynical and skeptical that it would be remotely possible for me, with such extensive memory incapability after strokes had wiped out so much of my brain, hitting memory centers hard!  I flipped through my Bible and felt satisfied that I should try the book of Jude since I figured it must be the shortest book, at only a single chapter comprised on just 25 verses. I didn't  know my Bible  well enough to realize that there are four books ...

Are you specifically looking for my stroke story?  If you want to start directly there, jump down about 6 paragraphs. Look for the bolded line about October, 2011, then back up one paragraph for a little more context. I've lived with   myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)  since my teens. I am not cured, but thankfully my illness is (current as of  early 2021)  well-managed with rest, routine, and medication .  Having lived through decades of remissions and relapses, sometimes being so sick that it feels like the act of breathing is more demanding than I can muster, I've spent seasons whimpering in bed without the strength to even roll over.  Even on "good days" ME/CFS is to just "being tired" what a hurricane is to a shower of sprinkles. Think of a time when you had a nasty case of the flu with aches, fatigue so severe you couldn't think straight, system dysregulation like unanticipated blood pressure drops and chills and fevers...

400 days ago, our lives changed with the official declaration of "pandemic". It's been a long haul for us all, starting with toilet paper shortages and isolation, and continuing with many of us loosing jobs or transitioning to work and school from home, via video calls.  Some churches eventually re-opened, while others continue to follow orders to stay apart. :( We have "mask fatigue" both from the wearing and from the lack of seeing human faces. Touch is a hard commodity to find! If you have lost a loved one, I ache for you. Please feel free to memorialize their name in the comments. I have been praying generally for those impacted, but would love to pray for you by name. Visit me: main author page - https://www. facebook.com/HarvestingHope Specialty pages:     infertility / loss page - https://www.facebook.com/ HannahsHopeBook     stroke - https://www.facebook.com/ StrokieGal     current book project on church deception -...