“This Too Shall Last”
In Alec Hill’s book “Living in Bonus Time”, he shares that only 1 in 5 bone marrow transplant survivors live without serious health limitations. As time goes on, I’ve been grappling with the very real possibility of living with chronic disability such as GVHD, fatigue, or something else. All things considered, I am grateful for each day that God gives me but it’s still hard to consider living with a potential disabling condition for the rest of my life. Recently, I’ve been reading a book my brother gave me entitled “This Too Shall Last” by K.J. Ramsey. The author is someone who lives with chronic illness and fatigue which is debilitating. She poignantly recounts how she often wakes up in the morning in pain, feeling tired instead of well-rested. And the “joy that comes in the morning” which the Word talks about is something foreign to her as she can’t remember what it feels like to wake without feeling weary. Ironically, it’s encouraging for me to read of her perspective on suffering