Years ago when I was still raising my children, I struggled with my health. There was little known at that time about the mysterious symptoms I suffered. Because of that, it was hard to find anyone to believe me. I felt alone, judged by God and man, and despairing.
Read MoreIt was mid-March 2019, and I had developed a skin irritation that was intensely itchy with a burning sensation. This, of course, was made worse by clothing that constantly touched it. Most may not give the matter much thought. Just call the doctor and take the given prescription. But no, not me. I’d had this type of irritation before.
The first time was during a bout of clinical depression which developed after the birth of my fourth child. The irritation wasn’t an actual rash although it came with severe anxiety as I obsessed over it. Through treatment for depression and anxiety, the “rash” disappeared….
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Years ago when I was still raising my children, I struggled with my health. There was little known at that time about the mysterious symptoms I suffered. Because of that, it was hard to find anyone to believe me. I felt alone, judged by God and man, and despairing.
It was then that God's love broke through to me. I began to know HIM as my LIFE, not just as Someone way out there...throwing down a little help now and then if I asked correctly.
This song was popular in Christian circles in those dark days. God used Steve Green's big songs about a big GOD to help lift me out of depression into His marvelous light and LIFE.
Worship Him with me:
GOD AND GOD ALONE
God and God alone
Created all these things we call our own
From the mighty to the small
The glory in them all
Is God’s and God’s alone.
God and God alone
Reveals the truth of all we call unknown
All the best and worst of man
Can’t change the Master’s plan
It’s God’s and God’s alone.
Chorus:
God and God alone
Is fit to take the universe’s throne
Let everything that lives
Reserve its truest praise
For God and God alone.
God and God alone
Will be the joy of our eternal home
He will be our one desire
Our hearts will never tire
Of God and God alone.
Janet Renner Loyd has been a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ most of her life. Her formal education includes a degree in education from the University of Arizona and also a degree in Bible & Theology from Moody Bible Institute. For more than thirty years, she has been involved in teaching and leading women’s Bible studies, retreats, and meetings…most notably Precept upon Precept and various studies that she has personally developed. Professionally, Jan recently retired from teaching language and writing to GED and adult ESOL students.
About her life, Jan says, “The most important thing about me is my relationship with my Father God through my Lord Jesus Christ. I am forever grateful to Him for His love, mercy, and grace to me and my family and friends...and the world.”
Jan has been happily married to John Loyd for more than forty years. They have two adult, married children and five lively young grandsons.
