The Lamp of Hope

The lamp that lights all darkness,

is drawn from sorrows vein

Angels tend its lonely wick

to see its glow remain

Its rays spark soft and gentle,

its red bears many scars

hang in the sky like ruby stones

amidst the twinkling stars

The Angel’s blessed scourges

are brought to feed the flame

tortures, sorrows, death and woes

wash us in holy rain

The lamp can e’er be followed

bright and most profound

always lighting higher paths

which lead to holy ground

Joseph McTaggart

Epilepsy and Faith

Isaiah 53 V4-5

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.

As a young Christian about the ages 11/12yrs I developed Epilepsy on the left side of my brain and have had it since (now 57)See the source image

I am a positive minded person so naturally I look at my condition with a positive mind but there are some who will/do look at their condition negatively.

I am on medication witch unfortunately doesn’t control the epilepsy completely as I still suffer what is called Complex & Simple partial seizures, most of the time  these seizures don’t stop me doing my day to day things.

Where does my faith come in? 

The fact that I’m a Christian with a positive mind helps a lot and speaking personally I have a wife, daughter, mother  and many other family & Friends who care and look out for me.