You are not your disease!

I have recently discovered a doctor, author and radio broadcaster named Dr. Asa Andrew. I highly recommend his book, Empowering your health. My thought for today from Dr. Asa is you are not your disease. Do not name your condition in connection to yourself. In my case, I should never say MY Hashimoto's. My body is reacting in ways consistent with this condition, but I choose to take care of body, focus on getting well and living in obedience to Christ. I'm not going fall under the weight of this diagnosis and call it mine. Its not living in ignorance, its choosing hope. Doctor say I have arthritis in my fingers (boy do I wish I could make that amount of money telling people the obvious!!! lol) but it is simply my joints swelling BECAUSE of an autoimmune response in my body. Doctors have names for everything but it doesn't mean you have to keep that name as yours.