I found out a few years ago that I had what is called a "SLAP" tear in my right shoulder and that the only way my right arm was going to work properly again was to have surgery.
I summoned the elders who anointed me in the name of the Lord. I lifted my hands in prayer. The Holy Spirit descended like a dove, and the voice of the Most High, as it were, came to me ever so sweetly and as it were, said "I'm going to heal your attitude..."
And in God's own gracious way, He let me know He wasn't going to touch my shoulder; rather He was going to touch my soul, and cause me to be able to maintain a righteous attitude about suffering physically through the trial.
And it was quite the trial. My wife and I had a two year old, and she was expecting. The birth of our son occurred merely days after I was finally allowed to take my sling off permanently. I still, however had lifting restrictions, and couldn't do much of anything to help my wife after she had given birth. I could only, if sitting, hold our son in my left hand and arm. Otherwise, I couldn't do chores, change diapers, or anything until several months had passed.
And that was merely the start of a whole new adventure in injury and pain and diagnoses, and etc. too long to detail in this post.
Pray for me. I'm going back to the Orthopedic Surgeon. My GP believes the labrum in my right shoulder is again damaged.
PS. A SLAP tear is a Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior tear in the cartilage where the 1.) greater humerus bone meets the ball and socket joint of the shoulder, and 2.) The long-head tendon from the bicep attaches to the shoulder joint at the top (i.e. superior) part of the labrum, and is torn front to back (i.e. anterior to posterior).
For more info:
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00627
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