Wednesday, November 6, 2024

THE THOUGHTS OF MY JOURNEY with the C-word

 

 

Father God, this has been a rough week of medical diagnosis for my breast and my eyes. 

I thank You that the results from the biopsy will show no more signs of calcification. They are totally cancer free. I thank You that the damage to my optic nerve will be undamaged; the things I have lost vision wise will be restored and the macular degeneration will cease. Lord, You are a healer and a restorer. Thank You for restoring what the worm has eaten and give me a testimony to tell of Your wondrous works. In the name of Jesus! Amen!

 Oct 26, 2024 at 1:12PM 

 

 

God gave me a gift tonight 

As He held my fragile feelings in His hands 

Whispering it’s going to be alright 

 

He gave me His heart wrapped in love 

With this gift I immerse myself in the peace that transcends all things that go wrong 

Thankful it is a gift that smothers the longing for perfection amidst the complex things that life brings 

 

Perfection is not an entity that dwells in our earthly reality 

Things go wrong 

When they do we seek answers to the question why

The truth of the why is a reality we are hard pressed to deny 

 

Perfection is not wrapped in silver linings and presented on leaves of gold 

Imperfection is real and health is fragile 

When it’s good it lifts us up

When it’s bad it tears us down 

Sending our countenance tumbling to the ground 

Drowning in a frown—grappling with the pain of what went wrong

 

As I grapple Lord—open my eyes to receive the gift of healing that’s wrapped in Your love

Train them to look up and see—that You are good 

 

If suffering precedes the healing help me remember—I can revel in a remedy that wraps me in protective arms allowing me to float on a sea of turbulent calm

Sustaining…surviving—while love unfurls the gift that encircles the pain 

Like the beauty of a golden chain 

 

Your heart of love is Your gift to me in this season of hearing what I don’t want to hear—as You teach me NOT to walk in fear

 

I take this moment I’m in right now and walk triumphantly through 

Giving ALL my deepening praise to You

Moments only last for a season 

And in all things You have a reason 

 

For every mountain You brought me over 

You have given me a gift

For every valley You have brought me through 

You have given me a gift 

For this gift—I am grateful 

 

Life doesn’t always give us what we want

When it doesn’t—we must learn how to find happiness and peace in what we have

What we have is the gift of God’s heart

Wrapped in His love

 Oct 27, 2024 at 10:26PM 

 

Lord, there are mountains and valleys in the political realm and health wise. Father, my prayer is that You remove the mountains. They say what is lost and damaged in the eyes cannot be restored. Father, I know what man cannot do You can. If You can raise the dead, You can heal a damaged optic nerve, it is in a lesser state than death and with You all things are possible. You can make the impossible possible. That is the power of Your name and Your will. If You will it to be done—it shall he done! They are calling for an appointment with radiology, at the moment, I don’t know what that means. My first thought is the c-word. There are one of two things that will happen with these mountains: You will move them, or You will take me over them. My preference is they be moved. How I would love to testify to receiving what they said couldn’t be done. With You all things are possible! Thank You Father for working in my life. Thank You that Your will be done. I don’t want to drink from the bitter cup of going through the process of surviving the c; I want to testify to the supernatural removal of it in Jesus’ name! 

Father God, our country, The United States of America is in a sad state right now. We are on the verge of the most detrimental election in my lifetime. Lord, either the candidate that can get this country back on track will win or the one that will lead us deeper into the wilderness will win. I don’t know which is which. Both sides think their candidate is the one that will make us prosperous. Father, I don’t have much confidence in either one. This I do know whichever one takes the Oval Office You are in control and those that seek You and follow Your statues will survive the turmoil. Thank You Lord that Your saints will rise up and not falter in this battle; for we wrestle not with flesh and blood but spiritual wickedness in high places. Thank You that Your mighty hand is stretched across this nation and Your Will—will be done in the MIGHTY NAME of JESUS!! Amen. 

🎶For every mountain You brought of over. For every trial You’ve seen me through…🎶

 Oct 28, 2024 at 9:24AM 

 

Sitting in a small office I heard what I didn’t want to hear

What do you do when you hear someone say you have cancer

Do you smile and gird yourself up because you know God is in control—or do you cry

Me…I took a breath and listened with my head slightly reeling 

Fought back the tear that welled in my right eye as I tried to take in what I was hearing 

As I walked out the door a gentle breeze carried me to my car where I sat and let the tears fall

Amazing how tears can fall and you are not crying 

As I wiped the tears away I told the devil he was a liar

With a pensive countenance I didn’t smile 

In quiet courage I knew God was in control 

I started my car and pulled away in quiet resolve…singing with Lisa Page Brooks:

🎶the devil is a liar, yah yah yah yah—victory is mine YEAH…yah yah yah yah🎶

 Nov 1, 2024 at 4:19PM 

 

Today

I want to run

I want to scream 

I want to cry

But most if all…

I need You Lord!

And I won’t ask the inevitable—why

I need to hear Your voice telling me how I can clear my insides of what I don’t want to feel

My deepest desire is to shout—I am HEALED!

You can do all things when we ask in Your name

You healed the blind man 

Please for me—do the same

 Nov 2, 2024 at 9:30AM 

 

I walk

I sing

I pray

This prevailing feeling Lord…please take it away

A depression I don’t want to feel

Feeling joy would make what I want to become more real

Surround this feeling that’s trying to take me down 

With the fruits of Your spirit as they embrace me all around 

When I hear Your voice—in Your will I will rejoice 

 Nov 2, 2024 at 11:14AM

 

When depression overtakes you, you sometimes want to die

Leave this earth and soar beyond the sky 

In Your heart you want Jesus to reign

You find solace in the words "to live is Christ to die is gain"

You focus on the dying 

For in that you would no longer feel the pain 

A gentle voice reminds you…though dying is a gain—focus on the living

That’s where you bring honor to My name

 Nov 2, 2024 at 11:39AM 

 

Here I lay with scriptural music on my chest

Covering the cancer they say is in my breast 

Scriptural music speaking life to my bones

Saying cancer leave me alone

You have no place in my life 

Be gone with your misery and your strife 

Cancer…my faith you won’t rattle 

I’m ready to fight this ensuing battle 

Cancer…leave me alone 

In this body you have no home 

So cancer…be gone 

And take with you this annoying hematoma; you won’t invade this fragrant spiritual aroma…that is filling my place and putting a smile on my face 

So cancer…just…be gone 

 Nov 5, 2024 at 9:11AM 

 

At this moment…

I’m trying to catch up with myself in where I am with all of this

Sometimes a wave of emotions hit me in the pit of my stomach with a gravity that could be overwhelming…if I let it

I meet that feeling head on and let it ride its way out of my spirit and soul 

Then I return to the faith that is growing inside of me in spite of what is and what could be

 Nov 5, 2024 at 3:48PM 

 

I believe I have supernatural victory over cancer in Jesus’ name!! A large part of His ministry was healing…He hasn’t changed!

 Nov 6, 2024 at 10:01AM

 

Temptation comes to everyone. When it comes it tests your faith…if you have none the test is hard. 

 Nov 6, 2024 at 10:14AM 

 

Good and evil exist in the world. Evil can be a catalyst for suffering. God never promised us we wouldn’t suffer…He promised us He would be with us through the suffering. Thank You Father for being there…always showing me how much You really care. 

 Nov 6, 2024 at 10:16AM 

 

 

 

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