Wow, wow and more wow!
First of all, welcome to the sweet sixteen KU JAYHAWKS! Sorry, KSU fans. Who would have "thunk" it? The year following the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, we'd be this far again...with a NEW team! Wow!
More "wows" for the ways I continue to be amazed at how the enemy tries to "steal, kill and destroy," so many lives, hopes, dreams and plans. Why do I ever think he'll leave all of us alone? I'm not sure he will as long as we're living for God. We've pretty much made ourselves a target.
You know what I want? I want to just get better at recognizing his schemes and being quicker to knock them out as soon as I see arrows coming towards me. Remember...RECOGNIZING is the FIRST and HARDEST step!
SO, once we do that, then what?
As I said in my last post, worship, worship, worship. Worship wins the war! The one thing I believe gets the enemy running is raising your hands to God in worship, getting on your face before Him, singing His praises, even in the midst of a storm.
I recall one day on the BMT unit, just a few days after being admitted for my first round of chemotherapy. The doctors told me to exercise and to get on the treadmill to keep my lungs strong. So, Loren and I wheeled down to the exercise room, IV pole in tow, chemo running into my veins. Loren held the discman (no IPODs yet), I got on the treadmill, held on with one hand and raised my other arm to the heavens, eyes closed...focused on God.
You know how you sometimes get the feeling someone is watching you? Well, I got that feeling. I opened one eye, just a little, and saw a nurse staring at me from the nurses station window that connected with the exercise room. When she saw me looking, she quickly looked away. Not sure she had ever seen such a sight before.
What I did know was the enemy was seeing it, too. He didn't like it. He probably thought, why does she keep getting out of bed, must less get on that treadmill and praise God?!
Well, that is exactly what I encourage you to do in the midst of any storms that come your way. GET OUT OF BED! Keep moving forward, praise God, sing Amazing Grace, something. Just keep your "mind on things above and not on earthly things." Col. 3:2
Keep me in your prayers as I continue to prepare for the seminar I'm conducting Tuesday night for KU Med, "Spirituality and Dealing with Cancer." I'm quite excited to share some ideas and thoughts with those in the "helping" professions.
No Fear!
2 Tim 1:7
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
My Bad, God Good!
Well, there are no excuses. I've been a bad girl. I'm SO sorry for not posting until now. I can admit that I've allowed the enemy to get in my way a few times, thinking to myself, My blog site isn't very "pretty" or "fancy" (Dana I still need your help!) and who will really care what I have to say anyway? It's time to say ENOUGH of that kind of thinking! Hogwash! Even if this site helps ONE person through a rough time in their life, it's worth it.
On that note, do you know had God sent His Son to die for ONE person, He still would have sent Him. True. Everyone, each one of us matters to God!
I've had few "challenges" the past few weeks. Nothing too big for God. Ultrasound this area, biopsy that lymph node (normal), run that Cat Scan to make sure everything is okay. I've been reminded BIG TIME at how much our faith matters. I've said it so many times, practice faith in the small things of life because when the big things come, they will be so much easier to handle.
So, what if you haven't quite gotten that part down? What if you didn't practice faith building like you should have and now life is throwing you a curve ball? All is not lost! There is always, always hope!
The Word says the enemy likes to "steal, kill and destroy." Some folks don't like to talk about the enemy, as if he doesn't exist. We know from God's word that he does exist. We also know he likes for us to think he's not around, waiting to devour us. Should we be afraid? Heck no!
The best way I know how to counter any attack (especially one of fear), is to praise God. That sends satan running faster than anything. Find a song that takes you to the throne of God immediately and play it over and over again.
There are countless occasions in which I used a song of praise to help me during a trying time. I'll share two:
1. Right before an upcoming surgery in Wichita, I had my discman (no Ipods then) running over and over again with a song titled, "Here With Me." The song spoke of feeling God's presence in the room, in that place with me. I was so into the music that I totally forgot I was in the pre-op room! I suddenly felt a tap on my leg and it was the anesthesiologist standing next to me, waiting to discuss what was going to happen in surgery.
2. As my new stem cells were coming into my body, and as I held the IV line in my hand, welcoming them to their new home (my body), the song "Abundantly" played in my hospital room. One nurse said, "I feel God's presence here." Yes, we all did!
KEEP PRAISING GOD! KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS ON HIM!
God is our hope. Hope is as essential to life as air and water. You need hope to cope and if you have God and Christ Jesus, YOU HAVE HOPE AND LIFE! Believe it and receive it!
I've had to remind myself of all of these things these last few weeks. None of us are perfect. We are all works in progress. As Joyce Meyer says, "I'm not where I wanna be, but thank God, I'm not where I used to be!"
Keep moving forward and keep believing!!
On that note, do you know had God sent His Son to die for ONE person, He still would have sent Him. True. Everyone, each one of us matters to God!
I've had few "challenges" the past few weeks. Nothing too big for God. Ultrasound this area, biopsy that lymph node (normal), run that Cat Scan to make sure everything is okay. I've been reminded BIG TIME at how much our faith matters. I've said it so many times, practice faith in the small things of life because when the big things come, they will be so much easier to handle.
So, what if you haven't quite gotten that part down? What if you didn't practice faith building like you should have and now life is throwing you a curve ball? All is not lost! There is always, always hope!
The Word says the enemy likes to "steal, kill and destroy." Some folks don't like to talk about the enemy, as if he doesn't exist. We know from God's word that he does exist. We also know he likes for us to think he's not around, waiting to devour us. Should we be afraid? Heck no!
The best way I know how to counter any attack (especially one of fear), is to praise God. That sends satan running faster than anything. Find a song that takes you to the throne of God immediately and play it over and over again.
There are countless occasions in which I used a song of praise to help me during a trying time. I'll share two:
1. Right before an upcoming surgery in Wichita, I had my discman (no Ipods then) running over and over again with a song titled, "Here With Me." The song spoke of feeling God's presence in the room, in that place with me. I was so into the music that I totally forgot I was in the pre-op room! I suddenly felt a tap on my leg and it was the anesthesiologist standing next to me, waiting to discuss what was going to happen in surgery.
2. As my new stem cells were coming into my body, and as I held the IV line in my hand, welcoming them to their new home (my body), the song "Abundantly" played in my hospital room. One nurse said, "I feel God's presence here." Yes, we all did!
KEEP PRAISING GOD! KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS ON HIM!
God is our hope. Hope is as essential to life as air and water. You need hope to cope and if you have God and Christ Jesus, YOU HAVE HOPE AND LIFE! Believe it and receive it!
I've had to remind myself of all of these things these last few weeks. None of us are perfect. We are all works in progress. As Joyce Meyer says, "I'm not where I wanna be, but thank God, I'm not where I used to be!"
Keep moving forward and keep believing!!
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