In TWO days we will be boarding the plane to make our way toward Africa! I am excited to see what God has in store for our team and praying that He will use us to LOVE on everyone we come in contact with. Lord, break each of our hearts for what breaks Your heart!!!! Let this trip not just be something to "check the box off," but let it spark something in us that will let us NOT be the same! And let it not just affect us, but may we come back and begin a wave in our Church, circle of friends, and community that will have an ETERNAL difference!
Today as I am finishing packing and preparing for my trip, my heart, thoughts, and prayers are also very focused on my sweet friend Ashley and her family as she awaits to hear the results today from her sweet baby Nolan's biopsy. The "waiting" game is sometimes the hardest place to be.
Lord, give Ashley and Micheal complete peace and joy in this! Thank you for them and the glory they are giving to you through this trial! Thank you for the blessings you have given them through this- continue to shower your love as only YOU can do! Be with Addison and Hayden as their parents attention is not as focused on them right now. Lord, step in where they need something! Help them to feel so loved right now! God, I thank you that YOU love every child MORE than their parents... this is so hard for me to fully comprehend, but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is true, and I praise You for it! Your word says "He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." (Ps 107:20) If there is disease in Nolan's body, I pray that YOU, Father, would touch Him with Your healing power and bring Nolan to full health! Give the doctors and Ashley and Micheal FULL knowledge and wisdom on how to proceed with the answers they get from the tests! Give their family a sense of YOUR loving presence that far outweighs any fear that they have, for you "did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind." (2 Tim 1:7)! Give them peeace that passes all understanding and unspeakable joy through YOU! Lord, we give You the glory!
Amen
LATER TODAY....
Nolan's tests came back negative for cancer!!! Yay!!! They still have a long road ahead as they are pretty sure they will have to operate to remove it (which will mean taking bone out of his hip, and since it is close to his heart, it is a delicate surgery). Continuing to pray, knowing that GOD is in control and HE will get the glory!
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