Praying for Health in 2011

Last night I had the opportunity to spend time with some precious friends.  We have all taught together at one school, and most of us are now scattered across the county at different school sites.  We have been together through marriage, divorce, birth, death, and sickness and health.  Right now, one of us is very, very ill.  The dreaded C word has invaded her body for the 2nd time.  This strong, beautiful woman has fought breast cancer, and now has stage 4 metastasized cancer in her bones and soft tissues.  She has been fighting this second round for two years now.  Brave and outwardly strong, she has fought, and planned a future for her and her girls regardless of the prognosis. 

Seeing her last night was precious time.  The laughter was medicine for all of our souls and hearts.  Playing a silly game, eating junk food, and just loving on each other all night was priceless. 

Lord,
You are Jehovah Rapha, our healer.  I pray over my beautiful friend today, that You who can do miracles will perform your healing on her body.  If it is Your will God, please keep her pain free, and able to continue to have a good quality of life while she fights this.  She will come home to You one day Lord, of this I am sure, and the angels will rejoice at her arrival.  Please be with her and sing over her and bring her peace.

While I was there, my littlIe guy, who was home with daddy, spiked a fever.  We dosed him with tylenol and it seems to have dropped.  Praying for him to be well today, too. 

My own Daddy is still fighting something we are not sure what it is, and I pray today that You will reach his heart and he will be drawn to You. 

I am not ready to lose a friend or a parent.  I know that You will never give me more than I can handle, so Your holy strength will be behind me. 

Amen

New Year, same old stuff

A picture post to come when I have more time, but until then, a few words about travel and home.

We got stuck in the north while on our trip to see my family.  Three days stuck.  Three days that I desperately needed to take care of things at home.  With me working now, it takes so much time to clean up and tidy the house.  It always seems cluttered and there is no end to laundry and dishes.   Without those three days, now we are behind even more.  It may be a new year, but the same old stresses are present every day.  Clean the house, do the dishes, feed the cats, purge the old to add the new.  There has been no time to restand relax.  Then on top of all of it, I go and severely sprain my left wrist.  It is currently in a splint, and hurts terribly.  My week off with my son suddenly becomes complicated.  GRRRR.  

Without the delay, the wrist might not have been sprained, but then my heart tells me, what else could have happened?  God has a reason for everything.  I got more time with my family and got to do a few things we otherwise wouldn't have.  So I will deal with the house in due time, and until then try to enjoy the week with my sweet baby boy.