Celebrate!! Lori's Last Chemo Treatment- DONE!!!

     Today is a very exciting day!  Lori has finished her last chemo treatment!! Now we must pray that she bounces back from this treatment quickly so she can be ready to start school next Wednesday.  Also, Lori will begin radiation treatments soon.  Please continue to pray for her and her family as she continues to recover!!! I'm sure going back to work will be difficult, but selfishly I'm THRILLED!!!!  God has done and continues to do amazing thing in Lori's life.  We serve an AMAZING God!!! 

     As I think about this journey, I am reminded of this verse in Genesis. "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." (Genesis 50:20 NIV).

The devil is always trying to render us useless.  But in this situation, the opposite occurred.  Lori (and her family) grabbed on to that "troubled grace", and they triumphed together with God's help.  Just as Joseph did in Genesis.  His brothers sold him into slavery, then Potiphar’s wife plotted to destroy him when he refused to commit adultery.  Still, God has a plan.  God used Joseph to feed his family, his country, and others in surrounding countries.  I guess that really proves that I can TRUST God no matter what!  Jeremiah 29:11 says, " For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  

     So let's celebrate Lori's last day of chemo, and stay tuned to what His plans are for all of us!!!

Now, we have a race to run.............  

Merry Christmas!!! These are two of my favorite Christmas songs by Amy Grant. (We go way back. And I mean WaY BaCK!!)  Enjoy!

Heirlooms

 Breath of Heaven

Jesus is our Sympathetic Resonance

This might be the best example of how much Jesus hurts when we hurt.  I heard it several weeks ago on my ipod while listening to David Platt. Then I listened to it again on my Saturday morning run. Wow!!! The God of the universe knows and has experienced all of my emotions, struggles, and hurts.  Unbelievable! I searched David Platt's notes from that teaching The Cross of Christ (the Secret Church).  It wasn't in the notes.  But I searched it and several people blogged about it after hearing the analogy.  What a beautiful picture of his love for us!!!  He is our Sympathetic Resonance. Read the blog taken from David Platt's message and say a special prayer for all who are hurting...

http://ashleyweaver.theworldrace.org/?filename=sympathetic-resonance

	Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.