Deborah

I heard a knock on the door about 6:30 this morning!!!! I was dreaming about somebody knocking on the door and in the dream I thought of that verse, "Behold I stand at the door and knock." Then I woke up and I was awake a few minutes and I heard a knock at my door--wasn't an angry knock, but some friendly taps.

That octopus thing is fascinating to me! I've heard that's what a brain tumor looks like! I'm so happy things are looking up for you!

This is the closest thing to cartwheels I could find:

I just found out tonight that even though my stepmom's breast cancer is gone, she now has to fight stage 3 cancer in her lymph nodes. Starting Monday she's planning to have 33 days of radiation. My stepmom is such a tough lady--she's outlived two husbands, grows her own vegetables, still drives and I'm amazed to see how gracefully she has coped with losing her hair and just dealing with this cancer threat in general.

Hey Sisters! Good word, Daisy! I heard someone say one time the things that make you furious and the things that bring you great joy are good indicators of your calling. For example, one of the things that makes smoke come out of my ears are old people who sit around and say bad things about the younger generation IN FRONT OF the younger generation! I feel one of my callings is to encourage younger people, so I'm probably more sensitive to this than others may be. I'll often come prepared with testimonies of young wounded veterans of Afghanistan or something to gently change the subject from "The Youth Today don't know how to work etc etc." My feeling is if youth are rude and don't know how to do things, maybe it's because they haven't been taught or maybe it's because of great emotional wounds we can't even fathom!!!!! (Okay off my soapbox now). I do know God has great plans for you, Sister, just like He has great plans for everyone of His children, plans to give you a future and a hope. You have something to offer!!!Even your presence among people is doing them a great favor because the kingdom of God is in you and you are one of His kids! Satan likes to discourage us whenever he can. I think he uses inferiority and insecurity to make us too scared to step into our callings. The only weapon that is strong enough to fight this is a revelation of the love of Father God, the One who made you.

(not my voice, by the way )

Last night before I went to bed, I remembered it was your birthday again. May the Lord bless you this year, filling you with peace as you trust in Him.

The wound is continuing to shrink, little by little, but conversing with my husband tonight, it's clear to me his workaholic attitude has not changed. I guess I thought after a year of me intensely nursing him, my husband's priorities would have shifted, but I don't think they have. I know my year has not been wasted because I've offered up my service as service as unto the Lord, but I think this has been one of the darkest nights of this journey.

....and Lord, if it is not Your will for Daisy and her husband to sell this house, close every door. We want only Your perfect timing. Thank You for hearing our prayer and being ever mindful of us. We love You, Jesus! Amen

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:11-13. This is your answer, Dreams3. I know it seems so simplified, but God's plans for you will give you a future and a hope! His Word says it! You may not have a clue what you should do, but God does!

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You must love your niece very much! She's lucky to have such a persistent uncle!

A little update here, 11 months later...the wound is slowly healing!!!! The keys have been to take out the traumatized tissue that was around the wound (that's what the last surgery was all about) and also to quit getting the wound wet in the shower like one doctor advised. Do you guys know e coli resides in even the cleanest water pipes? For us, our well water was contaminated. My husband has had to fight a MRSA infection (an antibiotic-resistant strain) and even at one point a bacteria found in gangrene!!!! Yikes!!!!!! We have had to get an entirely new source of water. This has indeed been a hard bloody battle. Once this wound heals, then we need to find a doctor who will take the plates and screws out of my husband's foot. Sometimes it's Christians who have been the most judgmental and least supportive in this battle. I can almost hear them thinking, oh well, if you had faith like ME, you wouldn't be battling this. You guys must be hiding some grievous SIN!!!!! So I'm feeling some days a little like Job, but God has been a faithful friend through it all, giving us the grace we need.

My two cents...the design you posted looked crocheted. If you know anyone who crochets a lot, he/she could likely make one without too much time or effort.

So sorry to hear about your little darling.

"One more detail: I just can't get into a daily routine with the new job, and that's really affected my relationship with God. I feel less close than I was before, and I definitely haven't been able to put forth the time and effort into our one-on-one times that I could before. This probably bothers me more than anything else" I can really relate to this! Since my husband's injury, I have almost no daily routine and it is hard to spend time with God like I would like. I pray you'll make the right decision here, I know if you seek God, you will!

This SO ministered to me today! Thank you! Thank you for posting this!

I know from personal experience when we start treating our animals like our children, they start acting like humans!

Oh Jesus, heal this little angel! Heal her inner ear or whatever else it is that's causing this trouble! We cry out to you Lord!!!!!