I have started a prayer group! God told me that now was the time and I did it. I'm so happy and its amazing how many people it is bringing together. Just thinking about it I get a lump in my throat. I am learning so much about myself and my relationship with God and how over the past 5 weeks it has truly been tested. I have been in hospital on two occasions now with seizures from my brain cancer, even in the depths of my weakness as I was throwing up, I asked my Dad , "where's God" and he says, "right at the end of your bed". Such comforting words, and I totally new it. He NEVER leaves even when we don't feel Him, He is always right there and that is such a comforting thought.
So my title today is because I gave this song to my dear friend when she was first diagnosed with cancer & I felt it quite fitting considering what I am blogging about today. All I need is You. No matter what happens in my life, all I need is God to guide me and help me make good choices.
I have learned something else...Faith means feeling the fear and moving ahead into God's will anyway. This gives me great comfort because I wrestled with that for soooooo long. If I felt fear did that mean that I wasn't trusting God or walking in faith. Boy did I ever have that wrong.
I feel so empowered to deal with this 'cancer chapter' of my life now and I totally know where that empowerment is coming from. It is something so easily forgotten by not just me and not just by Christians that have been walking with God a long time, but by all of us. God has empowered us in His name and with this on our side, seriously people, how can we go wrong. I try to remain humble and remember my time in Mexico and at the same time feel led by God to start this prayer group as well as remain grounded in Him and empowered by Him all at the same time.
Pretty sure when I read the job description of a Christian it didn't say juggling a must:)
Thank you all for your ongoing support in all aspects of my life.
Today is a good day, cancer and all.
Me
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Thursday, 2 June 2011
And it all becomes clear
That's a bold statement to start my day!!!
So last week I was in hospital from Sunday - Thursday. Inconvenient seizures! I feel rather distant from it now and a lot more rooted in my faith now too. I have had so many people praying for me over the last week its kind of hard to not feel closer to God. Through out it all I just kept being reminded, mainly by my daughter, that everything goes thru Gods hands first. Bless her. What a kid she is:):)
So I went to a missions committee meeting last night at my church to share about my trip to Mexico and was approached after the meeting and asked to consider and pray about coming out on a Wednesday afternoon to be with the 'coffee time' group, mainly homeless people, poorest of the poor, similar to who I loved on in Mexico. I am certainly going to pray about this. I have no doubt that there is a HUGE need in that community and God loves all people NOT just those that live in houses and have jobs and spend money on Him.
Needless to say I am praying into it and if that's what He wants then so be it.
I will totally do it, taking me out of my comfort zone, He's good at doing that to me....probably all of us, I hardly think I'm a minority on that.
So my Dad (Toronto Dad) is coming to visit Alex and I in a matter of days now and we are so very excited for numerous reasons. God is at work in my family, on so many levels and He is doing some really wild things and it`s so cool. Sometimes I am able to sit on the outside and watch it unfold which I think is truly a gift in itself.
I have started a group on facebook called, "Can I Pray for You?" When I came back from Mexico that was one thing I told myself. I would take prayer to a whole new level and actually it was prompted by my friend Judy asking me to pray for her. It hit me like a train that now was the time.
In December I was praying and writing my prayer and I really felt God tell me that I would reach thousands for Him and I would know how and going to Mexico to fire up my prayer life I believe was just the beginning because up until that point I wouldn't pray out loud, even when I was alone and now.....bring it on!
So, if you are on facebook then send in your prayers, encouragements, requests, anything you need, God can use us to do it all.
With that said, God bless your day and be in the centre of it.
Love,
Melanie
So last week I was in hospital from Sunday - Thursday. Inconvenient seizures! I feel rather distant from it now and a lot more rooted in my faith now too. I have had so many people praying for me over the last week its kind of hard to not feel closer to God. Through out it all I just kept being reminded, mainly by my daughter, that everything goes thru Gods hands first. Bless her. What a kid she is:):)
So I went to a missions committee meeting last night at my church to share about my trip to Mexico and was approached after the meeting and asked to consider and pray about coming out on a Wednesday afternoon to be with the 'coffee time' group, mainly homeless people, poorest of the poor, similar to who I loved on in Mexico. I am certainly going to pray about this. I have no doubt that there is a HUGE need in that community and God loves all people NOT just those that live in houses and have jobs and spend money on Him.
Needless to say I am praying into it and if that's what He wants then so be it.
I will totally do it, taking me out of my comfort zone, He's good at doing that to me....probably all of us, I hardly think I'm a minority on that.
So my Dad (Toronto Dad) is coming to visit Alex and I in a matter of days now and we are so very excited for numerous reasons. God is at work in my family, on so many levels and He is doing some really wild things and it`s so cool. Sometimes I am able to sit on the outside and watch it unfold which I think is truly a gift in itself.
I have started a group on facebook called, "Can I Pray for You?" When I came back from Mexico that was one thing I told myself. I would take prayer to a whole new level and actually it was prompted by my friend Judy asking me to pray for her. It hit me like a train that now was the time.
In December I was praying and writing my prayer and I really felt God tell me that I would reach thousands for Him and I would know how and going to Mexico to fire up my prayer life I believe was just the beginning because up until that point I wouldn't pray out loud, even when I was alone and now.....bring it on!
So, if you are on facebook then send in your prayers, encouragements, requests, anything you need, God can use us to do it all.
With that said, God bless your day and be in the centre of it.
Love,
Melanie
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