BE STILL AND KNOW......

"Be still and know that I am God, be still and know that I am God, be still and know that I am God." "I am the Lord that healeth thee, I am the Lord the healeth thee..." a chorus God brought to my mind this past week. God is teaching me many things, one of which is patience.  One morning my devotion spoke to this and I heard it at my bible study and that evening it was in my Bible study AGAIN. "Be still, and know that I am God" Psalm 46 - 10.  I have never stopped long enough to be still for anything. Having 3 boys under the age of 3, (twins), working, ect. Now I am learning to listen to God's voice and I am experiencing His peace like never before.

God showed me He is watching over me this week while in Sunriver. I was walking my dog along the golf course. Tug was having a grand time chasing his ball, prancing around as if he owned that course. All of the  sudden 4 deer came running across our path and there goes TUG....as fast as his legs could go chasing them for "deer" life. Across the course through the houses across the street into the national forest.  I ran as well, yelling his name, but he was out of sight in seconds...I tried to follow the path I could see in the soft dirt for about a mile or so. Finally I stopped to call Rocky..why?...what was he gonna do? I didn't even know where I was exactly. I asked God to please help me find TUG and in minutes he was running up behind me with a big smile and his tongue hanging out exhausted. I immediately put him on leash and headed home. I realized part way home my phone was gone.  That evening Rocky, Randy, Mom and I all went out and tried to locate it. No luck. Early the next morning Rocky and Randy went out to look. Not knowing even exactly where I had been. While wandering out in the forest Rand asked God, "Lord, you know where that phone is, please help us find it." He called it and a small sage brush right near him started ringing. AMAZING! It had rained that night and it was cover in mud...ringing....my son Spencer says it was the "modern day burning bush!" God spoke assurance to me that day that He is watching over me and every move I make, knowing exactly His perfect timing for everything in my life, including complete healing!

I have been having some back pain that really concerned me while on that trip. When I got home I called the radiologist that treated my back in February. She told me that the back looked great in the recent scan! It is probably muscle strain and stress! She suggested massage, acupuncture and stretching...I was thrilled!!! Praise The Lord!!!

I have a best friend that is recovering from breast cancer surgery. Please pray for her as well. God's timing is something else. I am amazed how He has his Hand on my life and the assurance He has given me to pass onto my friend!!

A New Normal

Asparagus, flax seed, fish oil, vitamin D, calcium, PROTEIN, magnesium, garlic, ginger, GREEN TEA, green vegetables, fruit, acupuncture, exercise, rest, and on it goes. I have a check list every day in the journey to complete health. I am not working for the first time in 30 years! Some days I embrace it, others I am frustrated. I want to plan when I will be completely better. July? August? this fall? the holidays? it just swirls around in my mind. I am a "planner" a "goal setter". It is so difficult for me to just "TRUST". I had to go back and read my own post on "God's Timing."

"Faith is not conjuring up, through an act of your will, a sense of certainty that something is going to happen. No, it is recognizing God's promise as an actual fact, believing it is true, rejoicing in the knowledge of that truth, and then simply resting because God said it." God gave me that just when I was complaining about my PLAN...to the Lord. Again perfect timing on His part. I am learning that God doesn't mind the complaints he just wants our true heart. Just like a best friend..."He listens...."

One of my best friends has just been diagnosed this week with  breast cancer. She is just a few steps behind me in this journey. I want all of you to pray for her as well. Again, it is time to claim healing and pray for others...

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today my trusted companion for the first stage of this journey went back to his life. I have been blessed to have my whole family with me these past 3 months. Dustin, my oldest,
arrived a few days after the diagnosis from Costa Rica and said, "I am staying until Mom is better" and you know what? After this last Dr appointment we saw how much better I am and how God is healing me.

This Saturday is his birthday and I have never been so thankful for him than these past 3 months. Children are a gift from God. They enrich our lives and give us a purpose and bless us more then they know.

I have had so many people praying for me including a darling 1st grade class at Rockford Christian Life School in Rockford Ill. My sister Shari Wood is their teacher and they have been praying for me faithfully this whole journey...

THANK YOU...THANK YOU....THANK YOU.....I love you all....!!