This is The Day The Lord has Made Let Us Rejoice and be Glad In It!
After months of trusting God, without being able to feel Him, I finally feel Him again! It’s been tough not to feel His love, I’ve been fully reliant on what I know is true, and while it’s been enough, it certainly hasn’t felt good. This week changed, not only have I felt Him, but also He’s been lovingly in my face increasingly throughout the week. I can sincerely say I feel good! (I know this is answered prayer, thank you so very much.)
Feeling God again reminded me why I love Him so much. I have a renewed sense of purpose. I realize He put me on this path and I am going to quit resisting it. I’ve been willing on one hand to walk the road He laid out for me, but in a far larger since, I have been fighting Him instead of trusting Him, I am ready to surrender! (Chemicals and all)
Part of my new plan is to get out and about when I can. I have had to figure out how my body responds to chemo and I am beginning to see that I will have windows of pain but doorways of prosperity. I am going to spend more time in the doorways instead of letting the shades in the windows block out life. God made me an active social woman and this laying around feeling confined to my bed is for the birds. I will need some extra time in bed from time to time, but I am beginning to realize it’s not six solid months.
As I forced myself of the house this week I found myself in contact with one close friend after another. Each encounter was a true gift from God. He used every person to stop and pray with me or encourage me. Love came rushing towards me after I came clean with the world about my mounting depression. I blabbed about how awful I felt and people began to tell me I was going through this journey with grace! Only God would take my bumbling and feeling sorry for myself because I have to go through chemotherapy, and tell me I was handling my situation with grace!
I have been hung up on the thought of having to wait six months to live. I realized this week, as I got my body moving, that I don’t have to wait to live, I only have leave room to stop my life, if I need a break along the way. That’s great news; I need a life that resembles the woman God made me to be and it’s clear I don’t have to lie in bed until April to have it, just because I’m going through chemotherapy.
Please continue to read and see what our Lord has been doing in my heart through all this; I must say it could be shocking!
Thank you all for your encouragement and prayers, I am so blessed.
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Great to hear you are feeling much more positive – and it sounds like there are lots of people out there just waiting to spend some time with you – have some fun times, it can only do you good xx
Praying for God’s peace and restoration to completely overwhelm you, lol!! Glory glory glory to God, He is a faithful God and will never leave you nor let you go!!! So blessed you are feeling His presence, I think you will feel His presence like never before in the months ahead, PRAISE HIM!! You are a brave, courageous and might warrior for God, Go Charlotte!!! No weapon formed against you shall ever prosper!!!
Love,
Juliann
Atta girl. The Lord develops each of us in ways tailored to the completely unique beings he has made each of us to be. (Ephesians 2:10). Regarding “flying blind” while thinking we have lost communications with the Lord, I exhort my friends in men’s groups by recalling my experience as an instrument pilot. I didn’t start my engine until I had received clearance to do so. I followed a flight plan without deviation until told to change the plan. Of 840 hours of flying, only about 125 hours were flown completely “blind.” And my worst moment came while flying completely blind, when I flew into an ice storm and had, perhaps, five minutes to live. All of a sudden, all that boring adherence to procedures and plans and communications protocol paid off. I called out to “Mother” (FAA’s Indianapolis Center). “I have flown into heavy icing.” Immediately came back, “Are you declaring an emergency, sir?” To which I replied, “Yes, I am.” And he returned, “Descend and turn left to heading 210 and intercept the localizer for the ILS for Dayton International. You are cleared to land.” Five minutes later I was on the ground — not in a hole in a plowed field, but turning off the runway to park for the night. In the same way, I start each day with the Lord’s word, usually with Our Daily Bread (my pump primer) and then let Him take it from there. Do I have “dark nights of the soul?” You betcha. Do I come to the edge of despair? You betcha. Does it sometimes take the Lord “a long time” to return my cry for help? Sure seems like it. Does He come through before I crash and burn? You betcha. Thanks for sharing your blind flight and breaking out above the scud in brilliant sunshine. Your sharing is His way, today, of shining His light into my life. Press on sweet sister. Your brother in Christ, Rick.
very glad to read this, Charlotte. Rejoicing with you today.