Good afternoon everyone,
Terri (my sister) sent me such a great verse...1 Sam.17:48 "Then it
happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet
David, that David ran quickly toward the battle.."
By God's strength and grace tomorrow I'm running back to the battle.
God has overwhelmingly given an abundance of everything...strength,
appetite, and unbelievable joy!!!! Only God could do that. May He
receive all the glory and praise!!!! My hair is finally falling out.
It, by far, has been the most difficult. People will say, "it's only
hair". I know but I have become very fond of it in the last 44
years. The Lord in His compassion has allow it to slowly fall out.
Giving me time to adjust and mourn. The only sustaining comfort we
will ever receive will come from our Lord. While everyones
encouragement is important, it is only temporal. Only the Words of
our God endureth forever!
In my quiet time this morning the Lord assured me to the place
where I'm headed. Ps. 66:10 "For Thou hast tried us, O God; Thou
hast refined us as silver is refined. Thou didst bring us into the
net; Thou didst lay an oppressive burden upon our loins. Thou didst
make men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water;
Yet Thou didst bring us out into a place of abundance".
While I have the lack of hair, He will take me to a place of
abundance that I've yet to experience. Our Lord has not been disloyal
yet! He never will be to HIs children. 2 Tim. 2:13 "If we are
faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself".
Rejoice with me that our God attends our prayers. I love that He is
concerned about what I am concerned about. I love that all of God's
promises are yes and amen to me. If I get a no, it is really a yes
from God. Please pray with me that tomorrow I will be a sweet aroma
to those in the chemo room. That the days following my chemo will be
easy..."for HIs burden is easy and light and He will give you rest".
That I will 1 pet. 1:13...keep my mind girded, my spirit sober and my
hope set on the grace that is to be given at the revelation of Jesus
Christ".
We loved seeing our Ga. friends this weekend!!! Love you so much!!!
Thank you for doing all that you have done!
Ps. 34:5 "They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces shall
never be ashamed"!!!!
sherri
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Laughter instead of Sorrow
Good afternoon loved ones,
God is so amazing!!!! Yesterday went great...in taking my chemo I sit
with about 5-6 people, everyone having their own treatment. I was
blessed to meet this 33 yr.woman, Cindy who has Hodgkins Dz. Her
treatment is long and hard. Please pray for her as the Lord brings
her to mind. I shared how faithful God is and would be praying. She
smiled but didn't elaborate. Her visits are not like mine so I pray I
will see her again. Also, the Lord gave me the sweetest new friend
yesterday. She lives in Oneonta and such a fireball for the Lord.
She has stage 4 Ca. and was told she would live 6 months, she's going
on 14 months and as she put it "still praising the LORD". Her name is
Sally, she's in her 60"s I'm guessing and such a testimony of the
Glory of GOD! I went in to chemo expecting to see God and I did! He
was in Sally, glorifying Himself of His strength, joy, sovereignty and
mighty purposes that He desires for His children to live out. That He
should always be our focus, not our fire. "For the One like the Son
of Man" not only was with her, but was dancing with her!!!
Manifesting His power and grace being displayed by the weak and needy.
I came home laughing with Ken and smiling that how our God is so big
and real. Knowing all our needs before we ask Him. Only God could
provide me with laughter instead of sorrow. I went to church last
night with a heart full of worship for our God. About 10:00 nausea
set in and later vomiting. Vomiting this morning but feeling overall
good. I keep thanking God for what He's given me and that this fire
is so small compared to others. I thank God for you and as you
continue to love me and my family!!! Thank you is so small. You all
are teaching me how to so much more effectively love!! I'm taking
notes. Your encouragement and emails are breaths of fresh air, a form
of the Holy Spirit breathing life into me and my family!!!
The nurse told me Fri/Sat would be my hard days...I have given that to
Lord. I know He is my portion and strength and has promise to sustain
me . I'm believing Him for that! If you see any strength, joy,
obedience or faith in me, we know it is all from Him. I don't own
those qualities unless they have been given to me by His grace. I am
praying for the same grace to abound in all things for my other
friends that are in the fire with me.
May we find ourselves dancing with Him in the fire!
Love you so much!!!
sherri
God is so amazing!!!! Yesterday went great...in taking my chemo I sit
with about 5-6 people, everyone having their own treatment. I was
blessed to meet this 33 yr.woman, Cindy who has Hodgkins Dz. Her
treatment is long and hard. Please pray for her as the Lord brings
her to mind. I shared how faithful God is and would be praying. She
smiled but didn't elaborate. Her visits are not like mine so I pray I
will see her again. Also, the Lord gave me the sweetest new friend
yesterday. She lives in Oneonta and such a fireball for the Lord.
She has stage 4 Ca. and was told she would live 6 months, she's going
on 14 months and as she put it "still praising the LORD". Her name is
Sally, she's in her 60"s I'm guessing and such a testimony of the
Glory of GOD! I went in to chemo expecting to see God and I did! He
was in Sally, glorifying Himself of His strength, joy, sovereignty and
mighty purposes that He desires for His children to live out. That He
should always be our focus, not our fire. "For the One like the Son
of Man" not only was with her, but was dancing with her!!!
Manifesting His power and grace being displayed by the weak and needy.
I came home laughing with Ken and smiling that how our God is so big
and real. Knowing all our needs before we ask Him. Only God could
provide me with laughter instead of sorrow. I went to church last
night with a heart full of worship for our God. About 10:00 nausea
set in and later vomiting. Vomiting this morning but feeling overall
good. I keep thanking God for what He's given me and that this fire
is so small compared to others. I thank God for you and as you
continue to love me and my family!!! Thank you is so small. You all
are teaching me how to so much more effectively love!! I'm taking
notes. Your encouragement and emails are breaths of fresh air, a form
of the Holy Spirit breathing life into me and my family!!!
The nurse told me Fri/Sat would be my hard days...I have given that to
Lord. I know He is my portion and strength and has promise to sustain
me . I'm believing Him for that! If you see any strength, joy,
obedience or faith in me, we know it is all from Him. I don't own
those qualities unless they have been given to me by His grace. I am
praying for the same grace to abound in all things for my other
friends that are in the fire with me.
May we find ourselves dancing with Him in the fire!
Love you so much!!!
sherri
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
God's Promises As We Walk with Him
Good morning glories,
Thank you so much for your emails, there like little gifts that I
unwrap and am always blessed and encouraged!!!
I start my chemo tomorrow (Wed.) at 1:00...these last few weeks have
definitely been growing and stretching pains of faith. God, rich in
mercy and grace, continues to be the my Teacher and my Great Shepherd.
He encourages me in Ps. 84:5 "How blessed is the man whose strength
is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways to Zion! Passing thru the
valley of Baca (weeping) they make it a spring. The early rains also
covers it with blessings. They go from strength to strength."
In Eccl. it tells us that God "has put eternity in our hearts". I
believe that is the highway to Zion! As we are all on our journey to
Zion, we were created for eternity. It is inevitable that we will
pass thru the valley of weeping...many saints are passing thru with
hotter fires than mine. What will we make of our valley? If your in
the valley, together let's make it a spring.
Jer. 31:9 "With weeping they shall come, and by supplication I will
lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, on a straight
path in which they shall not stumble, For I am a Father to Israel"
Ps. 107:35 "He changes a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry
land into springs of water"
Is. 35:6-8 "...for waters will break forth in the wilderness and
streams in the desert and the scorched land will become a pool, and
the thirsty ground springs of water."
Look at our promises!!! If we will walk in obedience and listen to
what He has promised, He will lead us and cause our "valley of
weeping" into a fountain. An abundant supply of fresh living water
that will bring strength, joy and fulfillment! I love that!!! I
want that!!! I want to participate in HIs promises so that He will
manifest His Name according to His Word (Ps. 138) that I may know
HIm, believe and understand that He is God and apart from His there
is no other Savior (Is. 43:10) In doing this He will be glorified and
we will be sanctified! How awesome!!!!
The Lord has these truths in front of us to not only know them and
love them, but live them.
Oh, calling all saints in the fire, let's live them! As my sweet Aunt
Jamie told me, 'Sherri, don't just make a spring but a well in the
valley for others who will come later."
Let's dig out truths of God Word that will sustain and renew. Truths
that we can experience only to bring God great glory...
Let all our hearts unite as we read..."Thy lovingkindness, O LORD,
extends to the heavens, Thy faithfulness reaches to the skies. Thy
righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are like a
great deep. O LORD, Thou preservest man and beast. How precious is
Thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the
shadow of Thy wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Thy
house; and Thou dost give them to drink of the river of Thy
delights; For with Thee is the fountain of life." Ps. 36:5-9
My sweet friend, Amy, set me up a
blog..."blessingsofthefire.blogspot.com". Join me in journaling about
the truths of God that we dig up.
May our lives celebrate Him!
With a heart full of love and graditude,
sherri
Thank you so much for your emails, there like little gifts that I
unwrap and am always blessed and encouraged!!!
I start my chemo tomorrow (Wed.) at 1:00...these last few weeks have
definitely been growing and stretching pains of faith. God, rich in
mercy and grace, continues to be the my Teacher and my Great Shepherd.
He encourages me in Ps. 84:5 "How blessed is the man whose strength
is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways to Zion! Passing thru the
valley of Baca (weeping) they make it a spring. The early rains also
covers it with blessings. They go from strength to strength."
In Eccl. it tells us that God "has put eternity in our hearts". I
believe that is the highway to Zion! As we are all on our journey to
Zion, we were created for eternity. It is inevitable that we will
pass thru the valley of weeping...many saints are passing thru with
hotter fires than mine. What will we make of our valley? If your in
the valley, together let's make it a spring.
Jer. 31:9 "With weeping they shall come, and by supplication I will
lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, on a straight
path in which they shall not stumble, For I am a Father to Israel"
Ps. 107:35 "He changes a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry
land into springs of water"
Is. 35:6-8 "...for waters will break forth in the wilderness and
streams in the desert and the scorched land will become a pool, and
the thirsty ground springs of water."
Look at our promises!!! If we will walk in obedience and listen to
what He has promised, He will lead us and cause our "valley of
weeping" into a fountain. An abundant supply of fresh living water
that will bring strength, joy and fulfillment! I love that!!! I
want that!!! I want to participate in HIs promises so that He will
manifest His Name according to His Word (Ps. 138) that I may know
HIm, believe and understand that He is God and apart from His there
is no other Savior (Is. 43:10) In doing this He will be glorified and
we will be sanctified! How awesome!!!!
The Lord has these truths in front of us to not only know them and
love them, but live them.
Oh, calling all saints in the fire, let's live them! As my sweet Aunt
Jamie told me, 'Sherri, don't just make a spring but a well in the
valley for others who will come later."
Let's dig out truths of God Word that will sustain and renew. Truths
that we can experience only to bring God great glory...
Let all our hearts unite as we read..."Thy lovingkindness, O LORD,
extends to the heavens, Thy faithfulness reaches to the skies. Thy
righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are like a
great deep. O LORD, Thou preservest man and beast. How precious is
Thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the
shadow of Thy wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Thy
house; and Thou dost give them to drink of the river of Thy
delights; For with Thee is the fountain of life." Ps. 36:5-9
My sweet friend, Amy, set me up a
blog..."blessingsofthefire.blogspot.com". Join me in journaling about
the truths of God that we dig up.
May our lives celebrate Him!
With a heart full of love and graditude,
sherri
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