Thank You!

Just wanted to thank all of you so much for making my birthday last week so much fun! I've had a great time running to the mailbox and reading all your birthday greetings. You should see the huge stack sitting on our table!

When I first found out about the tumor, I would come home from work and the only thing that seemed to encourage me at the time was receiving cards and letters from family, friends, and even people I didn't know. Zac knew how much this meant to me, which is why he made a point of asking you to send birthday cards last week. When we started this blog, we didn't want for it just to be a prayer list, but also to be an encouragement to those who were reading it. My request of you today is that you reach out and encourage someone else you know (not me! I've received my fill for the week!). Maybe you don't get excited about receiving mail yourself, but you have no idea how much it might mean to someone who is hurting. Send a card to someone you know who may be going through a rough time: maybe a friend had a loved one pass away, maybe a family member lost a job, or a coworker is going through a difficulty in a relationship. Cheer the person up with words of encouragement, letting them know you care.

"An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up." Proverbs 12:25

You'll probably be hearing from later this week. My next MRI appointment will be made soon. I'll keep you updated on when that is. Please pray in confidence for a miracle!

Trust the Lord

I've been in a habit every January to read a chapter from the book of Proverbs each day since there are 31 chapters in this book. Throughout the Proverbs, one can see the reward of "trusting in the Lord." Stac and I picked Proverbs 3:5-6 as the banner verses for our blog because they have been an encouragement to our hearts, comfort to our minds, and have repeatedly ministered to our soul in good and bad times.

We have learned over the past years together that trusting in the Lord is fundamental to our relationship with God. If you are like us there are a lot of things in this world that cause us to doubt and to be skeptical, but these verses wipe away any doubt and give us a clarity and direction to place our trust in God, who is Absolute Truth and is 100% reliable. Praise God! The word trust in Hebrew literally means “clinging to” with the idea of setting one’s hope and confidence upon God. The older Stac and I get we have learned to put our trust in God vs. man. We are finding our own understanding is so limited, weak, and subject to a lot of errors.

Everyday seems to be a new day to learn again and build onto what we learned the day before about trusting in the Lord. We figure the more we can learn to acknowledge God in all we say and do, even in the smallest details He will make our paths straight, and lead us where He wants to direct us.

Stac has been experiencing more frequent headaches and noticing more changes in her body and so treatment may soon be upon us. We continue to pray and place our trust in our Lord. We are clinging to the hope that God will heal her, either through a miracle without treatment or a miracle with treatment (since the treatment can only shrink the tumor).