Digging Deeper.......{Practicing His Presence}

 Do any of you have worry and anxiety?   

I know I do in this life and our Papa God tells us NOT to worry.



So over the past few years he has really been teaching me not to worry, to TRUST HIM in all things.


                            
                                .......................Easier said than done right?



Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matt 6:34 NIV


Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22 NIV

Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.  Philippians 4:6

"We can mature to a place in God where it is impossible to worry. 


                            When we rest in Him completely, we frustrate the enemy. 


The kingdom of darkness cannot find us when we are in our secret place of rest in God.


 In the Psalms, David referred to God as his hiding place, 


                        ......................his fortress, and his strong tower. 



We can access that same place of protection. 



When we are wrapped up in Christ, the enemy’s ability to influence us is seriously diminished.         


                                       
                      ..................The secret place is where we overcome —

•  firstly ourselves; 

• secondly our circumstances and 

• finally, any opponent that is against us"    Graham Cooke's ~ Prophetic Wisdom

Transforming Life,

Have No Fear

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I don't know about you but I need to listen to the words of my Papa God!

This was part of my daily devotion

taken from Jesus calling..........

May it speak to you like it did me


Have no fear.

Fear is evil and & perfect Love casts out fear.


 There is no room for fear in the heart in which I dwell.


                                               Fear destroys Hope.............


It cannot exist where Love is, or where Faith is.

Fear is the curse of the world. Man is afraid - afraid of poverty, afraid of loneliness, afraid of unemployment, afraid of sickness. 

Many, many are man's fears..........................

Nation is afraid of nation. Fear, fear, fear, everywhere.

 Fight fear as you would a plague. 

Turn it out of your lives and home. Fight it singly. Fight it together.


Never inspire fear. It is an evil ally. Fear of punishment, fear of blame.


No work that employs this enemy of Mine is work for Me. Banish it. There is another and better way.


Ask Me and I will show it you. God- from God Calling.

The Final Chapter, My Son's Battle with Stage 4 Cancer

The Battle has been won!!

You can find Part 1 video blog here 

Continued Part 2 is here

Jared in Worship 

Here we are, only 7 months since this all began......... when my 25 year old son was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma. 

....................The Battle belonged to the Lord. 

 Jesus paid the price for our healing over 2,000 years ago and my son is a child of God so it is his right as an heir.  Our Father tells us we must walk by FAITH and not by sight.

This past 2 years Papa God has really been highlighting and teaching me what Faith really means and how to walk in Faith, be in FAITH.  

I tell ya, I had an opportunity to practice the walk of Faith and it was not easy at all.  

It was not easy for my son as well, he had to battle his mind, his natural thought process ......what we call our human conscience.   

He had to combat that so he continued to feed his spirit the word of God daily, by focusing on Faith, he poured faith scriptures into his mind....The Bible is our roadmap to success it tells us that Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God....

My son had his 1st pet scan in February 2013 only 4 monts after it all started......

 His scan showed NO CANCER

then he had a second pet scan last month May 2013 and the doctors said 

NO CANCER to be seen in his body.

All I can do is dance and shout and give glory and Praise to Jesus the one who healed our son.

Jared

If your battling cancer or a disease their is a help, their is healing.  If you don't know Jesus you can, just talk with him. You can know him as healer.......  Reach out to those that know him and they will help you, they will pray with you.  I cherish my brothers and sisters in Christ that stood and prayed and battled and offered up advice during Jared's battle.  We did not have to battle this alone and that is beautiful.  That is called The body of Christ!

Do things always come out like we want....No, not always but in that we still Trust in God.

Please take time to watch my son Jared's 2nd video blog .....  HEALED

The Hard Facts 

According to Ty Bollinger’s decade of research cancer is becoming more and more prevalent at this present time than any other time in history.

Recent studies show that 100 years ago it was estimated that 1 out of every 80 Americans had cancer, that increased to 1 out of 13. 

Today 1 in 3 Americans have cancer and it is estimated that by 2020 1 out of 2 Americans will get cancer.  

According to the Worlds Health Organization, global cancer rates could increase by 50% in the next 15 years.

This experience has forever changed me, my husband and our son.

We dont take lightly the foods we eat or the things we drink.........we strive to eat healthy and juice to get the best nutrition we can into our bodies.  This is a learning process and we will keep working on it until it becomes a way of life.


We have learned that good nutrition is the Key to Health and Longevity.  



You have heard the saying "an once of prevention is worth a pound of cure."  



Well, I'm sure if you ask those sick with disease, if they could have prevented their suffering they would have done it in a heart beat.  My heart goes out to all of those who are sick and hurting.

Me and Jared

What I find mind blowing and sad is people are more concerned about what kind of car they drive or the next fancy high tech gadget than spending some of those hard earned dollars on their health.  

I hear, I can't afford that.....all I know is without our health we will not live a quality life to enjoy that car or that new gadget.  




Have you ever hear the saying "Knowledge is Power?"

The truth is, power comes from taking action from the knowledge we learn.....

Acting on Knowledge = POWER



My family has taken the measures to work at lowering our risk and hope to prevent disease.

We do not live in Fear of disease because Faith cannot exist where there is fear.  We go back to the source, GOD, we partner with him....... we do our part and leave the rest up to him.

I Am Your Hiding Place

Psalms 32:7 – “ You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and

Surround me with songs of deliverance.”

PS: Thank you to all my blogger friends who stood and prayed with me during this time....I Love you guys!!



Until next time,

Cont......Part 2, WOW God! My Son's Battle with Stage 4 Cancer

WOW GOD MOMENTS !  Part 2

So, for the rest of the story! continued from Part one.... 

I wasn't prepared for the word CANCER and especially not from my 25 year old son.




Although broken hearted my son and I along with my family and our network of friends had FAITH and HOPE in something much bigger than ourselves .

A Limitless GOD.


A GOD of the Supernatural!


A GOD that is abounding in love.


We know we live in a fallen world and bad things happen to good people. Bad things happen to people that follow Christ Jesus....It's called LIFE


We also know that the word tells us that we have an enemy of our souls that comes to kill, steal and destroy.


But in this LIFE we have someone that we can run to everyday to guide our steps and teach us what to do and how to do it.

Jared standing for LIFE

So thats what we did we.

I ask Papa God to gives us strategies on how to fight this evil cancer that had come to take my son's life.  It was our enemy and we were at war.

War calls for action not complacency...........

 We dont tell God how big our problem is we tell our problem how big our God is!!!!

My husband is awesome, he locked arms with me and we started to research.

We researched natural ways to fight cancer and cure cancer.  Too our shock we learned so much about the immune system and how it works and how cancer begins.

We learned that a sick immune system is the cause of all cancer and disease for that matter. 

Shocking!! to learn that most people have cancer in their bodies and do not even know it, now that's a scary thought........ 

BUT the good news is a heathy body and a strong immune system destory emerging cancer cells before they can create this life-threatening disease.

Did you know????  that over 5,000 people in North America are diagnosed with cancer everyday---that is almost 2 million per year.  It is an epidemic.  

And what do we do about changing our eating habits, strengthening our immune system, Getting out of a sedentary lifestyle.   We, yes we need to make changes in our lifestyle to help us live healthier lives. We have to take control of our bodies and make wise choices. 

ya, know the old saying.........."Garbage in----- Garbage out"     "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"

It is true we reap what we sow.  

Did you know that 1 soda (sugar= poison) can suppress your immune system for 6 hours.

So my hubby got in touch with some cancer researchers from the Cancer Tutor  this website gave us a lot of good alternative cancer treatments and exposed a lot of truths as well.

Before my son was to start his Chemo treatments the researchers said we had to be very aggressive since he was at stage 4.  Their were some protocols that were synergistic with Chemo so thats what we showed our son.

Now please know I am not a fan of chemo because it is a poison that literally destroys everything in the body good and bad.  So it destroys the Immune system (scratching head) what we need to build up to fight the cancer naturally.  However this is a whole other post!

We put my son on the The Bob Wright protocol for cancer...this is a high alkaline protocols and in our research we found out that cancer CANNOT live in a high alkaline body.   

Jared was put on a strick 30 day fresh, organic, high alkaline raw vegetable diet.  This raises the alkalinity naturally but can be a slow process.  He avoided all sodas and sugars.....

Cancer LOVES sugar ..... it feeds it and cause it to multiply. 

We also bought Jared a Tyent water ionizer that would produce 11.5 chemical free super charged water for his body and every cell in it. This was a huge deal and would help raise his alkalinity quick. ( I was not paid to endorse this product)

WARNING: their is a right way and wrong way to use this high alkaline water so if you or any family member use this follow the instructions or follow the instructions in the Bob Wright Protocol which is what we did.

I want to get one of these amazing machines for our own home at some point.  This is good at preventing/healing disease all around.


Did you know that Alkaline water machines are prescribed medical devices in China.


If you have a family member that has cancer I highly recommend this alkaline water.  Do your due diligence on the research of these products you will be amazed.

Jared ministering the Love of Jesus and sharing his testimony 

I have more to share but will have to leave this for another blog post.

stay tuned for the rest of the story soon to come

....to be continued








Until next time,

WOW God! My Son's Battle with Stage 4 Cancer (Video Blog)

Have you ever had a WOW God moment?  

Let me bring you up to speed...........................

My son, Jared was living in Murfreesboro TN and he texted me at 4am and ask if I was up.  Now, I know my son and he would not be up at any 4am, unless their was a problem.  


So like any mom would do when I got his text upon awakening, my heart sank and wonderend what was wrong?  I immediately called him but it kept going to voice mail.  Now, I was trying not to panic since I could not get a response for over an hour.

me and Jared playing around with our recorders 

Long story short, we talked, he said he had been having trouble breathing when he sent the text, then told me of his itching symptoms he had been having for weeks and now he tells me, "I have a lump in my neck."  



At this point, I said, "young man get up and get yourself to the doctor." 




So after his appointment and many test later later in October of 2012, our 25 year old son, Jared Paul was given the news by the doctors that he had Stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Jared made this picture with this caption keeping things humorous. To know Jared he is fun loving and always making people laugh.

Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of lymph tissue found in the lymph nodes, spleen, liver, bone marrow, and other sites. 


I certainly was not prepared for what I had just heard.........



I actually felt numb and in shock.



When Jared told me this news, I had to reach deep within my spirit for the breath of life......... for life giving words 



..................................I told him "Son this is only news, This is not the TRUTH."   



was I heartbroken of course, did I cry of course, I am a mom who loves her son and would trade places with him if I could.  But I knew where to run, I knew where my hope and help comes from.

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You see, most people think of NEWS and TRUTH as one in the same.  The doctors gave my son a diagnosis based on  test results and medical facts.  But as followers of Jesus we walk by TRUTH which is God's word.  Jesus teaches us to walk out our lives by Faith not by sight.

Faith goes beyond the limits of News!  ...........

Man has so many limitations but Our God is a limitless God !!!!

Matthew 19:26  Jesus said “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

POSSIBLE, think about that, POSSIBLE....  Possibility gives HOPE

pos·si·ble 

 

/ˈpäsəbəl/

Adjective Able to be done; within the power or capacity of someone or something.

.........................Impossible leads to Hopelessness......................

im·pos·si·ble  

/imˈpäsəbəl/

Adjective

Not able to occur, exist, or be done: "an impossible task"; "impossible to keep up". Very difficult to deal with: "an impossible situation".

God is our POSSIBLE in Impossible situations

Remember, FAITH is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

So we did what we had been taught............

We had to put our Faith into ACTION.......not an easy feet when you have the C word hanging over your head.  

However we took hold of our faith in God and reached out to many that have faith to stand with us and believe for Jared's healing.

Here is a video blog our son, Jared made right after he was given the NEWS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5pJ1Mg7MpA

More to come on this WOW God moment  

to be continued.........



            

                                     





Until next time,

Overcoming Life's Struggles

Raising the White Flag

Missing in action!  It has been a few months since my last post.

Has anyone wondered what happened to this blog author?

or perhaps no one even knew I was away ........Ah!........you can't get rid of me that easy.

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Yep, I know, you probably thought I'd  given up on trying to write creative post and DIY my way
into the cozy homes of readers across blog land.

Honestly, I have been busy,

busy with.........

oh well read on

FYI.......you have to read through to the end

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Let Me Paint A Picture

Has this ever happened to any of you ??

Has life ever gotten in the way of blogging?

Really....... you just have too much going on

too many unwanted DIY projects, (not the fun kind) not the kind you blog about

I mean the kind that comes from owning a home, a car, etc.....from the wear and tear of life

.................so seriously, when tough times hit

do you blog authors take the time to sit and write creative or not so creative blog post.

taking the time to edit pictures making sure they are just perfect.......... placing your watermark in just the right spot for the world to see.

I mean sometimes we are just in survival mode........We are in a war, with LIFE.

Can I get a raise of hands?

what you will find in the words of this post is true grit

No fluff, no bling, no pretty Color It Simple projects

honestly, this has been anything but SIMPLE (gosh, I have to laugh)

WARNING: Read at your own risk, this is not for the faint of heart.  But I am sure many of you can relate to some of it and laugh along with me.  Some of you may even cry along with me.

 Have you ever just felt like raising the white flag?

AFTER.......

one of your cars breaks down, then the other car decides it feels left out and needs attention as well............

a few weeks go by and your well pump, 100 ft in the ground decides to go on a permanent vacation.

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After..........

your swimming pool is in a constant state of

*SHOCK*


because it looks like the evergreen forest........you just can't seem to kill the new mutated strain of algae colonies that has moved in and made your oasis their new found home.

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THEN......

As you sit on your couch trying to relax from cleaning out your evergreen pool, you hear a hiss behind you.

NO it's not a snake, .......silly

it is a pipe, yep a pipe that has busted in the wall that separates you and the bathroom.

ACK.....NOT on my new hardwood floors......

let's continue....

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then weeks later you find tiny little moths that have piggybacked their way into your pantry from your local grocery store......... now these pesty little squatters procreate like rabbits and have created

"MOTH TOWN"

with their very own runways and traffic control towers.

*SERIOUSLY*

now we get to throw away anything not sealed in a can..... OK breath


...........this too shall pass...............


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Do you ever feel like raising the white flag

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AFTER,

Horror......a pipe under your house burst which sits conveniently on a concrete slab.......

under your newly laid hardwood floors.

did you catch the depth of that ........UNDER the concrete?

Who knows how long this has been leaking until one day your neighbor shows up knocking on your front door proceeding to tell you they are going to have to build a boat from the water that is running into their driveway from your house.

 "Sigh"

You and your husband take a deep breath while taking a stroll to the side of the house that never gets a visit unless mowing the grass, to find a gentle stream running out of the brick from the side of your home.

Awe, Quaint, I have always wanted to live by a stream :)

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Think Im done?

Not a chance......

You wake up one morning to find that your refrigerator is on strike and all the food is carrying picket signs demanding lower temperatures for their working conditions.  The Milk and eggs had us right where they wanted us, so we had to give in to their demands.

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Just when you think you might be riding the wave into the safe zone.....

a few weeks pass and you find standing water seeping through your concrete patio outside.  You find out that the culprit is a busted pipe under the patio .....

This pipe is the main water line that feeds the water into your house.

More Sighs........

Have you ever seen the movie the "MONEY PIT"?

*ENOUGH SAID*

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With a talented, hard working DIY'er hubby these were things were costly, inconvenient, a pain in the butt, but they were things we could FIX.  When it all comes down to it, it is all stuff.  Of course, Stuff we need to live.

It is not until the phone call comes with something you cannot FIX

a call that says your Baby boy of  25 years

has been diagnosed by the doctors with Stage IV hodgkin's lymphoma........

Now my friends, that will knock the wind right out of you, putting all these things that has fallen apart into perspective.

My son and my family are a family of FAITH.  Faith in Jesus as provider and healer........ a Faith that knows, He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

The doctors may have diagnosed our son with this news

but our Father God has the final say in his Life.

We will agree with heaven and the report of the Lord over our son.

We are not religious freaks ......however we are Jesus freaks.  We take our relationship serious with Jesus and we obey the things he ask of us.

I was talking with my Papa God the other day and told him I felt like I was laying Isaac (my son Jared) on the alter just as Abraham did.   (You can read Genesis 22 for the full story)

I again raised the White Flag .......

I have surrendered, just like I surrendered all the other trials to him.

I have surrendered our son to my heavenly Father.

I have total confidence in my Father's ability and I trust him to take care of our son.

We will partner with our Father in this journey with our son Jared ....... I will share some things with you as we walk this out.  I may not be posting frequent but know that I am still here and will post when I can.

For those prayer warriors out their please, please keep my son and our family in your prayers, for there is power in the prayers of God's children.

We have been through some interesting battles this year and we are facing our biggest one yet.  However, God is Faithful and good all the time, He will be our Refuge in this storm.

 Our Battles belong to the Lord.





Until next time,

Ever Had A Day Like This?

Have you ever had one of those days when everything that could go wrong went wrong? I got this cute email from a friend.  I don't know if it has been around before in email land but I  thought it was worth sharing. This dialogue will stop and make you think.

Me: God, can i ask you a question?

God: sure.

Me: Promise me You won't get mad.

God: I promise.

Me: why did You let so much stuff happen to me today?

God: what do you mean?

Me: we'll, I woke up late.

God: Yes.

Me: My car took forever to start.

God: Okay.

Me: At lunch, they made my sandwich wrong and i had to wait.

God: Hmmm...

Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as i picked up a call.

God: Alright.

Me: and to top it all off, when i got home, I just wanted to soak my feet in my new foot massager and relax. BUT it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did You do that?

God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning an I had to send one of My Angels to battle him for your life, I let you sleep through that.

Me (humbled): Oh.

God: I didn't let your car start because, there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.

Me: Oh

God: the first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work.

Me (embarrassed): okay.

God: Your phone went dead bcuz the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered.

Me (softly): I see God.

God: Oh and that foot massager, It had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.

Me: I'm sorry God.

God: Don't be sorry. Just learn to trust Me in all things, the good and the bad.

Me: I will trust You.

God: and don't doubt that My plan for your day is better than your plan.

Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, Thank you for everything today.

God: you're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I love looking after my children.

End.

    When I am having a bad day I try to remind myself of all that I am blessed with and tell myself this too shall pass (it could be so much worse). I know that I am God's child and he is working all things together for the purpose of my well being even when it may not seem so good.

So the next time you are having a bad day, stop and be thankful for all that you have and remember everything happens for a reason we just have to trust in God.

Until next time,