Prayers Please...

I didn't want to leave you all wondering if I had taken yet another blogging break...but since my last post, life has taken an unexpected turn.

A few of you are already aware that I have been dealing with a health issue that seemed to come upon me out of no where. Let me assure you all that it is not a life threatening situation...but it is a life altering one and one that I wouldn't have expected in a million years.

My husband and I both reeling and very bewildered...and for days it has had me bedridden, miserable and until recently, emotionally -pretty much a wreck.

But I will add that today I feel just a little better...and more than that, I am feeling God close to me.

I admit that when I first heard the news, I was asking, "Why did You let this happen...where are You, Lord? I did absolutely nothing to deserve this..."
But through the many prayers of others as well as my own, I now sense that He is with me...

There are many different illnesses that strike good people...even Christians...and although we will never have all the answers until Heaven (if then...because by then we probably won't even care!) I know that Jesus didn't desert any of us. Sometimes just living in this imperfect world can cause them...sometimes I believe they are even an attack of the enemy...
But never does God desert us....and He is even still in the healing business.

I know I'm not the only Christian to go through similar burdens suddenly thrust on them out of no where...but when you're the one dealing with it, it can certainly feel that way at times.

I am remembering these promises from Jesus...

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. ~ John 16:33

...I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. ~ Hebrews 13:5

In my heart, I believe that God will take this bad and turn it into something good. I have seen first hand Him do this at so many times...

This has been such an extremely hard week for me, physically and emotionally, however, so your prayers are so appreciated for both body and spirit.

Blessings,
~Tammy

Praying for Amy...

My tone is turning now from the crazy to the sublime...and so very heartbreaking.
I feel such a heaviness for someone right now...someone I don't even know.

I've never displayed her button in my sidebar like so many of you.
But when I read the news in several other blogs that the doctors have deemed her medical condition terminal and that there seems to be no hope in sight after running the course of so many treatments....my heart just broke.
She is a young wife and mommy...and just reading her post filled with honest mourning but grace and faith reduced me to tears.
Her name is Amy.

Most of you who blog already know about this. And our coorperate hearts are breaking right now. Please pray for her as you never have before.

I believe that when all hope is gone...that He becomes our Hope.
I believe that yes, God still heals and does the miraculous. Please pray for this.
I believe that God's mercy never fails and that He can give peace that passes understanding. Please pray for this to enfold not only Amy, but her entire family, who are hurting and perhaps, a little afraid.

"Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ." ~ Galations 1:3