Ive been wanting to write for a few days now and been thinking about what to write and how to write it. The last 3 months or so here in the St Louis area have been different to say the least. Racial unrest, political unrest, people unrest. Just a mess of unrest!! Its hard to stay away from the fray when it is in your face constantly. News media wont let it die, politicians wont let it die, and the people themselves wont let it die.
What Ive seen in the last few weeks leading up to the latest of the unrest, has been a growing hatred. It was so strong that it finally came to a head this past Monday night. The small city of Ferguson MO, a suburb of St Louis, literally exploded into racial hatred and fires, gun shots, police and firemen shot at, police cars overturned and set on fire, minority owned businesses burned to the ground. The total amount of destruction totally amazed me. Ive seen Facebook posts that call for killing of this person or that person. Ive seen posts that say they are thankful they are white or thankful that they are black, or other just literally despicable things.
I never in my life EVER dreamed that I would see what Im seeing. I remember thinking when I was a kid that in the year 2000 I would be 49 years old!! That seemed SO old at the time. I think I was probably 10 or so. That year seemed for very far off. HA, here it is 2014 and the world has changed so radically its almost like living in a nightmarish dream at times. Why is there such a racial divide? Why is there so much hatred? There is an answer.
I read a post recently by an NFL Player Benjamin Watson, and he was reflecting on the whole Ferguson issue. I was impressed with the whole post, but the last paragraph in particular nailed the whole thing. I will paraphrase what he said. He said he was encouraged and this is what he said, "Its not a SKIN problem its a SIN problem." Indeed it is. Unfortunately the world is full of sin, we are born into it, we live with it, but the good news is God has provided us with a fix for that. Its called Jesus. Jesus died for our sin, our sickness, and really everything we need. He is able to transform our hearts, our minds and our bodies. There is only ONE catch. We MUST ask! The solution is there, we just have to ask for it. The unfortunate part of all this is, most wont ask. The hatred is so strong, the racial divide is so very deep, that people are blinded.
So what are you thankful for today? Health? Job? Family? These are awesome things to be thankful for. Im so thankful and grateful for my health. Those of you who have been reading my blog, KNOW that God healed me from cancer, and Im forever grateful for that. (Im still doing great, and still healthy) While thinking about other things, I have so very much to be thankful for. I have an awesome family. We live as an extended family. My daughter, son in law, and grandson live with us. We are so privileged to be able to watch our grandson grow up. So thankful for the opportunity to have the kids here as well. So thankful for a new house, (old but new to us), that is large enough for us to be comfortable in with 4 adults, 2 dogs, and a baby.
SO, we have a choice on this one day of the year that we give THANKS for what we have. We have a choice on this THANKSGIVING. We can choose to not hate. We can choose to love. We can choose to forgive. We can choose to be THANKFUL!! Will YOU choose to be THANKFUL? I have chosen to be thankful. Ive chosen to stay that way. Kinda THANKS-LIVING!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!
Stories about life in general, politics, where I have been, where Im going, what I like to do.
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
THE DAY AFTER!!
OK! So the Republicans and swept to a huge victory and have taken control of the Senate, and added more to their base in the house! BUT HOLD ON! They dont take control for another 2 months. That gives this regime plenty of time to use executive orders, and for dingy harry reid, time to finish what they have started, and that is to destroy this county. EVEN if they dont succeed with this in 2 months, that does not mean that this regime will cooperate with congress. Republicans had control of the Senate and house in 2010 and regime went around them at every opportunity.
It is time to hold EVERYONE'S feet to the fire. It is time to repeal o-care. It is time to make sure that this country honors Israel as the faithful ally that they are. It is time to CLOSE the borders and secure this country against all enemies, both FOREIGN and DOMESTIC, as they should. It is time to give honor back to our VETERANS and ACTIVE military. It is time to withdraw all the pink slips that were given to our high ranking leaders in the military. It is time to put this country back on the path of world leadership where we belong and have been for many years. Its time to take a stand against the world bullies and put them in their places once again. IF we need to help defend Israel, we should do it without hesitation or calling their leaders chicken.
Will any of this happen? ONLY IF the newly elected take affirmative leadership action. Im not a political wiz, Im just a Viet Nam Vet, that is totally tired and disgusted with the way this country is being led, and being treated on the world stage. I sick and tired of a bully living in the white house. Im tired of executive orders being tossed around like candy at a parade. Executive orders were never meant to be abused the way they are. Im REALLY TIRED of a national debt that will have to be paid off, IF EVER, by my great grand children, maybe!! Im tired of so called leaders acting like little dictators and NOT bringing bills to the whole senate, because they had the power to do so.
America it is time to wake up, and its time to once again take control of this awesome country. We can do it but its going to not be easy. HOLD THE LEADERS FEET TO THE FIRE! FORCE them to do what is right for the country and not just what they want to line their pockets. Perhaps we can once again be leaders of the FREE world and once again be that shining light on the hill!
It is time to hold EVERYONE'S feet to the fire. It is time to repeal o-care. It is time to make sure that this country honors Israel as the faithful ally that they are. It is time to CLOSE the borders and secure this country against all enemies, both FOREIGN and DOMESTIC, as they should. It is time to give honor back to our VETERANS and ACTIVE military. It is time to withdraw all the pink slips that were given to our high ranking leaders in the military. It is time to put this country back on the path of world leadership where we belong and have been for many years. Its time to take a stand against the world bullies and put them in their places once again. IF we need to help defend Israel, we should do it without hesitation or calling their leaders chicken.
Will any of this happen? ONLY IF the newly elected take affirmative leadership action. Im not a political wiz, Im just a Viet Nam Vet, that is totally tired and disgusted with the way this country is being led, and being treated on the world stage. I sick and tired of a bully living in the white house. Im tired of executive orders being tossed around like candy at a parade. Executive orders were never meant to be abused the way they are. Im REALLY TIRED of a national debt that will have to be paid off, IF EVER, by my great grand children, maybe!! Im tired of so called leaders acting like little dictators and NOT bringing bills to the whole senate, because they had the power to do so.
America it is time to wake up, and its time to once again take control of this awesome country. We can do it but its going to not be easy. HOLD THE LEADERS FEET TO THE FIRE! FORCE them to do what is right for the country and not just what they want to line their pockets. Perhaps we can once again be leaders of the FREE world and once again be that shining light on the hill!
Friday, August 29, 2014
LIFE AT 63 - GOD IS GOOD
Its been awhile since I wrote anything. I guess I was wondering if people were tired of hearing from me, or if I was just looking for a subject.
About 6-7 weeks ago I noticed a perceptible change in my voice, and a bit of a sore throat. I really wasnt worried about it being c again, it was on the opposite side, but a bit of concern because it was interfering with my speech. Went to the ENT, he scoped me could not see anything. He ordered a CT scan, ONCE AGAIN, nothing was seen, and then today the ULTIMATE in scans, a PET scan, and you guessed it NOTHING! So why is this title, what it is? Because God is GOOD! He is FAITHFUL to HIS word. HE healed me, and there is STILL NO c. (I wont give that word any credence, hence the small c) All that really is an issue is that the vocal folds are swollen, mostly because of the radiation, and some of the other soft tissue around. My wife thinks, and I tend to agree, that the source of the soreness is likely nerve regeneration. I was told that it would be about 2 years or so before things like that would happen, and its been that long.
My last radiation treatment was July 13, 2012. Ive not been sick one single day since then, in fact I was not sick during the treatment with the exception of the week following the very first chemo treatment. To what do I credit this? One simple word, GOD. I will admit, THAT was a rough week. Not only the nasty chemicals surging thru my body, but the Neulasta shot that makes every muscle and bone in your body hurt, but I got the flu on top of it all. Like I said, MISERABLE. HOWEVER it was very short lived, and that was the last time I was sick during this whole journey. God has certainly blessed me with good health thru out this journey, and even today, still healthy and not sick. Interesting enough, that case of the flu was one of the very few times in my life Ive ever had it, and have NOT had it since.
In one of my earlier blogs, I posted over 100 verses in the Bible that relate to healing and Gods faithfulness in that area. I have to add one thing here, when Jesus died on the cross, He died for not only our sin, but for our HEALING. Healing for ANYTHING, not just small things like a pulled muscle or the flu, but for c, for blood diseases, FOR ANYTHING!!
In January 2012, I was told that I needed surgery for this, I REFUSED totally believing that God would heal. I was told by a well meaning nurse practitioner that I would HAVE to have a feeding tube during radiation, I told her NO, God would take care of it. I was told by that same well meaning nurse practitioner that I would have an UNBELIEVABLE sore throat, I said Ive had sore throats before and that God would take care of it. I have to say, I did NOT get a feeding tube, I had a sore throat, but nothing any worse that you get with allergies or a cold. I did not have surgery and I still have my voice. I had 3 rounds of chemo and 35 radiation treatments to my head and neck. I guess by rights I should be glowing in the dark!! LOL
Im not sure WHY I felt impressed to write this tonight. Perhaps there is someone that will read this that is feeling down about an illness, or who has just heard those words that NO ONE wants to hear and that is that you have a possible deadly disease. I know I have several friends to have heard those words in the last couple of weeks. THERE IS HOPE!! If you are reading this, and you have lost hope, or your faith has been challenged, DONT GIVE UP under any circumstance. God is still GOD and there is NO denying that. Dont doubt for even a micro-second that God can and will heal.
One thing I do as part of my exercise routine, is ride my bicycle. At the end of this month, Im riding in Pedal the Cause, a ride to benefit cancer research. Im convinced that with Gods help, there will someday be a cure found for ALL cancers.
Blessings to all who read this
Mike
About 6-7 weeks ago I noticed a perceptible change in my voice, and a bit of a sore throat. I really wasnt worried about it being c again, it was on the opposite side, but a bit of concern because it was interfering with my speech. Went to the ENT, he scoped me could not see anything. He ordered a CT scan, ONCE AGAIN, nothing was seen, and then today the ULTIMATE in scans, a PET scan, and you guessed it NOTHING! So why is this title, what it is? Because God is GOOD! He is FAITHFUL to HIS word. HE healed me, and there is STILL NO c. (I wont give that word any credence, hence the small c) All that really is an issue is that the vocal folds are swollen, mostly because of the radiation, and some of the other soft tissue around. My wife thinks, and I tend to agree, that the source of the soreness is likely nerve regeneration. I was told that it would be about 2 years or so before things like that would happen, and its been that long.
My last radiation treatment was July 13, 2012. Ive not been sick one single day since then, in fact I was not sick during the treatment with the exception of the week following the very first chemo treatment. To what do I credit this? One simple word, GOD. I will admit, THAT was a rough week. Not only the nasty chemicals surging thru my body, but the Neulasta shot that makes every muscle and bone in your body hurt, but I got the flu on top of it all. Like I said, MISERABLE. HOWEVER it was very short lived, and that was the last time I was sick during this whole journey. God has certainly blessed me with good health thru out this journey, and even today, still healthy and not sick. Interesting enough, that case of the flu was one of the very few times in my life Ive ever had it, and have NOT had it since.
In one of my earlier blogs, I posted over 100 verses in the Bible that relate to healing and Gods faithfulness in that area. I have to add one thing here, when Jesus died on the cross, He died for not only our sin, but for our HEALING. Healing for ANYTHING, not just small things like a pulled muscle or the flu, but for c, for blood diseases, FOR ANYTHING!!
In January 2012, I was told that I needed surgery for this, I REFUSED totally believing that God would heal. I was told by a well meaning nurse practitioner that I would HAVE to have a feeding tube during radiation, I told her NO, God would take care of it. I was told by that same well meaning nurse practitioner that I would have an UNBELIEVABLE sore throat, I said Ive had sore throats before and that God would take care of it. I have to say, I did NOT get a feeding tube, I had a sore throat, but nothing any worse that you get with allergies or a cold. I did not have surgery and I still have my voice. I had 3 rounds of chemo and 35 radiation treatments to my head and neck. I guess by rights I should be glowing in the dark!! LOL
Im not sure WHY I felt impressed to write this tonight. Perhaps there is someone that will read this that is feeling down about an illness, or who has just heard those words that NO ONE wants to hear and that is that you have a possible deadly disease. I know I have several friends to have heard those words in the last couple of weeks. THERE IS HOPE!! If you are reading this, and you have lost hope, or your faith has been challenged, DONT GIVE UP under any circumstance. God is still GOD and there is NO denying that. Dont doubt for even a micro-second that God can and will heal.
One thing I do as part of my exercise routine, is ride my bicycle. At the end of this month, Im riding in Pedal the Cause, a ride to benefit cancer research. Im convinced that with Gods help, there will someday be a cure found for ALL cancers.
Blessings to all who read this
Mike
Thursday, May 15, 2014
LIFE AT 62 - WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THE DASH?
Interesting title eh?? I attended yet another funeral today for a friend who died from cancer. This was an ongoing battle for her since the 80's. So many ups and downs for her, yet, she was totally positive and upbeat to the very end. Her life was a shining example of Christ's love to everyone she met. She overcame many obstacles in her life, including losing the sight in one eye at a very young age. She had an abusive father and her mother raised her and her siblings by herself. A very brave little girl, that turned into a much braver woman! She was an awesome friend to not only me, but to many, way too many to likely even count. Literally all over the world. So many international students benefited from her love, and generosity.
Now to the reason for the title. My friends granddaughter read a poem today and the subject of the poem was life and death. When you are born there is a date. In my case, 1951. Dates are forever etched on your tombstone, a born date, and a death date. In my case, thankfully that date has yet to be determined. However hers was 1950-2014. What is in between the dates? A DASH. That dash is your life. What are you doing with the dash? For some reason that poem today hit me right between the eyes. What are you doing with the dash. I like to think Ive done a lot with it, but have I? Have I done enough? Have I touched enough lives in a positive manner? Yes Ive written a lot of blogs about my dealing with the dreaded c word. Ive told a lot of people about how God healed me. I still do that. I try to be a positive influence on people, but is that really enough? I know that I will be striving for more now!
So now the question to you. What are YOU doing with the dash? What are you doing with your life. Are you reaching out and touching lives in a positive way? OR are you just existing. Are you reaching the world for Jesus, or are you just existing in your own little world? Life is a matter of choices. You can follow the path of good and evil, OR you can choose to follow Christ. Your choice. You can deal with the dash. Some people have a long dash between the dates, others only have a short dash.
What are you doing about YOUR dash??
Now to the reason for the title. My friends granddaughter read a poem today and the subject of the poem was life and death. When you are born there is a date. In my case, 1951. Dates are forever etched on your tombstone, a born date, and a death date. In my case, thankfully that date has yet to be determined. However hers was 1950-2014. What is in between the dates? A DASH. That dash is your life. What are you doing with the dash? For some reason that poem today hit me right between the eyes. What are you doing with the dash. I like to think Ive done a lot with it, but have I? Have I done enough? Have I touched enough lives in a positive manner? Yes Ive written a lot of blogs about my dealing with the dreaded c word. Ive told a lot of people about how God healed me. I still do that. I try to be a positive influence on people, but is that really enough? I know that I will be striving for more now!
So now the question to you. What are YOU doing with the dash? What are you doing with your life. Are you reaching out and touching lives in a positive way? OR are you just existing. Are you reaching the world for Jesus, or are you just existing in your own little world? Life is a matter of choices. You can follow the path of good and evil, OR you can choose to follow Christ. Your choice. You can deal with the dash. Some people have a long dash between the dates, others only have a short dash.
What are you doing about YOUR dash??
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
LIFE AT 62 --- 2 YEARS WOW
Well the title says it all! 2 years ago on this date, April 8, 2012, is the date that I KNOW I was healed. How do I know this? Well thats a story unto itself. Sit back and enjoy this because it is truly a miracle. Ive been hesitant to be called a "miracle" man, or the guy who was healed "miraculously", but when it happens, what else can you call it? I finally had a chance to talk to a couple of people just today about that very fact. I was a a memorial service for a friend who just passed away, and is now rejoicing in Heaven with Jesus!! WOW what a thought! When I told a friend this story, she was almost in tears, and now that Im thinking back on it, it gives me serious pause to think about this thought of having a miracle. I dont want to get too much into it, but I sometimes wonder WHY me and not others, and honestly there really is not a really good answer to that. I DONT know why, I just know that for whatever reason, God CHOSE to heal me. Im extremely blessed, and willing to tell this story to whomever will listen.
Getting back to the title. 2 years ago on this date, April 8, 2012, it was Easter Sunday. I was singing in the choir at church. Normally we sing in 4 services on that day, but because I was not feeling totally strong, and had no hair, I chose to not do the 6am sunrise service outside. HOWEVER I did sing in the 3 services that were inside. After the middle service, I went to sit with my wife. I noticed that she was in tears. When I asked why, she told me she was sure I had just been healed. I must admit, that shook me a bit, but I had believed from the very beginning that God was going to heal me, I did not know when or how, I just KNEW HE would do it in His own way, and in His own time. WHY not Easter? Its the day that Christians around the world recognize and the day that Christ was RISEN from the dead and the grave and so why not have a miracle on that day. I must say, I was not necessarily expecting it to be that day, but I was also not, not expecting it either. When I asked HOW she knew that I had been healed, she told me that as the choir was singing, she could see lights dancing around me head. I made a bit of a joke saying that there were tons of lights on the stage, and she said NO, not the stage lights, but small strobe type lights around MY head, no one else but me! Think what you will, but knowing my wife is not one to exaggerate about things, or one to just make something up, I had to believe her. The really cool thing is that later that week, on Wednesday, I had a PET scan, and as you might imagine, it came back TOTALLY CLEAR!! NO sign of the cancer, no tumor, no nothing. There is one more little bit to this. A good friend of mine had sent me an email to an account I rarely used, and even more rarely checked it, but it was the only one she had. The content went pretty much like this. "Mike I had a dream about you the other night and wanted to tell you about it. I dreamed that angels, looking like sparkling strobe lights, were dancing around your head and you were being healed!!" I took that in combination with what my wife saw and the PET scan to mean that I had indeed been healed that Sunday, EASTER, 2012, and Ive stood on that ever since. There was yet one more "confirmation" if you will. I had to go thru the radiation process. Ive written about it before, not something I recommend for someone to do on a whim! Even though all the scans had come back negative, I had to go thru the 35 radiation treatments. Just before the 1st one, the techs, which by the way are totally awesome people, told me that I should feel nothing, or see anything. Well one thing I did before EVERY treatment was to pray. That prayer was the same every time. "Lord, guide this machine and let it harm only the bad and not the good!" Well you might have guessed by now, but Im going to say it anyway. I DID see things and it was "strobe type" lights dancing past my eyes. I asked the techs and they kinda laughed and said that was impossible. TRUST ME WHEN I SAY, it was NOT IMPOSSIBLE! I know that God is the healer.
If you are sick, I dont care how bad it is, GOD is totally willing and able to heal. I had so many people praying for me, I cant even begin to count them, but I also know that IF you believe, healing is yours. Jesus died on the cross for not only our sin, He died for our healing. He took it ALL on Himself and healing belongs to us IF we can just reach out and take it.
I said earlier that I have no idea why some people are healed and some are not. Im not a Bible scholar, Ive not studied all the verses in the Bible that deal with healing, though I have read them. I do believe that the ULTIMATE healing is when God takes you to Heaven. I have resolved that I will tell this story to ANYONE that will listen. Am I mr perfect? Of course not! I just a sinner save by the wonderful GRACE of Jesus. I do get frustrated, as others do, when my friends get sick. Sometimes I feel helpless by not being able to help them. I can pray and believe, I can encourage, but ultimately it is between them and God! We live in a world that has illness and disease. We live in an imperfect place. SOMEDAY we will live in a PERFECT place, until then we will continue to have disease, illness and death and life. The one verse that does come to me is PROVERBS 18:21 "The power of life and death is in the tongue, and those who love to talk will reap its consequences!" NIV. In other words if you speak all things negative, you will reap negative. IF you speak positive you will reap positive rewards. Do NOT DOUBT the power of God and HIS healing!!
Getting back to the title. 2 years ago on this date, April 8, 2012, it was Easter Sunday. I was singing in the choir at church. Normally we sing in 4 services on that day, but because I was not feeling totally strong, and had no hair, I chose to not do the 6am sunrise service outside. HOWEVER I did sing in the 3 services that were inside. After the middle service, I went to sit with my wife. I noticed that she was in tears. When I asked why, she told me she was sure I had just been healed. I must admit, that shook me a bit, but I had believed from the very beginning that God was going to heal me, I did not know when or how, I just KNEW HE would do it in His own way, and in His own time. WHY not Easter? Its the day that Christians around the world recognize and the day that Christ was RISEN from the dead and the grave and so why not have a miracle on that day. I must say, I was not necessarily expecting it to be that day, but I was also not, not expecting it either. When I asked HOW she knew that I had been healed, she told me that as the choir was singing, she could see lights dancing around me head. I made a bit of a joke saying that there were tons of lights on the stage, and she said NO, not the stage lights, but small strobe type lights around MY head, no one else but me! Think what you will, but knowing my wife is not one to exaggerate about things, or one to just make something up, I had to believe her. The really cool thing is that later that week, on Wednesday, I had a PET scan, and as you might imagine, it came back TOTALLY CLEAR!! NO sign of the cancer, no tumor, no nothing. There is one more little bit to this. A good friend of mine had sent me an email to an account I rarely used, and even more rarely checked it, but it was the only one she had. The content went pretty much like this. "Mike I had a dream about you the other night and wanted to tell you about it. I dreamed that angels, looking like sparkling strobe lights, were dancing around your head and you were being healed!!" I took that in combination with what my wife saw and the PET scan to mean that I had indeed been healed that Sunday, EASTER, 2012, and Ive stood on that ever since. There was yet one more "confirmation" if you will. I had to go thru the radiation process. Ive written about it before, not something I recommend for someone to do on a whim! Even though all the scans had come back negative, I had to go thru the 35 radiation treatments. Just before the 1st one, the techs, which by the way are totally awesome people, told me that I should feel nothing, or see anything. Well one thing I did before EVERY treatment was to pray. That prayer was the same every time. "Lord, guide this machine and let it harm only the bad and not the good!" Well you might have guessed by now, but Im going to say it anyway. I DID see things and it was "strobe type" lights dancing past my eyes. I asked the techs and they kinda laughed and said that was impossible. TRUST ME WHEN I SAY, it was NOT IMPOSSIBLE! I know that God is the healer.
If you are sick, I dont care how bad it is, GOD is totally willing and able to heal. I had so many people praying for me, I cant even begin to count them, but I also know that IF you believe, healing is yours. Jesus died on the cross for not only our sin, He died for our healing. He took it ALL on Himself and healing belongs to us IF we can just reach out and take it.
I said earlier that I have no idea why some people are healed and some are not. Im not a Bible scholar, Ive not studied all the verses in the Bible that deal with healing, though I have read them. I do believe that the ULTIMATE healing is when God takes you to Heaven. I have resolved that I will tell this story to ANYONE that will listen. Am I mr perfect? Of course not! I just a sinner save by the wonderful GRACE of Jesus. I do get frustrated, as others do, when my friends get sick. Sometimes I feel helpless by not being able to help them. I can pray and believe, I can encourage, but ultimately it is between them and God! We live in a world that has illness and disease. We live in an imperfect place. SOMEDAY we will live in a PERFECT place, until then we will continue to have disease, illness and death and life. The one verse that does come to me is PROVERBS 18:21 "The power of life and death is in the tongue, and those who love to talk will reap its consequences!" NIV. In other words if you speak all things negative, you will reap negative. IF you speak positive you will reap positive rewards. Do NOT DOUBT the power of God and HIS healing!!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
LIFE AT 62 -- ITS ALL GOOD
February 17, 2012! Approximately 5pm Eastern time. I got the phone call I had been waiting for, not wanting but waiting for. It was the nurse from the ENT's office telling me that the biopsy had come back positive for squamous cell carcinoma. Kinda like a punch in the gut. I remember that date and time like it was yesterday. It so happened we were with my daughter and son in law at their home in Raleigh NC, and getting ready to go to dinner for my wifes birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY! LOL. That was the beginning of this journey that I will always have etched into my memory. A journey that has taken me from there to here, with a lot of prayer, lots of chemo, lots of radiation, and total healing! THANK YOU JESUS! I know some say that all the medication is what healed, however I will say EMPHATICALLY that JESUS was and IS my healer. Yes the meds did their thing, but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jesus is the one who healed. All signs of the disease were gone before the chemo was done, and before all the radiation even started. Some use the M word, MIRACLE, and yes it probably was. I dont like being called a "miracle man", but the fact is I have NO signs of the disease.
How do I know that? Well its quite simple, the ENT just told me that today. I went in to see him because I was having some coughing issues. Of course its natural to start wondering, "what if", and I know that satan will throw things like this at you. My wife basically told me to "reclaim" my healing.
I of course did, and went to the Dr anyway for confirmation.
Sometimes in the course of life, we all get distracted, and sometimes lose sight of the long range thinking of God. We do not understand Gods mind, and we dont have to. We must have the FAITH to know that HE KNOWS what is best for us, and ALLOW Him to have control. In my case, I KNEW immediately that God was going to heal, and my wife KNEW when He did. I dont know where that burst of faith came from, but it did, and Im forever grateful. So what am I thinking about Gods long range thinking for me. I dont have a clue! LOL I do know that God has been dealing with me a lot lately. Seemingly changing the direction of my life yet once again. I do know that I will never stop telling people about Gods healing power.
I know beyond any shadow of any doubt, that Jesus died on the cross for not only our sin, but for our healing. He took on every darkness of sin and death and DEFEATED IT!! There is NO sickness that is more powerful than God. Ive been reading a daily email on healing from Mark Brazee. Ive been reading this for the last 2 years, and it has helped me immensely. Here is ONE excerpt from him. Very powerful and worth reading
How do I know that? Well its quite simple, the ENT just told me that today. I went in to see him because I was having some coughing issues. Of course its natural to start wondering, "what if", and I know that satan will throw things like this at you. My wife basically told me to "reclaim" my healing.
I of course did, and went to the Dr anyway for confirmation.
Sometimes in the course of life, we all get distracted, and sometimes lose sight of the long range thinking of God. We do not understand Gods mind, and we dont have to. We must have the FAITH to know that HE KNOWS what is best for us, and ALLOW Him to have control. In my case, I KNEW immediately that God was going to heal, and my wife KNEW when He did. I dont know where that burst of faith came from, but it did, and Im forever grateful. So what am I thinking about Gods long range thinking for me. I dont have a clue! LOL I do know that God has been dealing with me a lot lately. Seemingly changing the direction of my life yet once again. I do know that I will never stop telling people about Gods healing power.
I know beyond any shadow of any doubt, that Jesus died on the cross for not only our sin, but for our healing. He took on every darkness of sin and death and DEFEATED IT!! There is NO sickness that is more powerful than God. Ive been reading a daily email on healing from Mark Brazee. Ive been reading this for the last 2 years, and it has helped me immensely. Here is ONE excerpt from him. Very powerful and worth reading
Keep Teaching Others How To Be Healed
And [Jesus] could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. —Mark 6:5,6
Jesus had traveled to His own hometown, and the power of God was present to heal. Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power, but still only a few in Nazareth received their healing. Most of them wouldn’t receive because their unbelief was so strong. So what was Jesus’ solution to that situation? “He went round about the villages, teaching” (v. 6). When Jesus couldn’t get anything else to happen, He taught. Jesus did that all through His ministry. When He encountered the hard places, He’d just lean back and teach. When people weren’t receiving their healing, when He couldn’t do any mighty works, when no gifts of the Spirit were operating and no one was receiving the anointing, Jesus would teach and teach and teach some more. Jesus is our example. When people won’t receive, just keep teaching. That was a major part of Jesus’ ministry because when He taught people they were healed. The truth is, the only way to cure unbelief is to keep teaching the Word. Someone will take hold of it because there’s a connection between hearing and being healed.
Confession: As the Word becomes life and healing in me, I can teach others. The healing power of the Word works in all who hear.
Jesus had traveled to His own hometown, and the power of God was present to heal. Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power, but still only a few in Nazareth received their healing. Most of them wouldn’t receive because their unbelief was so strong. So what was Jesus’ solution to that situation? “He went round about the villages, teaching” (v. 6). When Jesus couldn’t get anything else to happen, He taught. Jesus did that all through His ministry. When He encountered the hard places, He’d just lean back and teach. When people weren’t receiving their healing, when He couldn’t do any mighty works, when no gifts of the Spirit were operating and no one was receiving the anointing, Jesus would teach and teach and teach some more. Jesus is our example. When people won’t receive, just keep teaching. That was a major part of Jesus’ ministry because when He taught people they were healed. The truth is, the only way to cure unbelief is to keep teaching the Word. Someone will take hold of it because there’s a connection between hearing and being healed.
Confession: As the Word becomes life and healing in me, I can teach others. The healing power of the Word works in all who hear.
God is the healer. God is our Deliverer. HE can and will move mountains IF you let him. I believe what the Bible says. And one scripture says to "Believe in Me and be saved". That does not just pertain to salvation, but I believe it also pertains to HEALING.
TODAY if you are sick in body, mind, soul, or spirit, reach out to Him and call on Him and be healed. I was and AM!
TODAY if you are sick in body, mind, soul, or spirit, reach out to Him and call on Him and be healed. I was and AM!
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