"Miss Shannon"
Tomorrow morning at 8:00 Shannon starts her first round of Chemotherapy. Doesn't make sense does it? Shannon is only 21 and has rheumatoid arthritis, how can this be? We have prayed and prayed for her healing, we have begged and begged God for her healing, we have cried and asked "why" many times. Do we need to pray longer? harder? louder? more often? God, what do we need to do? Fast for a day? a week? a month? 40 days? You are the almighty, the creator of all, Shannon included. We have been told "they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
Well, it seems we have waited a long time on the Lord but for you, God, that isn't much time, you are gauging on a scale of "eternity", not 2004-2007. If I had my desire, Shannon would wake up in the morning and you would have put your hand on her and healed her of all this disease. What is your desire? That would really make it easier if we knew where you were headed with this. In all things you desire the glory, the praise and the honor, and you tell us that in your time, things will happen as you designed them to happen.
Tonight I learned that the "el" on the end of Immanuel means God and the first part of the word means "with us". With us God - Immanuel. Tonight, tomorrow and until she is healed, Debbie, David, Shannon, Ronnie, Pat, Pauline, Vickie and family, Alan and family and all her friends need this promise, "With us God", Immanuel because that is all we can hold to, this just doesn't make sense. I heard several years ago "when you can't see his hand, you have to trust his heart". That is so much easier said than done, (if you are looking at me). I do better with the plans laid out in front of me and then I can see how things are to unfold. I guess I will have to "wait upon the Lord" awhile longer.
God, my prayer is while we all wait, please let us focus on you and your hand on her life, your ability to comfort and heal, your love for Shannon and her family, and to never forget that you are her creator, you knew Shannon first. You picked her hair color, her eye color, her shape and her size, her smile and fun personality and her love for life. You gave her to a wonderful mom and dad and then blessed her with a precious husband. She is your child, let us never forget that, you know we are praying on her behalf and you have a plan for her. God, may you be glorified through all of this ordeal. We love you
Sandy
1 comment:
Awesome Page Sandy!
I love it!
Debbie Smith
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