July 11, 2016

God is so good!

We have had a lovely day in Cozumel, Mexico. Our shore excursion for today was a dolphin encounter push, pull, swim and it did not disappoint! We all participated. Our beautiful new dolphin friend, Noel, gave us kisses, pushed us on a boogie board, and gently pulled us through the water belly to belly. Kayleigh was absolutely thrilled, as were the rest of us! We also had a little free time to swim in the pool and shop in the down town area. It was very touristy but the kids loved it.

Kayleigh had a wonderful day. Any exertion in the heat is very hard on her. Even just standing, waiting for the encounter to begin, drained her rapidly. Thankfully the water was cool and refreshing and that revived her. She did have another mild headache after the excursion, during lunch, but thankfully it did not linger. This morning we did .5mg of steroids again because I knew it would be a strenuous day, but tonight we did only .25mg, that pulls today’s total at .75 mg, .25 less than yesterday’s. It is my prayer that she will not have a headache when she wakes in the morning!

I really do not like these headaches. As I have written before, I pray for Kayleigh’s healing every day, and the Lord grants me peace every time I come to him with my request, just like it says in Philippians 4:6-7
6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

That peace is unreal. To be in the middle of this storm but have peace? All I can say is thank you Jesus. And while my heart is convinced that God is good, His plan is perfect, and that healing is coming, my head still tries to look at things rationally. My head reminds me of the headaches, and that creates unease. Not really doubt, but an unrest in my heart. Why is she having headaches? Did radiation not help? Did something else go wrong? But I am learning now to capture those thoughts and turn them willingly over to God. Those thoughts are no good for me. They taint the beautiful present if I dwell on them.

So tonight as I was telling God all about my head He directed me to Philippians 3:8-10

8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. 10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, 11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!

This passage reminds me that nothing matters but Jesus. I agree with the writer, Paul, I want to know Christ and experience His power. Thank you Lord for your gracious comfort. No, God did not give me verses on healing which was my worry, He reminded me of who He is and what is of value. And tonight, that gives me peace.

Please continue to pray…

1.) Miraculous healing this side of heaven.

2.) No headache!

3.) That Kayleigh will be able to tolerate the heat tomorrow and love visiting new places.

4.) For Grace and Cole who struggle with why Kayleigh is getting so much attention.

Until Tomorrow,

‘Carrow 💜