Author Archives: admin Father/Son Trip Ahead…YAY! Soooo…the WORD in our house lately is that Rico Suave has purchased 2 roundtrip plane tickets to Park City, Utah for a ski trip! One has Rico’s name on it–and the other…NOT MINE! I’m super excited that he did this–and I had to practically TWIST HIS ARM and make him do it […] I haven’t written very much about what is REALLY going on with me–but I feel today…on this sweet day of Sabbath…I am being asked to share. Walk by faith… Every week, I visit random doctors for this ailment or that. One says maybe it’s the beginning stages of MS. Another confirms through blood work Lyme’s […] Thank you for your honesty and boldness in writing what you are walking through. I love knowing how to pray specifically for you, friend. ev PRAYING for you dear friend! Having FAITH!!! KNOWING GOD will lead you in HIS PATH!!! Love hearing your heart. It helps me know how to pray for you more specifically!!! Love you sweet friend! Praying and trusting with you in the Lord”s healing and perfect plan for you and your family! Thank you for sharing the journey with us! What a priveledge it is to pray with and for you! Andrea, I am praying for you. And I appreciate this post. It deeply encouraged me. Andrea, thank you again for your testimony of abiding in HIM! As Dawn stated, I’m thankful to be able to pray so specifically for you. I was just listening to some of the speakers from the Orphan Summit IV. I just finished John Piper’s session on “What Does It Mean to Live by Faith in the Service of the Fatherless?” before reading this post. He states: In that moment of trusting Jesus alone, you are justified, you are forgiven, you are totally accepted by God, you are adopted into his eternal family, you are loved, you are secure forever. And all of that by grace alone, through faith alone, on the basis of Christ alone, to the glory of God alone. So that, from that moment on, everything you do you do in this faith. Everything you do from that moment on, you do in the confidence that you are accepted, you are justified, and God is 100% on your side—not in order to be accepted or be justified or to get God to be 100% on your side. That is, from that moment on, you live by faith. Nothing you do from that moment on creates or earns God’s commitment to be 100% for you and never against you. That has been settled by faith alone in Christ alone. Beautiful! Thank you for reminding that His timing is perfect in all things. I needed to be reminded today to walk with FAITH and not by sight. God CAN do all things, nothing is impossible with you. Keep walking out your faith, for God loves a heart who is faithful. You have a beautiful testimony of God’s grace. Oh, Andrea. Thank you for sharing your heart. I am praying for you. When I wake up in the middle of the night frightened or anxious, these are the verses I say (often outloud and rather emphatically). They are my ‘take that’ sword thrust to the voices that are dragging me down. “I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer. My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge. The Lord is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised and I am saved from my enemies!” Ps 18:1-3 Continue to lean hard into Him. And tell Him all about it. Don’t hold anything back. He loves you so tenderly and passionately and He has such plans for you. Standing by you in faith and praying in agreement with you for wisdom, direction, and obedience to God’s direction. Andrea, Oh, sweet friend, In KNOW he will heal you, I know that He is working your heart to be more like His, that you BELIEVE he will heal you, it is so beautiful!! Oh, Andrea. Keep on reaching for His coat, sister. He loves you so dearly. Thank you for being real and honest. You are in an excruciatingly hard place, but you are giving glory to God in the midst of it. I’m praying for you. Andrea, doing my quiet time this morning after reading your post and I couldn’t help but think of you when reading my scripture for today. Psalm 34:4 “I sought the Lord, and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears.” Praying for the Holy Spirit to wash over you and immerse you in peace. Hi Andrea ! I read this the other day, and meditate on it all the time, especially when the Devil tempts me with worrying about tomorrow: “We have an earthly reality, but I am going to stake my heart and emotions on the truths and promises in God’s Word.” “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:21 My sister in law is a teacher & was experiencing similar neurological symptoms. It turned out to be Moya Moya. Thankfully after having revascularization brain surgery at MD Anderson her speach, neurological & vision problems have returned to normal. At one point she couldn’t even pray but that’s where others interceded for her & through prayer she was healed. Praying for answers & for miraculous healing for you! Andrea, Thank you for this incredibly honest and encouraging post. You will be in my prayers. Oh, Andrea, I am so ,so sad for your not feeling aok. I know being a momma is exhausting …I just know that hatever you have will pass. You are beautiful and wonderful and God has so many greta plans for you . Heal Sister ! Allow God’s sweet whispher keep fear from ypu . If my medical family can be of any ‘words of help ” please call us. W e know that He has you in the palm of His Hand. I will include you in my Rosary prayer. Blessings and Pax,m Andrea, thank you for opening up your heart to us. I have never commented before, but felt the need to share a song with you. God has been speaking through it, to me, over the last few days. It is Give me faith by Elevation Church. The words are so powerful – give me faith to trust what you say, that you’re good and your love is great, I’m broken inside, I give you my life – I may be weak, you’re spirit strong in me, my flesh may fail, my God you never will. I am praying God will purposefully lead you to your next step. Love. praying for you, sweet andrea. thank you. Fighting fear with FAITH. God’s been speaking that to us, too. Thank you for being part of the confirmation! Amen and amen. Believe, sister, believe. You ARE writing a book – it iis “written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts,” for now anyway. (2 Corinthians 3:3) You are writing for all of us, but most of all you are writing on the hearts of your children as they watch you journey through this trial all while dancing with the King. Andrea, thank you for sharing your heart. It’s truly beautiful and it’s evident that the Lord has a mighty work He’s doing in your life. I just wanted to share that I was diagnosed with MS when I was 18, 9 1/2 years ago. If that is indeed what is happening in your body, I would love to help you walk through that if you receive an MS diagnosis. The good thing about MS is that the fatigue and symptoms come and go… you don’t have to live this way all the time. In fact, since switching my medication 6 years ago, I have been free of ANY exacerbation! Praise God! I sat at your table at C4C one night… I’m one of the twin moms at the table where there were like 5 of us, haha! Whether you have MS or not, it’s certainly very similar and I know that God has allowed this in your life for a very real purpose. I have never experienced His provision for me quite like I have through MS. He has made Himself so tangible and near to me through it. He truly IS our Healer! He has been so sweet to me through it. Praying that you find a sure diagnosis soon. Thank you for sharing your sweet heart!  May I just take a mommy moment to celebrate my two oldest??? We took “The Well-Trained Mind” advice and aimed to complete most of “The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading” BEFORE starting “First Language Lessons“…SO–we began “First Language Lessons” this week with my precious little kindergardener and 1st grader. Our first lesson consisted of […] We celebrate half birthdays here, too – and they are so simple and fun! No presents, just happiness – and half a cake. 🙂 Thanks for this fun and real post. My H loves that Caterpillar poem. She had to use it for speech meet tryouts and totally rocked it after saying it since the school year started! 🙂 So fun! And love the half birthday celebration too! I love the lyrics to the song “Your Grace is Enough”…especially the beginning… Great is Your faithfulness, O God You wrestle with the sinner’s restless heart You lead us by still waters into mercy And nothing can keep us apart. So, remember Your people, Remember Your children, Remember Your promise, O God. Your grace is […] what an incredible service! thank you for sharing it with us to remind us that his grace is indeed enough!! im all choked up with tears filling my eyes. BEAUTIFUL! oh how i wish i could have been there, seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears… but thank you for blessing my soul by sharing this story! -Keely (MamaEli via facebook) Oh my goodness, the tears keep falling. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing this, Andrea. It really spoke to me as we consider another adoption and all that could be before us. What a beautiful example that young woman and that family is of what adoption is REALLY about. Beatiful! An especially beautiful post. Sounds like a powerful service this morning. And, I loved your statement, “that we would sit before Christ and bring our children with us.” I’m writing that down! Thank you. I am reading Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus. It is such a great reminder of our true calling and ways to live that out practically. Oh so good! AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!  Soooo…I completely stink at teaching history. Really–I do. We have been studying the Roman Empire all year–not because I ordered a history curriculum that is only about the Roman Empire–but because I can’t seem to get past chapter 4 as we have been focusing on reading, math and lots of Home Economics (aka: you really […] You are the COOLEST mom and teacher and you don’t stick at history. Hahahaha!! We were stuck in Egypt for months and months and months (because we, too, were focused on math and reading and raising babies and lots of Home Ec) until we were delivered just like the Israelites. Praise Jesus!! Now we’re moving on into Greece. Look out Dark Ages!! We’ve got your number!! |
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I was SO excited to read some good news from you early this morning. I’ve been up ALL night long with a croupy 3 year old and I couldn’t shake you from my mind. I’ve been praying all night. Since there is no sleeping, I got on the computer with my little sweetie sitting on my lap, barking away, and here I see some answers to prayer. Praise God!! So thankful for God bringing you some encouragement!!
Having absolutely no idea if you diagnosis is correct, I do want to encourage you that if inflammation is the problem, sometimes it takes trying different anti-inflammatories and then several months for a response especially if you’ve had the problem for a while. I get unexplained inflammation in various parts of my body. The last bout was in my knee. Once my doc found an a.i. that helped with the pain I just stayed on it so at least I would be more comfortable. In theory you see improvement after a couple of weeks in the inflammation. I had no change other than pain management for 9 months. Then the inflammation started to go away and 2 months later I went off the drug (granted with some rebound side effects for a couple of weeks) and my knee is fine now. This was inflammation that had no known cause and had been there nearly 3 years and severely limited my mobility. Quite frankly, I’d given up hope that my body could respond to anti-inflammatories. In my past inflammation issues it had taken anywhere from 2 weeks – 2months to see results from the anti-inflammatories or taking steroids or in one case the hormonal changes of pregnancy. I only tell you this to give you hope since you’ve been dealing with your issues for a while and it seems you’ve tried lots of treatments already. Sometimes I think when your body’s inflammatory system is really out of control it takes a lot longer for medicines to work than most doctors will give them time to. Praying for your full recovery and the holy spirit’s guidance in your decisions and patience of course.