I Need Thee Every Hour - A Capella Hymn

As we woke this morning Dad woke up in pain, the pain was radiating from the base of his skull to the front of his face, un bearable, I had let the room and when I came out he was gone, he had gone upstairs to bed! This has been his "day time enemy" since Feb-March I knew this was not good for this is the last place He would go if he did not need too!

My Heart sank I just sat in the bed with him, Praying O Father take this pain, have mercy on your child, my husband, Lord is this selfish of me to ask for Dad not to suffer when your Son suffered much for our sake? Lord you made this man and you know every fiber of his being, Lord have mercy on Him this day as you will.

I had nothing in me to call anyone, but on the Lord in prayer,I weeped and weeped before the Lord laying everything aside,giving all that my heart could bear, so that nothing hindered God from hearing my plea--------

I asked the Lord to lay on those hearts He brings us to mind to pray, an hour or so later a good friend calls, I let her know what was going on with Dad and that at this time I just needed prayer request over Dad, she prayed right then on the phone.

I went back up stairs and read the word over my Husband till He fell asleep, He slept all morning until 1pm this afternoon

Our Lord is so kind and Merciful in all His ways an as I sit here writing My husband is out of the bed taking a shower,Only the hand of our Lord Jesus Christ can do this,
Who He is only Glorify s His Mercy to rise a sick man from His bed. Thank you Sweet Jesus, there is no Friend like you. This song say's what I can only sing and claim everyday.

O How our Lord wants us to be fervent ,consistent,tenacious in our thanksgiving and prayers to Him, not to weary us but to exercise us to depend upon Him and Him alone,
Thank you Father for answering prayer so quickly...... thank you saints for lifting us up.

IN THE MIDST OF OUR STORMS,JESUS IS ALWAYS PRESENT

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and 
                                                your faithfulness! Psalms 115:1

He must increase, but I must decrease.  John 3:30

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home? When Jesus is my portion, my constant Friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free; 
For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
This an old hymn, with words to sing by-

when we offer praise to God in the midst of pain and problems, it makes our worship all the more precious and valuable in His sight. 
 Hebrews 13:14-16, "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that confess his name." 
Today, if you're hurting, give a sacrifice of praise to the Lord – Jesus will be gloriously honored because he knows your praise 'cost' something!
"Thus far the Lord has helped us" I Samuel 7:12. 

God’s purposes cannot be derailed by circumstances. "He is in control"
We know all too well that none of us know what tomorrow holds, but in reality, none of us even know what tonight holds, while we sleep.  It’s unnatural, against every animal instinct in our bodies to release ourselves into that reality, 
but God calls us there to that place where He is.  “Lose your life and you will find it”, Jesus said.  
As life continues and "with it struggles" and with them "hope", we find ourselves losing our grips on the things we don’t even know we are holding so tightly.  
And yet, we finally find our rest, secure in arms more capable, more loving, more alive than our own. 

I'm asking for Prayer that the Lord would continue to show himself through Dad and I and that Our Lord Jesus Christ would continue to receive all of the Honor Praise and Glory in our life He has purposed for us to walk out.

That our Lord would continue to open up opportunities for us to exalt His Name high and lifted up.

 Pray for me as I continue to be Dad's helper in His hard days, and all of the regular daily tasks. 

Help me not to murmur or complain, but to do all of this with much love. 

Pray that I would have great patience, gentleness,tenderness,kindness, and much carefulness in all my words and behavior and actions. This is a daily challenge!!!

I struggle each and every day and continue to be a work of mess in progress.
for it is by His sweet gentle kindness that leads me to repentance
  

I ask the Lord to grant me strength to be a godly loving wife each day! 

I have to be honest, there are some day's I don't know if I'm coming or going.

I thank Jesus when I fall and fail miserably, He is always there to pick me up, 
{and a goooood strong cup of coffee is a treat when I'm all picked up!}

Pray for Dad as he has not been feeling well for the past several days.  
Pray for increased strength and energy and great comfort! 
Dad's Inner cranial pressure is causing head pain and causing some great effects in and through His whole body,much burning on the left side of His face, ear, chest, arm and His whole left side very numb, no energy,very,very tired.
His arm and leg are so numb he does not realize if he hits them and causes himself injury,
so sometimes we can have a "bloody mess"! 
{If you could hear me I'm speaking in an  English accent} Hummmmmmmmmmm! 
Thank the Lord He Helps us weather every storm.


Our Lord's Grace is sufficient today.

We pray that God will pour out His incomparably great riches in Christ Jesus – 
the riches of his grace, mercy, and soul-satisfying peace.
Psalm 73:22-27 is a wonderful reminder to keep holding tightly onto the Lord's hand in the months to come:
 "I am always with you [God]; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." 

Well as I did not post this yesterday, Our Lord is always faithful----------Dad woke up with a Joyful heart and a refreshing today Praise you Jesus.

Oct 4th 2009 4 years ago, Dad was Diagnosed with and inoperable brain tumor

We Praise Our Lord Jesus for these last 4 years  since Dad's Diagnosis. 
In and through them we have been stretched,stretched,and stretched some more, with good days, hard days, struggles,disappointments, frustrations,sorrow, tested ,tried, refined,tested, tried, refined and more than these, 
continually encouraged in our walk and relationship with Jesus  looking at His greatness and what it really means to follow Jesus on a day-by-day basis.
Who we truly Depend on greatly, 
Who we put all our Trust in, 
Who we seek first, And 
Who we put all of our Faith In,
 Our God has never left us ,forsaken us, 
Oh How He has always been faithful to us, fully trust worthy, incredibly kind, beyond generous, always gentle,very patient,

even" in spite of our faithlessness"  
even" in spite of our lack of trusting Him fully" 
even "in spite of our not fully depending " on Him 

Jesus knows the way  we will take; 
when he has tried us,--- we pray  we come out as gold. So that our faith is tested genuine—
He gets all the Glory
No matter what our trial,circumstance, struggle, affliction, hardship, suffering, stubbornness, pride fullness,insecurities,uncertainties. He's still in control!

Each day we understand a little more---The call on our lives to follow Jesus is a summons to lose our life. 
"Jesus is more than a Savior who's just begging to be accepted into our hearts". 
"He is a King worthy of infinite adoration and surrender of our lives".
when we come face to face with grace, the God of the universe reaches down in the depths of our souls, forgives our sins, and fills us with his Spirit.
The inner transformation that happens when we're forgiven of our sins and  filled with the Spirit of God. 
Should cause us to think differently. We begin to desire differently. We begin to want what God wants. We begin to live differently. And that's a good thing, because we believe Jesus knows what's best for our life. He Is God-------We should become more intentional about sharing the gospel with people who don't know Christ.
I know where we live is our mission field, some one once said ,
"{persecution only comes with proclamation}", 
I know this, I've not yet been thrown in jail, or stoned,but {'Christ has been rejected"}!

Our God has proven Himself to us daily by His presence on and in our life, we wake up, He gives us breath,  ---  He answers every prayer------we choose not to "diminish" His goodness, His All mightiness, His Beauty, His Greatness, His Holiness, His Living active power upon our lives. Or His testings.

As we apply our thoughts to truths that we know, truths that are given to us in His Word 
 We fill up our minds with Holy Scripture which renews our mind.
And we begin to apply His instructions on our heart and walk them out.
This is a process that will continue till we see Jesus face to face,

I pray for Dad and I we see God's Biblical perspective, more than a worldly perspective, this takes surrender of our will, letting go of things that are more worldly than Biblical.
It's not an easy road to walk, but it is the only walk  we choose In Christ Jesus.
It takes honesty,vulnerability,humility to admit we may have issues here, and yet this is a choice we make to lay down. 
In His Kindness it leads us to Repentance.

We don't have all the details of the what's, how, where, when, we do know "who" we follow. 
We have no greater friend than Jesus.

Dad is having daily struggles, the reality of His Brain Tumor is showing the effects in his body. God is still in Control