prayer appreciated :)

Hi everyone,Tommorrow at 5:00pm (eastern) I have to go to the oncologist to have some x-rays and blood work done. This is follow- up from my incident with melanoma a few months ago. The x-rays will show my lungs and lymph nodes and liver, etc... to make sure there is nothing there.Waiting for the results will also be a hard time of waiting for me. Any prayers from anyone would be appreciated. My anxiety usually gets very bad during these things. I pray that the Lord will help me to be at peace.Thank you so much my friends! :-) In His love, Chanin

whenever anxiety or fear came would simply call out to the "shepard" and he would come so quickly. What a re-assurance that our heavenly friend is there with us watching over us. Greg, thanks for this reminder too. I appreciate your words of encouragement!!! They do mean alot. :-D y.s.i.C.-Chanin

Hi Chanin,After reading your wonderful post the other day about the gentleman on the airplane that the Lord had sent, you for him and himself for you... I feel assured that He will have another 'Angel' nearby in some way to bring you comfort and allay your 'fears'.We will be praying for you sister.*Note: Just to clarify, this will explain and is very touching as well, thanks Chanin for sharing this, been meaning to respond;Experiencing God's Love through The 'Least Of These'

Will be praying too.jouko

Thank you for your prayers. Actually this was my first visit to the Oncologist so they mostly talked on and on about melanoma and the risks, etc... and the tests that i should do. We finally decided on a full MRI and cat scan along with chest xrays and bloodwork. So, now I still have to go and do all of that. :( So no tests yet. I really just want to get on with my life. Hopefully after all the tests are done, I can do that. Dr's offices scare me to death. I literally get sick if I see bad things or hear them talk in detail about bodily things. The Lord has shown me that fear and anxiety are my weakness. He will be faithful to be my strength where I am weak. I can only overcome by laying in His arms because I've done everything to try not to have fear and anxiety. I felt I had let the Lord down. But He showed me that He is still glorified in me because His power is made perfect in my weakness. I have refused medication (anti-depressants and anti-anxiety ) about 4 times now- even though i have had some major dealings with the anxiety in the last couple of months. I tell the doctors that the Lord alone will be enough. I know I may not be totally at peace and show no fear, but He still is enough for me. He has shown me that it is enough, that this does glorify Him. I know that in my suffering (with the fear and anxiety) that He is producing endurance in me. "More than that we rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces HOPE." (Romans 5:3-4)"From this we infer that endurance is first among the proofs of spiritual power. it is the ability to endure steadfastly under continuous pressure that tests the reality of our call as the Lord's "sent ones." Patience and longsuffering with joy are to be found only in those who know what it is to be "strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory." -Watchman NeeThanks again for your prayers!! In His love, Chanin

I just want to update a bit and kindly ask for prayer.I went back for my 3 month check up yesterday and also got the results of a chest x-ray. The Dr. is sending me for a CT scan of my lungs again because they reported "something" in the lower right lung. he said it could be nothing and they may be just over reading it because I am young and because of my health history.I go for the ct scan on Thurday the 28th.I am concerned about this, but also about my anxiety and my nausea. I have been feeling sick off and on for the past week or so- but more so now- hopefully it's just nerves. The first thing they ask you when you go in for your check up is if you've been nauseous :0 Today has been the worst for me. I have been pretty sick all day and it just makes me worry more. If you feel led, will someone pray for my peace of mind. The worst thing is that i don't want to not be able to do anything with my children. I feel so guilty.Thank you!In His love, Chanin

moreofHim wrote:If you feel led, will someone pray for my peace of mind. The worst thing is that i don't want to not be able to do anything with my children. I feel so guilty.Dear sister,please do not worry about your kids, this a time you need to trust God that He is taken care of them.it's a blessing to see them and this is not to exalt your work, but His alone, when i was checking out the xanga's of your childeren for example "jesus is the best" (i was stunned by those simple words (www.xanga.com/helensonshine))and when i talked with your daughter, there was one thing that was great to see.they are living for Him, to see Christ exalted, it's a blessing to talk with her and check out their xanga's.but however, somethimes you need to trust that The Lord is holding them while you cannot hold them.so please be still and know/trust, in the dutch translation it is writen "let go and know". God can draw them near to Himself, and He will use you to glorify Himself.He blessed you, but we need to go and trust Him in good times and hard times (like that song of Mat Redman - Blessed Be Your Name, if you want the song, i can send it to you), and remember you will become more like Him ;-)pray for them and you aswell!in His LoveWilliam

i feel that i need to post the lyrics here aswellMatt Redman - Blessed Be Your NameBlessed Be Your NameIn the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flowBlessed be Your NameBlessed Be Your NameWhen I'm found in the desert placeThough I walk through the wildernessBlessed Be Your NameEvery blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praiseWhen the darkness closes in Still I will sayBlessed be the Name of the LordBlessed be Your NameBlessed be the Name of the LordBlessed be Your glorious NameBlessed be Your NameWhen the sun's shining down on meWhen the world's 'all as it should be'Blessed be Your NameBlessed be Your NameOn the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your NameEvery blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praiseWhen the darkness closes in Still I will sayBlessed be the Name of the LordBlessed be Your NameBlessed be the Name of the LordBlessed be Your glorious NameYou give and take awayYou give and take awayMy heart will choose to sayLord Blessed be Your Name

William, thank you for the kind words. though I am not feeling too well, it helps to lift my mood a little. :)"jesus is the best" (i was stunned by those simple words) ha ha. I'll have to tell Kenna that someone else has read her site :)let go and knowthis is a better translation! let go- and know.thank you also for the song. i also love the version sung by Kathryn Scott.ysiC-Chanin

My wife and I will pray for you sis in our morning devotions, be sure of that. God Bless Bro. Daryl

Dear sister, I believe you are totaly in His hands! There is most secure!Be blessed by these words of George Muller:My Heavenly FriendThe precious Lord Jesus Christ is our friend. Oh, let us seek to realize this! It is not merely a religious phrase or statement, but truly He is our friend. He is the Brother " born for adversity," the one who "sticks closer than a brother." Who will never leave and never forsake us. How precious even on earth to have a heavenly friend, for this brings the joys of heaven in a little degree into our hearts now. This is just what our heavenly Father desires regarding His children, that they might be as happy as they are capable of being while here in the body. Have we entered into this, that the One who is "altogether lovely " is ready hour by hour, to be our Friend? When we cannot sleep at night, say to Christ, " My precious heavenly Friend, wilt Thou give me a little sleep?" When in pain, say, " My precious heavenly Friend, if it may please Thee, wilt Thou take away this pain? But if not, if Thou sees better that it should continue, sustain, help, and strengthen me, my precious heavenly friend!" When we feel lonely and tired, turn to the precious Lord Jesus; He is willing to be our friend in our loneliness. For sixty-two years and five months I had a beloved wife, and now in my ninety-second year I am left alone. But I turn to my precious Lord Jesus as I walk up and down in my room, and say, " My precious Lord Jesus, I am alone, and yet not alone, Thou art with me; Thou art my friend; now Lord, comfort me and strengthen me, give to Thy poor servant everything Thou sees he needs." Oh, this is a reality, not a fable, that the Lord Jesus Christ is our friend. We should not be satisfied till we are brought to this, that we know the Lord Jesus Christ experientially to be our friend and habitually to be our friend. Just ponder this. Habitually, never leaving, never forsaking us, at all times and under all circumstances ready to prove Himself to be our friend. He is willing not merely to grant this for a few months, or a year or two, but to the very end of our earthly pilgrimage. David, in Psalm 23 says: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me." Oh, how precious this is. For this "Lovely One" is coming again, and soon. Soon He will come again; and then He will take us home and there we shall be forever with Him. Oh, how precious is that bright and glorious prospect. Here again the practical point is to appropriate this to ourselves. "He is coming to take me-poor, guilty, worthless, hell-deserving me-He is coming to take me to Himself." And to the degree in which we enter into these glorious things, the joys of heaven have already commenced!

Thank you so much Kire and Bro. Daryl!Surrendered to Him, Chanin

My wife an I prayed for ya and will keep you in our prayers. We asked for the Lord to surround you with songs of deliverence and to give you great joy,,,, among other things. Just wanted you to know that and ask if you'd keep us posted. God Bless Bro. Daryl

I wanted to thank you all for your prayers. I got the ct scan results back and everything about them was NORMAL! :-) I am hoping now that I know this, that my nausea will start to diminish.Praise God! All I can think of is that I still have more time with my family- to raise my children as I know I should and to bring them up in the truth.When I get worried like that I tend to start planning my own funeral. Isn't that awful? I can tell you it makes me appreciate LIFE and the time I have here- I want to glorify God with my time and my LIFE.Thanks again! Surrendered to Him, Chanin

I can almost hear Jesus say to you as He did to the woman with the blood issue---"Go in peace" God Bless Bro. Daryl

I wanted to thank you all for your prayers. I got the ct scan results back and everything about them was NORMAL! Praise God for the good report!God Bless,-Robert

RobertW wrote:Praise God for the good report!yeah i was about to say the same thing :-)but it is good news, keep your eyes on Jesus Christ ...... facedown!be blessed!William