"The eagle is on the move..."

Message by Pastor Ben today....absolutely straight to my very thirsty heart!  God gave him a word 3 years ago, almost to date, during a very tough time in his life and he found it last Wednesday during another very tough time and so he shared it with us.  Don't remember it verbatim but the general words were.."Just as the mother eagle pushes her babies from the nest in order to teach them to fly, so have I pushed you from your comfort zone, not to cause you harm, but to teach you to soar with me!"

The "going through the motions" as I have said so many times in the past, was SO MUCH MORE than just a ritual, it was instinct. A force of habit, a survival move that was embedded in me a looooong time ago.  I was flapping my wings simply out of survival because instinctively I knew, this is what I am suppose to do and if I do it long enough, I'm gonna catch a breeze and eventually soar with the eagles.

As I was praying at alter call, I finally felt the word from God that I have sought after for 11 straight months now!!!  He told me, "When I nudged you and asked of you something that was very uncomfortable and unfamiliar & you finally acknowledge it and was willing to follow & step into the unknown, I withdrew from you and waited...a proving time, to see if you could really survive and continue in what you know even if it wasn't easy...you have proven yourself to me and now I will send your answers!"

Does anyone else know what that kind of relief feels like?  WOW....

It's moving now...

Well....my last post was about "Being still and knowing."   Since that post my world has started moving again and I am so very thankful!  I have had ALOT of prayers answered and finally feel like God may know I exist again...hehe  I'm going to just start listing and sharing....

Within a few days of my last post, God opened a door and I was asked to start keeping a little girl on a daily basis.  It was a major help financially and a consistent supplement to our income!

Within a week of my last post, I was called and asked to show my house, yet again!  So we cleaned and left- they were here for over an hour.  That was Wednesday, on Saturday they called and asked to come back- another hours!  By Monday afternoon we were presented with an offer and by Thursday were were signing a contract on our house!!!  This Saturday will be the end of her "10 day option" and by Monday I hope to start packing my things and preparing for our closing on November 30th!!

We had special "Homecoming" services this last weekend and God spoke, broke and healed in alot of peoples lives, including mine!  My friend, who was diagnoses with cancer, was promised that "God was not setting her up for a catastrophe but setting her up for a testimony."  This picture was from her last service before her surgery....

A group of her friends left as soon as service was over Sunday night and went to Houston to spend the night.  We were at the hospital by 7AM and was able to see her before she went to surgery.  She was in good spirits and said God has calmed her!  We were told to prepare for an 8-10 hours surgery;  First 5 hours to remove the tumor and parotid gland and the second 5 hours to do reconstructive cosmetic surgery.  The tumor appeared to be connected to her main facial nerve on the left side and had several other nerves mingled through it.  They were planning to clip the facial nerve, remove a tendon from her wrist and tissue from her hip to finish the reconstruction.  She was told that the left side of her face would be totally numb, forever, and she would only regain 80% of the movement, which would take 6 months to a year to complete.  So needless to say we were settled into the waiting room for the long haul.  Here we are in our special shirt we had made for the big day "Friends Don't Let Friends Fight Cancer Alone"

We received our first update at 10:30 saying "she is asleep" LOL  But that the first phase was finished and they were currently removing the tumor.  At 12:00 we received our second update saying, you will receive another update at 2pm unless the Doctor finished before then but vitals are all still good.  At 1:30 they came and called her husband back to talk with the Doctor his phase was finished then.  He husband came into the waiting room ALL grins and said "It's over!  She's in recover and I can go see her in about an hour."  An 8-10 hours surgery had been completed in 5 hours!! When they got in there the tumor wasn't even touching her facial nerve, it was encapsulated and about the sizee of a walnut.  They were able to just remove the tumor and part of the parotid gland, had great margins, which means they removed ALL of it, and the only paralysis she will have is from the incision and will heal 100% is about 3 weeks!  She is now home 3 days after surgery and on the road to recovery!!

I am so full of thanksgiving and  peace right now....it's been a long road and it still isn't finished but I have faith now that I was lacking a month ago!  I know that ....



"For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." ~ 2 Timothy 1:12 (KJV)