Since both Weavers girls had a say....and since I am the oldest, let me add to it. God is amazing everyday....but today he treated me a little special. We promised to share the God things so here goes.
Hearing the "good" news this afternoon was such a relief...cause in reality its been a rough day. My office was suffocating me as I spent most of the day trying to focus on getting customers and prospects taken care of. Hearing Pop was having a bad day was keeping me distracted ......... and honestly .......... tearing my heart to pieces. Needing to get some air this afternoon, I went up town to check the mail and as I was driving, I was listening to a cd made last night of band practice (the tech group uses it to help plan the services). The last song for this coming Sunday, Everlasting God, came on. The band ....kinda put their own touch on it by slowing it down and making it really worshipful. It sounded good last night but I was tired and really didn't think much about it. As it came on....unexpectedly.......the flood gates of my emotions just opened up...... so i just drove around a little while to have a private man cry. (Yes ladies...some of us have those but be assured I made sure to avoid all stop signs and stop lights so there was no chance of anyone seeing me. ) The words of the song were so cystal clear.....so pure.....and Dawns vocal just led me straight into worship of our everlasting God. As the song went...Strength will Rise as we wait upon the Lord....Our God.....our Hope, our Strong Deliverer. I was needing some strength at this point and my mind came to this blog...."strength for the journey"...."determined to fight" and it all made sense. God had given me a song last night that He knew I would need today. I just rode around a few minutes ..... crying .... worshipping ... crying ..... worshipping ..... and praying. God have mercy.... give Pop strength as we wait upon the Lord. I prayed selfish prayers like..... make Pop feel better..... make Pop hungry......let Pop eat and not feel nausea ..... Please God, give Pop some relief. I knew he was in his radiation treatment at the time......and he has been weak following these treatments this week so I just prayed....not sure how long...but awhile. I did a few more errands and as I pulled back up to my office around 5 pm Shannons call came in that Pop had finished treatment...and was on his way to Red Lobster to eat. I wave of relief and a bit of jealousy as when I was there earlier in the week I had to settle for some tv dinners for lunch.
It never ceases to amaze me...like I said the other day.....God never misses an appointment.....nor does he ever grow weary....lucky us huh? He is an Everlasting God ...... and let me invite you to come to FBCLP Sunday..... you will probably hear the song that made a grown man cry....and I promise you will get the chance to thank Him for the good things He has done. OH...and BTW 3 down 32 more to go......focusing on the out there. Until next time....Let's try our best to Love God and love people.
TW
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Well said Terry! It is very hard being at home, trying to focus on work and wanting to be here to help in any way you can...
ReplyDeleteWe have been fortunate enough to have such a close family and to be able to have so much togetherness that in a time like this being "away" is very difficult.
I am sure your prayers were answered today, there was a 180 degree difference in him today from the time he walked in those doors to radiation to the time he walked out. He came out smiling, standing tall, plenty of energy, and ready to eat!!!The only thing missing was the rest of the family being there to eat with us. He tried ordering two orders of mushrooms again and who knows what else he would have ordered from there but I stopped him and reminded him that it was only the two of us eating....LOL
He is really looking forward to tomorrow and getting to come home to watch Nevada play football, also a note for all of the grandkids that are reading this he said today that he is "proud of all of his grandkids" and their direction they are headed in their life :} You guys of course know this already and how much he loves all of you but I still thought I should share that!
We will see you tomorrow evening and I feel comfortable that he will be feeling good!
Sometimes it is harder to see than others but God is Good!
God's loving Peace to all of you.
ReplyDeleteWow, Terry!!! There is not much to say, except God is amazing and I underestimate HIM all the time. Thank you for sharing and you are a very good writer. This blog is a great idea and your dad and family are always in my prayers. Love ya!!!
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