So, how do we begin today’s update after yesterday’s overwhelming report from UCSF and what we KNOW is the answer to many prayers ….??????
As we drove to UCSF early yesterday morning, Irene burst forth singing this Andrae Crouch favorite ….!!! Remember, I said that this is what she sang ENROUTE to San Francisco .…!!!
I’ve Got Confidence…
When trouble is in my way
I can’t tell my night from day
When I’m tossed from side to side
Like a ship out on a raging tide
I don’t worry, I don’t fret
My God has never failed me yet
Troubles come from time to time
But that’s alright I’m not the worrying kind
Because I’ve got confidence
No matter what the case may be
I know He’s going to fix it for me
I’ve got confidence
God is going to see me through
Irene woke up this morning with an extra skip in her step and drove herself to and from dialysis. There was quite a lot of enthusiasm at the dialysis center given the news from yesterday! They’re now discussing appropriate strategies related to pinning down exactly how much kidney function is occurring so she will be tested again soon.
She did come home, however, exhausted. Her blood pressured dropped during dialysis to 97/35 .… obviously, not desirable. Her fatigue and nausea lasted throughout the day .… probably in large part due to the dialysis and yesterday’s big trip to SF ….
Irene is eternally GRATEFUL for the many prayers, petitions, tears and intercessory prayers on her behalf. THANKS for caring!!!!! He Reigns! We know that the journey is far from over, but we are overflowed with thanksgiving in our hearts.
I wasn’t sure how to begin today’s update but I certainly know how to end it….the following lyrics are the tender sentiment of Irene’s heart this day…
In my moments of fear
Through every pain every tear
There’s a God who’s been faithful to me
When my strength was all gone
When my heart had no song
Still in love He’s proved faithful to me
Every word He’s promised is true
What I thought was impossible
I’ve seen my God doHe’s been faithful, faithful to me
Looking back His love and mercy I see
Though in my heart I have questioned
Even failed to believe
Yet He’s been faithful
Faithful to meWhen my heart looked away
The many times I could not pray
Still my God
He was faithful to me
The days I spent reaching out for what pleased me
Even then God was faithful to me
Every time I come back to him
He is waiting with open arms and I see once again see
He’s been faithful, faithful to meHe’s Been Faithful, by Carol Cymbala
Caminando con Fé
Dave
Dave and Irene,
WOW! I know as a Christian in my American cultural way of thinking and reacting that I need to see to be reminded of how God’s timing is the absolute best. I have been studying the Beatitudes again recently following some great teaching by Reed and Craig Barnes. The beatitudes are not something to achieve, but are the result of being with God in his fullness.
Your posting following the months of prayer and walking out the faith He has given you confirm the heart of the beatitudes, the revelation of the experience of God in all our circumstances, starting with the hardest, being poor in spirit. It is in in being poor that we find how rich we are. Being poor in spirit gives us the chance to see how rich God is without any of our trappings to block his image. The blessing.
We rejoice in the great news, but as these lyrics above state, God is always faithful and in such comes the blessing of both knowing and experiencing him.
We will continue to pray for God to be revealed and that his Glory will be made known that you may sing of the blessings he bestows upon you both!
Our love and blessings!
Dave and Edie