Beautiful Things

I am encouraged by this song a friend posted on facebook this morning because I needed to hear it!!!

All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

Awesome song!!

This weekend I felt like Satan was really trying to get my family down! it started like this:
Friday was Ethan's birthday party with his homeschool friends at a park. Rachel had planned the details and everything was going to be so much fun. When I drove up I took one look at Rachel and just wanted to cry because she was sitting down leaning on the picnic bench with one arm leaning on the table part and the other hand clenched in pain... she was getting sick with a UTI(sorry rae.. let me know if you want this part out) Not a big deal unless you have cancer:-( any type of illness when you have cancer is not good. I watched her all day knowing she was in pain.

While I watched my sister in pain, I also was on the phone with my Mom concerning her "posion Ivy" which turned out to be something else. She went to the dr.'s and he was very concerned that it was not posion ivy but a very bad spider bite! In the office her gave her a cortizone shot and two different types of medication. Mom was sent home with the very strict instructions that if the swelling got any worse she was to go right away to the ER.

Saturday morning I woke up and got ready for my Yard Sale morning with the kids. I talked with Mom on the phone and she said that the swelling had gotten worse but she would wait until the afternoon to go to the ER. I went over to Mom's house to pick up my cousin Julie for Yard Sales but after Julie and I took one look at Mom's hand, we told her I was taking her to the ER!  Once at the ER, the dr.'s became very concerned about Mom's hand and admitted her for an overnight stay. I stayed with Mom for the morning and then went home once she was in her hospital room.

That afternoon I was talking with my brother Wayne on Skype. Wayne is in Africa teaching ESL. My poor brother's luggage was lost in the trip over to Aftrica and so were his malaria pills that he was to take to prevent contracting malaria. And so, Wayne let me know that he had malaria. It was hard for me to see him on Skype and know that he was not feeling well and to be so far away! I wanted to comfort Wayne and to make him feel better but he is in Africa and not here:-(

Talk about feeling so helpless!!!

Mom came home on Sunday feeling better but still having trouble with her hand which resulted in another call to the doctor and more anitbiotics.

Rachel was also on antibiotics which made her feel depressed, lack of an appetite and nauseous. The weekend was just such a strain on our family.

On top of all that, Izzy went with her two wonderful cousins to a park in Delaware. When she came home Julie let me know that I needed to check her for ticks... I found 4 that night, 2 were the really small deer ticks and 1 more deer tick the next morning. So, I am watching for signs of Lyme's.

Rachel and Mom are recovering very well but Wayne is still sick and this morning Izzy came down stairs limping (not sure if it is caused by the Lyme's since that is a much later symptom). Our family needs your prayers! I need your prayers!!

On a bright note, Rachel went to see Dr. Sara yesterday and dr. Sara said that physically, Rachel shows no signs of having cancer. This is wonderful news because her body is responding well to all the healthy foods Rachel is trying to eat.

Mom has been able to go out and teach a friend about the Bible. This brings life to Mom!! She comes back shinning because she was able to share the Word with someone else. I am so glad that Mom can get back into teaching a bit because she needs that time away.

Out of chaos life is being found in You

Really, I can't imagine trying to live through this without knowing that God/Holy Spirit see's and hears our growning!! God is continually forming our family to reflect Him and this weekend was just another example of us falling to our knee's in understanding that we can not continue without having our focus completely on Him. I have the security of knowing that God loves me!! I have put my complete trust in what Christ did on the cross for me and that nothing in my life is by accident. I am a child of the King! I will continue to run to Him for my strength and so will my family. Rachel will look to God for strength. She has the security that what is happening in her life right now is not an accendent but is part of God's perfect plan for her life.