Joel's Journey: Keep Looking Up !!!!

Friday, February 15, 2008

Keep Looking Up !!!!

......Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?( Acts1:11) Why do I keep getting on my knees before the Lord? Why do I keep missing Joel soooo much?? Why do I keep reading my Bible? Why do I keep talking to the Lord, when it seems silent?......... ANSWER: this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.(v.11) It is the hope that is before me.....today just seems blah, the weather, the start of the day for me seemed like I was talking to the Lord, but no answer, as it seemed, but after a few minutes the Lord did speak through His spirit and spoke truth to my heart....to look up from whence cometh my help, He that began a good work will finish it, He is the beginning and the end of this trial, he is the same yesterday, today and forever. I feel like I am on a slippery ground today, in my feelings and emotions that is. I must do as this scripture says and fix my gaze "up" to the One that will return and will even now fulfill these promises that I heard this morning! Today is just one of those days, I really miss him.....

Praise the Lord a good report with Remy, here is the e-mail we recieved:

Hello All,
I am emailing on behalf of Rita and Jeremy and it is GOOD
NEWS! The Dr. found many cysts on Remy's optical nerve, they drained those
and all were benign. They also performed a biopsy on the fatty tissue
behind her eye, it too was cancer-free. They took tissue from another area
but will not have results for a couple of days. The Dr. still doesn't
really know what this condition is and is still quite baffled, but for now the
news is good.

Rita, the mom called me and said they would go back in a month or so for another CT scan to keep an eye on the situation. Thank you for praying for this sweet family. May the Lord heal Remy up from all the procedures today.

Have a happy Friday night with your family!! Dear husband has one big garden dosen't he?

Cindy

1 comment:

LJR said...: I am so glad Remy did well! I was reading my bible this morning and came across this verse which reminded me of you, and how you were there for Remy's family.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 – “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.”

Lori; February 16, 2008 at 10:44 AM

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Joel's Story

Joel, our 11th of 13 and a twin of Josiah, at age 3 was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, on December 6th, 2006. Joel had three perfect years of health and he and Josiah celebrated their 3rd birthday Sept. 13th, 2006. The first of Oct. Joel started having unexplained fevers for a few days and would return to active play. After the fourth round of fevers we took him to our family Dr. which they said his iron was low, so we treated that for a few weeks and took him back only to have his hemo. showing lower than before. We were referred to a hematologists and saw him a few weeks with blood checks twice a week. At a visit on Dec. 4th we showed the Dr. the bumps, (which were tumors but we did not know at the time) on Joel's head and he was very concerned and we were told we needed to admit him immediately and start extensive tests the following day. Joel went through rigorous testing and then the dreaded results were given. Joel was at a stage IV the most extensive stage, but we were hopeful that the Lord would use the means of Chemotherapy treatments to restore Joel's body. Joel endured 8 1/2 days in the hospital, came home for Christmas, and returned for his second round of chemo Jan. 3, 2007. Joel had a seizure that night after midnight and went into a coma due to a tumor bleeding in his head area and causing his brain to swell. After tests the following days, the Dr. declared Joel "brain dead" and took us to court to force us to take Joel off life support, as we did not agree with the medical field's definition of death. Our family sought to stand with the scripture, "life is in the blood,"and until Joel's heart quit beating naturally, he was living. We were making arrangements to bring him home and on January 23, 2007 his little heart stopped beating and he went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. Our lives are changed forever. God is faithful in the midst of this trial and we look with great hope to be with him someday.