Joel's Journey: Thou Art God....

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Thou Art God....

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting, thou art God. Ps. 90:2

Thou art God.......who gave us Joel

Thou art God......who took Joel

Thou art God......who formed and weaved him together

Thou art God......when our days were sunshine

Thou art God.....when our sunshine turned to midnight

Thou art God......when I was so angry with you

Thou art God.....when I can bow to your will and say thank you

Thou art God......when I miss him so, my heart feels it might burst

Thou art God.....who fills the depth of sorrow with joys and anticipations that lie ahead

Thou art God.....who is my shield when the enemy speaks of death and hopelessness

Thou art God.....who speaks words of truth about the resurrection and that Joel is living with you

Thou art God.....who gives me grace to continue on with my family here and in the now

Thou art God.....who prompts a 5 yr. olds heart to bring me flowers

Thou art God.....who has blessed me with a 2 year old that says "I wuv you."

Thou art God.....and I can worship you and see your infinite wisdom in a flower and a bumble bee

Thou art God!!!!!!!

Cindy

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Beautifully said! Thank you for sharing and reminding us that He is God and He is in control in all circumstances!; September 30, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Mommaof10 said...: Great post, Cindy.

We've just walked through the Valley of the Shadow of Death with our friends who lost their only daughter of 34 years, to a viral infection that attacked her heart.

This post could have been written by them. I spoke to them of Joel as they were faced with removing life support or not. They were told she was brain dead when she wasn't. They made the same decision y'all did because God is the giver of life and he is the one who determines the time to die. I know that others who are associated with the SAICFF where Joel's Journey was shown, spoke to them of Joel and your family as well.

I just wanted to let you know that Joel is still being used by God. His fruits are many. To God be the glory!

Thou Art God. As the previous commenter said, "Beautifully Said."

On a lighter note, and because I want others to know of your blog and be blessed by your family, I'm tagging you : ) The rules are on our website.

In Him,
Laralee
http://PlymouthRockRanch.com
Recording the Faithfulness and Provision of God for Future Generations; October 1, 2008 at 4:54 PM
creative gal said...: Beautiful. Thank you for sharing and opening your family up to us all. God is always in control.; October 2, 2008 at 8:00 PM

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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.