Joel's Journey: He came, He died, He arose !!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

He came, He died, He arose !!

we are in bondage, all have sinned

He came and walked this earth

He was beaten and scourged for sinners

a crown of thorns was put upon his head

nails pierced His hands and feet

as He hung upon a tree, a cross

He is not here....He is risen!! He is risen indeed!

He lives and we too can have new life

come, those that thirst and drink of the living
water freely

Praise the Lord for my Risen Savior, my hope! I went to Joel's grave today, where his little 3 year old earthen vessel lays. I am so thankful that he is not there, he is with Jesus! Guess what I saw on top of his grave today? Two purple tulips in full bloom. Not one but two! Such a blessing to my heart, one for Joel and one for Josiah.

Have a blessed Resurrection Day!

3 comments:

-stephanie- said...: This is so beautiful! What a beautiful surprise you had in seeing the tulips.; April 3, 2010 at 11:34 PM
Teena said...: He has Risen Indeed... so very thankful that I am His and He is mine. Where would we be without the blessed HOPE of our dear Savior.

HOW WONDERFUL... what a awesome blessing God gave you in the two tulips... may it comfort your heart. He has not forgotten you, Cindy... I know you know that... isn't those little reminders so refreshing to our hearts.

YOU inspire me... day after day after day... May you truly be blessed this Resurrection MORN.

Everyone is tucked away asleep here. I am getting things ready for the morning. I do baskets... I know not many do but my mom did it for us and my kids love it. We do Holy Week devotions and I have a cake made like a tomb.... Wyatt wrapped up a lego man in white tissue and we put Him in the tomb. Then Wyatt went to everyone.... Jesus is in the tomb. After everyone was in bed... I took Jesus out and set him on the top. Just something simple. They love it though. Not sure how others feel but I want to live it... I want them to know it is what it is all about.

Ok rambling... too too late...

Hugs... I think of you so often.

OH and the Lego party what a hit! I read this morning on my phone butg didn't get to comment!

YOU do such a great job.

love,
Teena; April 4, 2010 at 2:04 AM
Anonymous said...: Beautiful post...thinking of you and your family today !
Marie; April 4, 2010 at 6:15 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.