The Gift. . .

Peaceful Healing - Arrangement by Peder B. Helland

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I cannot begin to express the countless blessings God continues giving me over and over and over again as I praise Him for the “Gift” of my cancer! Yes, you read that correctly ~ the “Gift”! 

God has marvelously and wonderfully made His Will very transparent to me as I embrace each day I am blessed with, since initially being diagnosed with cancer in 2013, and now living with Stage IV breast cancer as diagnosed earlier this spring. 

If I were to be asked, “If you only had one book in the Bible to read, what would it be?” Without a doubt, it would be the Book of Psalms, which captures all the blessings God bestows on me daily. For it is within the Book of Psalms my life is sustained with His:

Purpose ~

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:13

Path ~

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:11

Peace ~

I will both lay down in peace and sleep; for thou Lord, only makes me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8

Perspective ~

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I….Nevertheless, I am continually with thee; thou has hold of me by my right hand. . .Gods is the strength of my heart and my portion forever…it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God that I may declare all thy works. Psalm 73:17, 23, 26, 28

Plans ~

The LORD will work out his plans for my life,  for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever. Psalm 138:8

Thou compassest my path and my lying down and art acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:2, 3 

Power ~

The Lord is the strength of my life. Psalm 27:1

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24

My comfort in my suffering is this: your promise preserves my life.  Psalm 119:50

Presence ~

The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart. Psalm 34:18

God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 

How precious also are thy thoughts of me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more than the sand; when I awake, I am still with thee. Psalm 139:18

   

Preservation  ~

This is my comfort in my sufferings, Your promises preserve my life. Psalm 119:50  

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in  from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalm 121:8

Promises ~

Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. Psalm 43:5

Bless the Lord, O my soul and forget not His benefits: who forgives all thy sins and healeth all my my diseases., who redeemed my life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies my mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:2-5 

Nevertheless, my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. Psalm 89:33 

Provision ~

I am reminded, “How precious also are thy thoughts of me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. Psalm 139:17 

And so, I share His Gift with you ~

Grace

Inspiration

Faithfulness

Trust

For God does not send us trials 

to "impair" us but to "improve" us!

In return, I can truly claim ~ 

"In His favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, 

but joy cometh in the morning." 

Psalm 30:5