To all my dear friends,
I am slowly catching up with reading all your posts. I have not forgotten you. Life has taken another unexpected turn for me. I am going through some serious situations at the moment, so the bad news from the doctor on Tuesday was the last thing I needed.
Expect the unexpected!,
Well, I wasn’t ready for it. It hit me like a ton of bricks.
Those of you who read my little blog would perhaps remember that I broke my wrist in June, and in July I had to undergo an operation to straighten my broken bones. As a consequence the doctor sent me for a bone density test.
The results from the scan were straight forward, no mincing words here, I have advanced osteoporosis. I was told I have the bones of an 120 year old woman. ( Of course I would be a spring chicken if I was living before the flood)
Some tests will be carried out in the next few weeks to see if I was alive back in the days of the dinosaurs before starting treatment.
So glad the Lord is carrying me through all this episodes that have attacked my life so unexpectedly. God is so amazing!!! At my weakest moment this morning, He spoke to me in Psalm 121 and calm my restless soul. I trust Him ever so completely. His steadfast love sustains me. He is so good.
“I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.”
Psalms 121:1-8
“Let this encourage those of you who belong to Christ: the storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary. The clouds that are temporarily rolling over your head will pass, and then you will have fair weather, an eternal sunshine of glory. Can you not watch with Christ for one hour? “~ Williams Gurnall
WALKING BY FAITH 
Praying for you sister! God is with you and He loves you!
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Thank you brother. You are an encouragement to me. We draw strength from the Lord and from our sisters and brothers in Christ.
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Whoa! Praying for you.
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Thank you JM, I so appreciate your kindness.
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Wow, Crissy.. I’m so sorry to hear about this. But I’m so glad to see you fall back on Jesus! He is so good, even when we think we’ve heard the worst about our situation.. He’s still in control. I’ll be praying that all of your tests come back well. God bless you, Sister!
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Welcome back my beautiful sister. Thank you for your prayers. It is in hard and difficult times when Jesus becomes more real to us as we see His strength in our weakness.
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Praying for you! Jesus is your High Tower!
Ron
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Thank you Ron. I was saying to the Lord this morning, that He is my high tower. Actually I said rock! So good to know the Lord knows what we mean.
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He knows your needs. His voice is peace. Continuing to pray . . .
Ron
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You are a blessing Ron.
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Prayed for you little sister. I am glad you felt the Lord’s presence and comfort.
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God is so amazing, of course you know it very well as you rely on Him daily with your own trials. You encourage me in my walk with the Lord. Thank you for your prayers.
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This is such heartbreaking news. I honestly don’t know what to say, other than that you are in my prayers. Hang in there, my dear Chrissy! Remember… Joy comes in the morning… And it might be THIS morning! ❤
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Hope you are wonderful. If I could I would come over and sit with you over lunch and we would talk for hours. I thank God for you . You inspire me.♥️
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When we get to our Father’s house, we’ll do just that! Can you imagine? Wow!!! …and, we’ll be young again, too! Lunch reservations, once a week, forever! Deal? 🙂
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Deal…♥️ Wow wow wow, one day soon it will all come to pass.😊
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In prayer.
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Thank you so much dear one. You are such a faithful servant of the Lord.♥️
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Blessings to you and family.:)
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❤️
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Prayers sent!
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Thank you. God bless you.
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Crissy, I am sorry to hear about this new news but I am glad you are reaching out to your WordPress sisters and brothers so that we can pray for you with specific requests. My wife has osteoporosis, too. The Lord is the Good Shepherd who never leaves your side.
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Brother Tom, thank you so.much for your encouraging words. I am so thankful to the Lord for the amazing sisters and brothers in Christ He has allowed me to interact with for the last few years in this little corner of WP.
I am sorry to hear about your wife. I pray she is doing well.
So grateful the Good Shepherd never leaves us.
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Thanks, Crissy! What a HOPE and COMFORTER we have! My wife is currently on short-term disability because of complications from her scoliosis (osteoporosis is another challenge as I mentioned) and we’re waiting to see if they will change her to long-term disability. In addition, I was recently informed I will be laid off from my company at the end of the month. It’s definitely a fallen world that we journey through on our way home, but we have an indescribable joy and peace in Him.
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Yes Tom it is a fallen world we journey through in our way home . What will you do to Tom, will you retire?
Will keep your lady in prayer 🙏 for that particular need.
Indescribable Joy and peace is so right. What an amazing and faithful Saviour we have.
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Crissy, thank you for your prayers, and you are in mine. Here in the U.S. we’re not eligible for government medical insurance until age 65 and I have two more years before I hit that mark so I will need to seek employment. I can purchase medical insurance via my soon-to-be-ex-employer for 18 months but that is still very expensive, around $900 per month.
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Wow, that is EXPENSIVE.
is the Gov medical insurance after ags 65 free?
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The gov’t pays 80% of medical expenses after age 65. So people still have to purchase supplemental insurance to cover the remaining 20%. That insurance costs around $200 per month.
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Thank you, it’s good to be back. 😊 You’re absolutely right.. it’s in the trials of life that we experience Him more fully and are changed. I pray God continues to bless you and bring through this trial as gold in the furnace! ❤
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♥️🙏💜
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We are praying for you. All is His, even our infirmities. It is during our most difficult times that He reveals the greatness of His presence, His goodness, and His grace. Blessings for you as you lean on Him and trust in HIs mercy. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.
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Thank you Frances . You are so right . Although the Lord has not removed the different situations I am facing He equips me with joy, peace and strength for each day and shown me His steadfast love is many different ways.
Thank you for your encouraging comment.
Blessings
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Wow I’m praying. I’m rather behind on WordPress, we had some rough situation to deal with earlier this week that really drained me emotionally and physically. Was a situation that escalated to us having to call the police that flowed from my ministry to difficult people. Anyways, I’m at a tangent. I’m praying. It sounds very serious for you in light of what they said about your bones
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I hope all is ok now pastor Jim. It must have been very serious that the police had to be called. I trust no one was hurt.
Monday I am seeing the doc again.
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Fortunately no one was hurt. Let me know how Monday goes
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So sorry dear to hear that.
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Thank ypu Laleh ❤
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My pleasure.❤️
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Praying for your health and strength. God bless you in this part of the journey.
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Thank you so much . I appreciate your kind words and your prayers.
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Sorry to hear about the bad news from the doctor, but God has the final say in this. He is a healing God so continue to trust Him. I will bear you up in my prayers. Have a great day.
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Thank you Beverley. You are beautiful.
Blessings to you
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I am catching up on your posts so I am just now reading about your test results. As always, I am praying for you.
My Mom is nearly 82, and she has a spine that is curved from side to side. She has stayed vigilant with her exercises to strengthen her core to help alleviate her back pain. I lift her up to you as an example of living through each and every precious day.
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Thank you for sharing about your mum. You are right every day is precious and the Lord never leaves us He is with us through it all.
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You are welcome Crissy. My Mom is a real life hero in my world.
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Aww that’s so nice. 🍃
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YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AND I AM GOING FOR THAT TEST MYSELF TUESDAY. I PRAY YOU WILL GET BETTER AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU WITH PEACE BY HIS SPIRIT. I AM TRULY SORRY YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN. I LOVE THAT PASSAGE IN PSALM 27…WAIT ON THE LORD BE OF GOOD COURAGE AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEAR. WAIT I SAY ON THE LORD NKJ SORRY CAPITAL LETTERS. I FORGOT I HAD THEM.
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Thank you Pat for your encouragement. I pray that your test on Tuesday will be negative.
God bless you .
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I am trying to read those I have not yet, Sorry is taking so long!
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It’s ok Pat. The Lord bless all you do
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How are you now? You can email me if that is better.
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Not quite there yet! Thank you for asking. God bless you my friend.
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Thank you. Please keep me advised of your progress. I am praying for you.
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Thank you so much for your kindness.
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You are very welcome.
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He loves you so very much. I pray for you now and other times when the Holy spirit brings you to my heart and mind.
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Thank you Pat .
God bless you .
I pray you are feeling better and fully recovered from painful shingles 💜
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Please keep me informed
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