Today has been a day of God's blessings! We received the news today that my father-in-law's AML is in remission. His bone marrow results show NO leukemia. He is going home for a couple of weeks....then he will be off to Vanderbilt for a bone marrow transplant. Did I mention he has a sibling 100% match donor....statistically you have about a 25% chance of that happening. If you don't have a sibling donor....it is often impossible to find one. Also - he had already failed 2 rounds of chemo...there was a "last ditch effort" chemo given to try to bring about a remission. Not statistically very good chances. The doctors told him 4-6 weeks to live if it didn't happen. Today we are rejoicing because we know God has answered prayers. I don't know what the future holds....but I know the ONE who holds it. I know the ONE who is ABLE. I know the ONE who loves us more than we can imagine, the ONE who is no respector of persons, the ONE who says if you have faith as a mustard seed, the ONE who says you have not because you ask not....today we ask. We ask for a full miracle for someone we love! We believe God has begun to answer that prayer.
I was blessed to spend the day with my parents. Just an "ordinary" day to some....lunch out, a shopping trip to the Galleria, some hugs and kisses, a gift from my parents (they seem to think they must give me gifts - even though I am 40) and some sweet memories. However, to me - it was a blessing. A blessing I still have them both, a blessing they have their health, a blessing I have their love!
Mr. Awesome and I were blessed to pray together about some "life situations" and see God working in those situations. There is no greater blessing from God than the blessing of a Godly husband. To know that we can both pray together about a situation....asking God for HIS will and that the outcomes be what HIS plans would be for us....what a blessing!!
Then I got to thinking about life friends, family, acquaintances....how God has blessed me so much through the gift of other people. I posted a status update tonight about my father-in-law's bone marrow. The thumbs up "likes" and comments were wonderful reminders that people care and most of all that they are praying for him and for us. However, what blessed me so much was that I realized they were people from all walks of life. Some I've known a lifetime, some only a short time, some I have worked with at previous jobs, some are close friends, some are family members, some are church "family" and some I attended high school or college with. However, the blessing I saw in that was that God puts different people in our lives at different times and during different walks of life. Some come..some go....some stay. Some are there when we need them. Some pray for us from a distance. Some have given us good memories. Some have influenced our lives for good. Tonight - I realized what a blessing it is that God has surrounded me with so many of His people. And for each of them - I am grateful!
Blessings....tonight there are too many to name. Tonight.....I am just simply thankful!
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