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When Our Nurse Prayed

2/23/2015

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She was on her knees...

Next to my daughter's hospital bed...

Praying.

It was 3 in the morning and I stood completely overwhelmed by God's Sovereign love. It was as if God had come down and physically put His arms around me in that sterile cold room and hugged me, shining His warmth through the room.

I glanced at her right hand now bandaged. I still hadn't seen the damage. But I'd been told that she had lost some fingers...maybe saved her thumb. 

Lost her fingers...

My fault...

My eyes turned again to the bent head bowed in prayer...

Our nurse. 

The Christian one now bending her head in humble prayer on our behalf. 

The same nurse that 2 years earlier was with us as she had her 3rd surgery. The emotions of that year, the feeling of no control, the fear, the love, the triumph...

How I needed that little comfort from God. His way of giving strength when my spirit was crushed and overwhelmed.

Not 12 hours before I had been driving our 15 passenger van loaded with all 8 children 13 years  to 13 months.

 Driving down that country road headed toward a friend who would take some children for a few days so I could be with my sister who had just had a baby.

A baby who might not live long. A sister that I wanted desperately to pray with and give comfort. 

Now I needed that comfort.

She was sleeping, a medical sleep that eased the suffering for a time.

My thoughts continued.

The music had been playing in the van: "In My Weakness He Is Strong"

"In my weakness He is strong;
In my need He leads me on.
When I come to the end of all I am,
And I place my trust in Him;
That’s when His strength begins In my weakness."


In my weakness...

Then...

Off the road, the screaming, the crunch of a pole, the rolling of the van, the silence, the crying, the desperate counting of children, the jaws of life, the whimper of pain...the ride to the hospital, the surgery...

That nurse...

What a wonderful God we serve to bring us a willing vessel... To encourage and pray when my own prayers were just tears. 

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”

Cassandra

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A (Very) Snowy Saturday

2/21/2015

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Timo's snowman. Yes, those are toy plates being used as buttons. Charity helped:) The eyes are frozen strawberries and the mouth is celery. Poor guy doesn't have any arms though:)
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A&A | Happy Valentine's Day!!

2/14/2015

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The oldest to the youngest minus Josh! We found a couch in Sam's Club that could fit us all:)

Awkward:

  • I just realized a couple of weeks ago that the song "Bringing in the Sheaves" is the same tune as the "There were twelve disciples Jesus called to help Him: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, his brother John..." song.
  • Texting quadratic equations (ex: Ax^2 + Bx + C = 0) There are four different ways to solve them: factoring, completing the square, one more that I can't remember, and finally THE QUADRATIC FORMULA!! Anyway, moving on...
  • Singing the orchestra introduction part before the song.
  • Saying the same thing at the same time as my sister. We do this all the time.
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About to go into the freezing cold tundra:)

  • Going around in whiteout condition in short sleeves...Taking random pictures of yourself and other people at Walmart (part of our Awesome Family Activity Treasure hunt) I'm pretty sure people were wondering.
  • Quote from my sister; "We are not rednecks; rednecks live in West Virginia. We are Appalachianhillbilly people.
  • Getting stuck in the snow in the Kmart parking lot on the way out in a 12-passenger van. It literally took us 2 hours to get home rather than the usual 20 minutes.
  • Stoichiometry. (If anyone knows how to do this, please explain. Especially when you combine gases with it.)
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Watching something with Giraffe and George:)

Awesome:

  • Church activity: Wally World Treasure Hunt (I think my team won...well, at least we got done first)
  • Sunsets....and snow.
  • COFFEE.
  • I get to work at Camp Joy this summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Getting all of the laundry washed and dried. Now to fold!!
  • A washer and a dryer. I don't think I would get very much done if I had to do it by hand:)
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Happy Valentine's Day from little Amarisa:)
  • Sam's Club and their samples!
  • The four little boys we're watching this weekend!
  • Snow. Again.
  • Sledding!!! Our church hill is perfect for sledding.
  • My mom! She celebrated her birthday yesterday!!

Happy Saturday and stay warm!!!
P.S. Please ignore all the different fonts. I can't figure why it's doing that, but I will hopefully try to fix it!;)

CarissaFaith:)

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    God reached down in love and rescued Cassandra from her sin at the age of 21: changing her life, purpose, and focus forever.

    Married for 25 years to Michael, she has served alongside him at Lighthouse Baptist Church—for 18 years--

    She’s a coffee loving homemaker, 12-year home educator, mother to 11 children, Pastors wife, creater of  Pros-and-Cons-of-Homeschooling.com and consultant for HomeWorks by Precept.

    With her unique and personal teaching style, she continues to be used by the Lord: sharing, counseling, and speaking to women about her favorite topic—Jesus.
     

    She is passionate about her children having a Biblical worldview in every subject and Is absolutely convinced that the living Gospel shows her children that the answer for their hearts is Jesus!

     


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