A celebration in Texas tonight!

How do I even begin? Every post since this ordeal started has been a cry from the heart. Tonight it is a cry of a different kind. We got the PET Scan results - and they were awesome! Okay, yes he still has cancer, but there was NOTHING new on there. No abnormal activity! Nothing to indicate there was anything else going on!!!!! Ever medical person we saw today (after the results were posted to his computer file) were celebrating with us! The only tears I shed today were tears of joy.

It does not take a CSI to see the fingerprints of God all over this one. I eluded to messages of hope over the last week or so. But to be honest, I did not want to believe them. I am hoping, praying and CLAIMING a complete cure for the love of my life. My heart did not want to accept anything less than that. And I still don't. But I know God's plan is perfect. End of story. I think I am starting to believe... It started when (as I mentioned in an earlier post) I was looking for a scripture to use in my Beth Moore Scripture memory group. And low and behold, the Lord gave me, not what I was looking for, but what I needed. I left the house, right after that, to go be an escort for a member of Steve's staff that had a medical appointment. I grabbed the book I was reading and the next in the series (just in case I finished the first) and headed out the door. When I got to the hospital, I noticed the title of what I was reading "Test of Faith." Hmmm... interesting. It's just a cutesy Guide Post Series, so the titles are kind of irrelevant to me. They are feel good stories. But then I looked at the title of the next one - "The Best is Yet to be!" That Robert Browning quote was spoken about us on our wedding video by Steve's mom. Yes, I cried. Been doing a lot of that. So I sat down and started reading while Tina was in her appointment and there in the first couple of pages was a portion of the scripture I had been looking for. The character in the book cries, "Kate, get a hold of your self. God did not give you a spirit of fear!" Whoa. It was like a gift from God. I know, it's just a quote. But I really felt like God kept me from finding it so that He could give it to me personally. It's great to work for something, but isn't it wonderful when someone, out of the blue, just gives it to you, no strings attached? That scripture meant so much more that way. On Thursday night, when we knew were going in to get results the next morning, I pulled out a book by Beth Moore called "Jesus Day by Day." I had picked it up at Family Christian one day (it was on sale) and thought, "It's Beth Moore, I'm sure I will enjoy it." I put it on my night stand some time during the Christmas season and never opened it. Until Thursday, that is. I started flipping through the pages just looking and not feeling drawn to any particular passage. You know those ribbon like bookmarks that are attached to books? Well, this one had one. For reason I found myself looking to see what passage had been marked by the bookmaker. You wonder if they have a particular reason for where they place it, or is it just stuck in the center of the book. Well the passage that was marked spoke of how Satan's most effective device is to trap us over matters of faith - to make us doubt the goodness and mightiness of Christ! She also says: the hand of God is at work directing divine purpose and blessing in all the affairs of those who don't let perceived activity or inactivity of Christ trap them or make them stumble. Wow. You would think that would have been enough for me. But it wasn't, cuz there was a little more bookmark that would have stuck out at the bottom had it not been tucked up in another section of the book. Of, course, I went there. Here is what was there: "Try as I might, I cannot imagine what purpose some illnesses and premature deaths serve. But after years of loving and seeking my God, I trust who He is even when I have no idea what He's doing. Above all things, I believe God always has a purpose in every decision He makes. Jesus healed people many times, but His healings were always with purpose and intent." Amen to that! Wow again. She had more to say, but you get the idea. I keep asking for signs and messages and He continues to send them whether I am listening or not. And for that I am very thankful.

Well, it's getting late and we have a big day tomorrow. We have a show time of 5:45am with a predicted start time of 8:30. I will do my best to post from my phone and let you know how it is going.

And please continue to pray - we are not out of the woods just yet, but I see the light and it looks a lot like Jesus!

Oh, I need to share something else. You know how I told you that God looked like a wonderful basket of cut fruit? Here are a couple more for ya:

God looks like a retired man walking up and down the street in his bare feet looking to borrow jumper cables to jump start our van.

God looks like another retired family that says: I will take your mother-in-law to the hospital when ever you need her.

God looks like a family that showed up at our house this evening with a spaghetti dinner after a long day doing pre-op stuff.

God looks like another family that will be going to the airport late tomorrow night to bring our babysitter to help with the kids.

And God looks like that babysitter who was supposed to come out to spend Spring break but now wouldn't want to be anywhere else during this time in our lives.

Keep praying! They're working!!

Peace (and JOY) to all who read...