The life of God flows through every single fiber of my being... it is through His grace that I will be healed... either in this life or the the next... God's grace is sufficient!
Hi Everyone!
Alan gave me this - "his meditation" - and asked that I share it with all of you. It is certainly a time for faith, prayer, and miracles!
Okay, this is what I know:
Last week was busy and also slooooooooooow! Anyone that has ever had to endure a complicated health "event" knows just what I mean.
Alan saw his surgeon and the consensus was to move forward with the surgical option. It is a radical operation but is supported by everyone concerned.
On Monday, September 29th, Alan will check into the surgical unit of the Medical Center (Macon) at 7:30 a.m. The surgery to remove the esophagus and the stomach will begin between 7:45 and 8:00. My understanding is that after the esophagus is removed, the stomach will be taken out and the cancerous part of it will be removed. Part of the uninfiltrated stomach will be used to construct a small section to be molded into a new "mini" esophagus. The rest of the stomach will then be re-attached to it and will make it's home in the chest.
Sounds easy... not really! This will actually be THREE SURGERIES! There will be an ongoing exploratory surgery, a stomach surgery, and an esophageal sugery.
However, it must be done! With the aggressiveness of this cancer, there is a 95% chance that it will return so we need to move forward.
Here's where the prayers and miracles come in...
Join me as I offer prayers and peace to all... ~Juli
Genie's prayer...
A Prayer for Today:
O Thou in whose great arms all the children of earth are embraced,
Here in thy presence we remember our kinship with all human kind.
We rejoice for those who are in full health and strength.
Our hearts reach out toward those whose ways are ways of suffering, of body, mind, or soul.
May it be that thou shalt find us reaching out to them, not only with our hearts but with our hands also.
To help them in the bearing of their burdens and to help in the lifting of their burdens.
Amen
Peace to you all...
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Dear Friends and Family,
Let us all commit to lift our hearts in prayer together on Monday morning at 7:30. Wherever you are - whatever you are doing - pause for a moment and lift Alan and his doctors up in prayer. There is power in prayer and power for us all as we join our hearts and spirits together on Monday morning.
Alan, I am praying for you every day. Thank you for your faith and confidence in the greatness of our God...his grace is indeed sufficient for our needs.
Peace be with you all.
Love, Genie
Alan, Jerry and I continue to pray for you daily. I have sent an e-mail to everyone in my address book asking them to view your blog and to lift you up in prayer.
Word for the day: We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down but not destroyed---(2 Cor. 4:8-9)
When darkness surrounds us God's promises keeps us hoping. (Charles Stanley)
Living in the sufficiency of His grace and lifting my brother, Alan, in prayer--Love in Christ,
Janet
Greetings from the porch,
The October , November issue of Macon Magazine comes out today with the article on Alan in it. I thought everyone would want to know. Genie , thanks again for the daily prayers, we all love you very much.
Ronnie
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