The battle is over and the victor is … JESUS!!
Surprised?? I’m not!!
This is how I really feel: ME AND JESUS KICKED SATAN’S BUTT YESTERDAY!!!! *does a side kick*
So, I told you all how I was leading my ladies Bible study group this week, and I shared the notes that I was planning to use. Our study was last night. I just want to take a moment to share with you how Satan did all he could to try to knock me down and how Jesus overcame.
Yesterday, the morning of the study, I woke up to a phone call from my oldest brother. My 87-year-old paternal grandma (the only grandparent I have left) had called an ambulance at 2:00 AM because of intense abdominal pain. An MRI revealed a pretty extensive cancerous tumor in her colon. By 9:30 AM she had been prepped and was taken into surgery.
I called into work and was able to make it to the hospital (an hour away from my house) before she went into surgery. I told her that I had sent a prayer chain email out and that many people from my church were praying for her. It was so good to talk to her before she went into surgery, and I’ll tell you why: when I was in high school, my maternal grandpa went into the hospital with a colon issue and never came back – I went to the hospital the night he was admitted, and it turned out to be the last time we ever conversed. So I was intent on being able to talk to my grandma before she went into surgery.
She came out of surgery and woke up from the anesthesia within an hour. The doctor said her heart was very strong all through the surgery. Her lungs were so healthy that they took her off the ventilator as soon as surgery was over, which made me very thankful. There were many aspects of the type of pain and type of cancer that could have caused many complications, but thanks be to God there were none. I was able to visit with her after the surgery and still get home in time to tend to dinner and a few other tasks I needed to accomplish before Bible study.
Reflecting on this past week, had I not been obedient to the Lord’s call to prepare my Bible study notes earlier in the week, yesterday could have been a victory for the “away team.” I praise God for all that He did in the way of leading me to have the study all ready to go by Saturday morning. I praise God for my grandma’s successful surgery. I praise God that at a time when circumstances could have caused me to throw in the towel and say, “This is too much – I can’t go to the study tonight,” God led me to persevere and follow through with the study He had prepared.
We had excellent discussion at the study and it was a very encouraging time together as ladies who seek to lay aside our own desires and fix our minds on Jesus. Satan tried SO HARD to knock me down – to disable me so as not to lead that study. But God overcame. ¡¡Mi Dios salió victorioso!!
If you think of it, please pray for my grandma as we await the results of a test to see if the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. She will be hospitalized at least through the weekend while she recovers from a portion of her colon being removed.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!
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Thanks for the update Kim…
I’ll pray for your Grandmother!
Update: The doctors took nodules from 9 different areas on my Grandma’s body. Out of the 9 nodules, 8 came back showing no cancer, but one came back showing some. Basically this means that she still has a very small amount of cancer somewhere in her body that will eventually spread and take her life. My dad told me that this is exactly what her mother passed away from, and that she lived for five years after being diagnosed with cancer. Here’s hoping and praying that the Lord gives my Grandma more years of life, and that the cancer takes her quickly and painlessly when her time comes.
Thank you, Lord, for your faithfulness. She is in Your hands.
Praise God! I’m excited for you Kim! I will pray for your Grandma. Keep pressing forward with what God has called you to do.
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