Under His Wing

Hello to everyone!  It seems my heart is heavy and there's much to share today.  I want to first say that I thank you all so much for reading this blog and for encouraging me.  When I was first diagnosed with cancer, I did like most people do when they are facing such a big trial...I asked "what am I going to do?"  I told the Lord that I would do what He wanted me to do and I would share the story of what He does for me and shows me.  It's been a long year - a rough year when I look back.  But I never can get to the point of regret.  I feel His leading me to share my thoughts and fears and be as real and open as I can be, even if to help only one person.  I have to thank Mr. Bob for encouraging me this last week.  I am not all that confident when it comes to being such an open book, but he encouraged me this week to keep on trying.  He says I help him and by saying that, he helps me.  That's what I mostly want to share today.  See, God revealed to me this morning that life is about people and making sure people know who He is.  That's what our jobs are as Christians, right?  To share God and what He's done for all of us so that we may have eternal life with Him in heaven to praise Him?  It's also our jobs to lift each other up, to pray for one another.  There's a family that's had a terrible tragedy happen to them.  I found out through facebook and now I'm praying so hard for that family.  I don't know them and they don't know me.  Yet, this morning I was in my car weeping and praying for them.  I know that you all have done that for me.  I know my name has been lifted up before our Father by people I don't even know.  That's amazing to me!  I am so humbled by it...convicted by it...set on fire by it!  Psalm 91:1-2 says "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust".  Isn't that wonderful, that we can dwell in the shadow of the Almighty?!  I know I've said before that my favorite place to be is under the wings of God.  It's so true.  But when you are under the wings of God and you're being prayed for and lifted up before His throne, there's nothing like it!  I could literally feel the brush of His wings and the hug of His arms encircling me.  I still feel it!  Psalm 57:1 says "in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge until these calamities have passed by."  Praise the Lord!  That's what I love - I'm gonna just sit right here in the shadow of your wings, Lord, until this trial passes me by.  Wow!  I have had so many people come into my life in a special way.  If you're reading this, you're one of them.  You have blessed me and given me hope and encouragement.  And when I think about where I've been and the fact that I don't know what tomorrow holds, it is the most comforting thing to know that God knows.  He's got my back...He's got your back, too.  He never leaves us or forsakes us, and He hurts when we hurt.  I think about my boys and how I feel when they're sick.  I do everything in my own power to make them better.  Well, that's what God is doing for us...in His own way and in His own time, for His own purpose.  That's hard when it doesn't happen the way we thought or as quickly as we want, but there's a reason.  God tells us so in His word.  Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that He has a plan for us, and the plan is not to harm us, but to give us hope and a future.  Our future goes all the way into eternity, and that's our hope.  I am overflowing today with gratitude, because when I faced days where I couldn't pray, or where I didn't know what to say or do because fear got the best of me, you were there carrying me and lifting me up in prayer.  God heard you.  I think one of the most amazing things God gives us as Christians is the ability to pray for one another.  I never realized until this last year what it really meant and how it really felt to hear someone say "I'm praying for you".  I want you to know that I do pray for you.  I've been asking God to let me hear Him and see Him more because I can't seem to get enough.  I long to see God everyday, and the thing that He's shown me is that I didn't really have to ask because He's been here the whole time.  Just look for Him and you'll see Him.  His word tells us to be still and know I am God.  It's true, be still and you can feel Him.  He's right beside you, covering you with the shadow of His wing.

I love you all,
Kacey