To see ASHER and read about her visit her cousins blogspot.
http://abadamson.blogspot.com/2012/05/calling-all-prayer-warriors.html
Thursday, May 17, 2012
My word for May 18th is ASHER!
My word for May 18th is ASHER
Every five weeks I get my hair dipped and clipped. I love going to Kutting Up and visiting
with Diane and Kathleen, they are on my list of my very own personal pep
rallies. They make me feel
great. When I went in last week Diane had a picture on her shelf of
the cutest little girl. I asked
who it was and she told me it was Susan Adamson’s little girl Asher. Susan was much younger than me, but I
remember her being a spunky teenager running around town. Today, while driving home from Little
Rock with Lauren, Lauren was looking at Facebook. She asked me what little cousin of Ashton Adamson’s needed
prayers? As Lauren read on, I
realized it was Susan’s little girl Asher, the little girl that I had just commented
about in the picture. Asher was
diagnosed yesterday with Ewing’s Sarcoma.
Ewing’s Sarcoma is a rare bone cancer that forms small tumors on parts
of a bone. It usually stays
localized in one area, however Asher’s has metastasized to other areas of her
body. Monday Asher and her family
will begin the journey for Asher’s life.
When young innocent children become sick we always ask
why? Why does this happen to
children? These are questions that
we will never be able to comprehend or understand. I do know that God loves each of us and He doesn’t cause
sickness. He knows the heartache
that comes to those who have to see their child suffer. God had to watch his
own son die for our sins. This was
the hardest thing He had to do. He
was there when His son was tortured and killed. As we watch
those that we love hurt and suffer we emotionally do not understand. However, we must realize that even
though it is hard for us to handle, every situation happens for a reason. God isn’t the cause of suffering, but
He is the only solution. The key to healing is to believe. We must have faith and trust that God
is always acting for the ultimate good for each of us. He is our hope for the future, the hope
for healing.
God has a purpose for every sickness. We don’t have the answer to why, but it
isn’t for us to figure out. All we
need to do is put our faith in God and He will prevail. He will heal.
Dear Lord be with Asher and her family as she begins her
journey of healing. Be with them and comfort them during the
treatments that will destroy the cancer that has invaded her body. Assist us in praying for what Asher
needs and aid the doctors in knowing exactly what will work best. Please relieve her tiny body from any
pain and lessen the heartache that Asher’s parents have in their hearts. We pray that during 2012 Asher is
healed and so are the many other children that are suffering.
Mark
11:24
Jesus
said, “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you
have received it, and it will be yours.”
Luke 8:50
“Hearing this, Jesus said to
Jairus, ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
My word for May 17th is APPEARANCE
My word for May 17th is APPEARANCE
All over the media, on television shows and in magazines, there
is always something being said about appearance. “What Not to Wear”, Cosmo, and
Victoria Secret are just a few that push sexy and thin. Then there is Botox, plastic surgery, and tanning beds. Young women are being made to feel that
they have to do certain things to look good. The
impression is given off that thin is beautiful; you must be thin to be pretty. Last month on Anderson Cooper his
guests were mothers and daughters.
These mothers were
obsessed with their appearances.
They exercises, tanned, and put their daughters on the same plans. One daughter said her mother had her on
a diet since age 5. Anderson also had brides on his show discussing how they
shrunk their bodies to fit into their dresses and got the perfect look for the
big day. These women went to
extreme measures to fit in that special wedding dress. One bride went on the KE diet and shed
20 pounds in 10 days. She had a
feeding tube that ran from her nose to her stomach. This tube put protein, fat, and water into her. She didn’t eat at all. There is also an app that everyone can
get on his or her phone called the “ugly meter”. You take a picture and the app tells you, on a scale from
1-10, how ugly or how beautiful you are.
What are we doing to young girls?
There is so much pressure on girls to be thin and beautiful. Tara Banks is finished with this
nonsense of being bone thin. She,
along with others, is pressing forward for girls to have curves and realize
that all females go through stages in life where their bodies change. By using her show, “Next Top Model”
Tara is showing that you can be heavier and be beautiful; you don’t have to be
a walking toothpick starving yourself to death.
My grandma always told me, “Pretty is as pretty does”! This is the same way God feels. God doesn’t care about your
appearance. He doesn’t want you to abuse your body
He wants you to be healthy, but in His eyes everyone is beautiful. God made each of us in His image He
doesn’t make trash. Everyone is an
individual and is unique having his or her own qualities and
characteristics. God’s focus is on
developing your inner beauty.
Being beautiful on the inside reflects out to others. We should focus on our heart and on our
actions and keep our appearance in perspective. It is a fact that we will all age. We shouldn’t be unhappy with wrinkles or gray. Those are the
markings that give us character and show the world that we have experienced
many things during our lifetime.
God wants us to work on our inside beauty the kind of beauty that lasts
forever. This beauty makes us
shine from the inside out continually giving to others.
You are a masterpiece no matter what your outward appearance
shows. You are wonderfully made by
God. We are just like snowflakes
no two alike, but each beautiful.
Dear God we know that we need to stay healthy for You, but
we also know that you have made each of us unique individuals. You have made us each have a special appearance.
You have specific plans for us
that allow us to have the characteristics that we each have. Help us to show others our beauty that You have created
within us. During 2012
assist us in letting our inner beauty shine.
1 Samuel 16:7 NIV - "The Lord
does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks at the heart.”
http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/sexuality/preventing_the_sexualization_of_your_daughter/what_the_
Focus on the Family, What the Bible Says About Beauty and Appearance, Vicki
Courtney
http://christianteens.about.com/od/whatthebiblesaysabout/f/Appearance.htm
About.com Christian Teens, What the Bible Says About …Appearance, Kelli
Mahoney
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
My word for May 16th is FIGHTER!
My word for May 16th is FIGHTER
Aimee Copeland was kayaking with friends when she stopped to
ride a homemade zip line that she and her friends had rigged. As she was crossing the river the line
snapped and she went crashing into the water. She suffered a gash to her left calf. Now Aimee is fighting for her
life. After several trips back to
the emergency room for pain Aimee was told that a flesh-eating bacteria had
invaded her wound. The rare flesh-eating bacterium was necrotizing
fasciitis, which can destroy skin, fat, and muscle. The bacteria had already spread up her leg, and doctors had
to amputate her left leg beginning at the hip. Aimee is a 24-year-old master’s student at the University of
West Georgia. Her family stated
that she is a “bright star, lover of life, infinitely generous of heart and
spirit.” Her community knows what
a fighter she is. They are helping
to add to her fight by having blood drives, collecting money, and having
fundraisers.
Aimee, being a masters of psychology student, believed that
we are part of the web of life. Just
as the leaf has no separate existence from the tree we have no existence if we
are separated from God. Aimee is
particularly interested in the study and practice of re-harmonizing with nature
as a means for creating psychological health and vitality. She believes in being one with nature
letting go and letting your true self emerge. Opening your heart and be the full person that you are
destined to be. God wants us to be
in existence with Him knowing that without Him we won’t be the true person we
are destined to become. Enjoy
nature let go of the world that sometimes holds us back and sends negativities
our way. Let go of what steals our
peace and become full of tranquility.
Be the fighter. God wants
us all to be fighters; He wants us to never give up. God helps us fight the fight. He stands beside us pushing us to victory. Just as the leaf is part of the tree,
God is part of us. As the leaves
change with every season God changes us for every season preparing us for what
lies ahead. He enables us to fight
the fight whatever the fight may be.
With God we are all fighters. During 2012 fight your fight whatever that may be; you will
have victory existing with God.
I Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when
you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Dear God prepare us to be fighters. Whatever we encounter we will have our
weapons ready. Our shields and
armor of believing will stay strong and will protect us. Help us brace our minds and bodies to
anticipate wars to come during 2012.
When we confront adversity during this year give us peace after the
battle.
http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_m19_2/copeland-aimee-father.html,
NewsFeed Researcher, May-09-2012, Woman contracts flesh-eating bacteria after
zip lining accident
http://uwgpsychology.org/2012/aimee-copeland/
University of West Georgia Psychology, Aimee Copeland: Official Site with the
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