Project Embrace Story #2

The reason I chose Denise is best described in her own words (godisinthewind.blogspot.com)...

October 19th is Jon's birthday...it would have been his 28th. We will celebrate his life and share memories of him that day. Keep us in your prayers as we march past these mile stones along this journey we are traveling. Thanks for your love and concern and most of all for loving us, loving Jon and just caring.

In Ps 147:3 It says,"He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds". But what happens when our wounds don't heal? Ps 38:5 says they fester and are loathsome and Isaiah 1:6 says unhealed wounds hurt you from the sole of your feet to the top of your head. So what does that say to me? That my personal pain can become like an idol to me if I let it. Personal pain and loss has changed my life. I'll never get over losing Jon and I will forever hang on to the precious memories that I have of him...but God trusts that I will live my life with the hope of seeing Jon again...of not living in dispair. I want to honor that trust. I want my life to be defined by my experiences because our personal experiences do make us who we are...what I don't want is for my experiences to be all that I am...I don't want them to be my idol.

Project Embrace: Story #1

Amy McGee continues to inspire me by her ceaseless strength and courage. In addition to the daily stresses of being a mother of three and a wife to a self-employed farmer, Amy’s perseverance was put to the test a year ago when her middle child, Owen, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Multiple trips to Memphis’ finest hospitals provided more questions than answers. When all was said and done, Owen had been implanted with a shunt and the prospect of 77 weeks of chemotherapy. The diagnosis and treatment plan shattered the McGee’s lives. Their lives would never be the same again. Throughout this ordeal Amy has been a stalwart. She has held herself and her family together even when it seemed as if the fabric of her family was rapidly unraveling. Amy continues to smile, sometimes through tears, and holds to her faith that “In God we trust.” Like any mother Amy will do everything humanly possible to save her son’s life, but she continues to demonstrate her unwavering faith in God’s power and strength. If ever I have to face devastating circumstances, such as Amy has, I hope that I too can put my trust and hope in God’s will.