I've been thinking about Stanley Ditmer, composer of "I'm in His Hands". You probably know he wrote that while ill and expected to die with cancer. He went on to live many years after that!Praise to God who not only watches over me, but holds me in His very own hands.
"I shall not fear though darkened clouds may gather 'round me -
The God I serve is one who cares and understands.
What though the storms I face would threaten to confound me,
Of this I am assured: I'm in His hands.
What though I cannot know the way that lies before me,
I still can trust and freely follow His commands.
My faith is firm since He it is who watches o'er me;
Of this I'm confident: I'm in His hands."
Thursday, July 16, 2009
I'm In His Hands
If only the cancer would stay still, I sometime feel the doctors could catch up to it, with radiation therapy and other treatments to deal with the symptoms. However, that's not how it is, so I find I need encouragement these days more than ever. Here's a note from one of my friends,
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Hi Dave,
ReplyDeleteI am Jan, at the Army in Montreal, saying greetings and blessing to you and the family, in Jesus' Name.
What an extrardinary time we are going through here - I have been in Hospital at the Jewish for 6 wks, came home one week ago, and a few days - Jesus has certainly come through for me, as He is for you - truly, He came through on The Cross, didn't He? We have our healing, because of His Stripes, how amazing this is. After surgery, I had a disease called Chylothorax, very rare, and I have healing for this, after fasting for some weeks - the broken canal transporting chyle has healed! Yes, there is much joy over this! And thanks to Jesus!
Now, the healing of the low thyroid function, called Hashimoto's, antibodies attack the thyroid hormone and destroy them, so there is a pill to replace them. If only I had this healing as well. It gets so heard to imagine we will be well again, what with all the uncertainty and upsets, but God is working for us, and in us and through us.
I just love the song "I'm in His Hands" - it seems Stanley went to visit his brother who was so sick at the hospital and although the brother got well, Stanley himself began to feel quite ill, so as with the two of us, it was a great surprise, and came suddenly.
There is no one like Jesus to bring us through our pain and trouble - He is faithful and a True Friend, also our Spouse, as I have been learning so well through all this.
Be well, my dear friend (whom I have never met- or perhaps I have, around the city) we can pray for each other, and call out a healing, which is already provided for us in the heavens....