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When you’re wrestling for your life

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Here in Georgia the doctors have told our staff member Lambert Royal that his cancer is terminal. They’ve said the same thing to Cody Spahr out in Redwood City, CA. These men and their families are in a terrible struggle for life and healing and have requested your prayers this morning. Perhaps y…
By Seth Barnes
By Seth Barnes
Here in Georgia the doctors have told our staff member Lambert Royal that his cancer is terminal. They’ve said the same thing to Cody Spahr out in Redwood City, CA. These men and their families are in a terrible struggle for life and healing and have requested your prayers this morning. Perhaps you know of others like them. I think Sundays like today are good days to think about those in a place of great dependence on God for a miracle.
 
Cody AmyUltimately, we have to deal with the issue of surrender and abandonment as we wrestle with death. I don’t know if there is a greater place of abandonment than to lose your health. It forces you to either depend totally on your creator or shake an angry fist in his face. Cody and his wife Amy have chosen to depend and worship.  Amy wrote this a few days ago:

While at the hospital today, we met with a fellow oncologist (Cody’s doc is out of town). He sent Cody down for a chest x-ray to see why he’s having so many problems breathing. About half an hour later, a nurse came to get us and took us to a private room. I had this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach but wasn’t sure why.

Basically the doctor informed us that there is nothing else they can do for Cody. The bone marrow biopsy came back showing that there is in fact disease in his marrow. And there are 2 pretty large tumors on Cody’s left lung, which is why he’s having shortness of breath and wheezing. They cannot give Cody anymore chemo, because of his marrow. Also a bone marrow transplant is out of the question. The doctor offered to refer to hospice care, but we declined at least until we can get our heads together and PRAY!

As you can see, we need a miracle! We are not declaring defeat, but this is the reality that we are facing. We know God can turn this thing around at any moment, so we are trusting Him and Him alone! He parted the Red Sea, for cryin’ out loud 🙂
 If you know someone like Cody or Lambert, today is a good day for all of us to join our hearts in prayer believing for a miracle. Feel free to add their names below and let’s remember them in their time of need.
 

 

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