Comments on: afloat… http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/ Its not about the hair... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Headless Mom http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27349 Headless Mom Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:34:35 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27349 I know this is a few days late, but I'm still praying for you. I know this is a few days late, but I’m still praying for you.

]]> By: Val http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27333 Val Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:30:39 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27333 Praying for you here too. Praying for you here too.

]]> By: patty r. http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27332 patty r. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:16:28 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27332 Heather, I stumbled upon your blog one day while reading someone elses.....I am so thankful that I did. I have such a burden for you and have been praying for you. I will definitely be praying for you as dec.9th approaches. I want you to know that I can so relate to you wanting to be in control......that is a HUGE struggle for me. These past 2 years God has taught me much regarding His sovereignty and my need to surrender my will to Him and his perfect plan. My dad is only 60 years old and is in the final stages of Alzheimers...we were forced to put him in a nursing home 2 years ago because he required the type of care that only a skilled nursing facility could give him.. Since that time, I have "wrestled" with God many times, asking him to take this disease away from my dad and to give my dad back to me....I have been tempted to be angry with God, angry with my family, etc., but God, in his sweet kindness, has shown me that His ways are perfect, and that even when we are struggling or are in pain, He is still sovereign and in control. watching my dad slip away from us has been painful, but I will always be thankful to God for the ways He has grown me through this. I want you to know that I think you are an amazing woman, and reading your blog, the window to your heart, spurs me on to want to be more like Him and to want to be surrendered to him in every area of my life...especially in the area of control. I'm sorry for rambling on and on.....know that i will be praying for you and your sweet family. :) In Him, ~patty r. Heather,
I stumbled upon your blog one day while reading someone elses…..I am so thankful that I did. I have such a burden for you and have been praying for you. I will definitely be praying for you as dec.9th approaches. I want you to know that I can so relate to you wanting to be in control……that is a HUGE struggle for me. These past 2 years God has taught me much regarding His sovereignty and my need to surrender my will to Him and his perfect plan. My dad is only 60 years old and is in the final stages of Alzheimers…we were forced to put him in a nursing home 2 years ago because he required the type of care that only a skilled nursing facility could give him.. Since that time, I have “wrestled” with God many times, asking him to take this disease away from my dad and to give my dad back to me….I have been tempted to be angry with God, angry with my family, etc., but God, in his sweet kindness, has shown me that His ways are perfect, and that even when we are struggling or are in pain, He is still sovereign and in control. watching my dad slip away from us has been painful, but I will always be thankful to God for the ways He has grown me through this.
I want you to know that I think you are an amazing woman, and reading your blog, the window to your heart, spurs me on to want to be more like Him and to want to be surrendered to him in every area of my life…especially in the area of control. I’m sorry for rambling on and on…..know that i will be praying for you and your sweet family. :)
In Him,
~patty r.

]]> By: Molly http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27329 Molly Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:54:11 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27329 Dear Heather, I have and will continue to pray for you, especially for this upcoming MRI on the 9th. I think it's pretty darn normal to feel apprehensive about something like this. But when it gets overwhelming to the point of paralyzing fear, it's a problem. God knows your sweet heart Heather, your fears and your hopes. He is there now and will be there in that obnoxoius MRI tube on the 9th (: I'm praying for you to be calm and peaceful and for wonderful news! Keep your chin up! Best wishes. Molly (: Dear Heather,

I have and will continue to pray for you, especially for this upcoming MRI on the 9th. I think it’s pretty darn normal to feel apprehensive about something like this. But when it gets overwhelming to the point of paralyzing fear, it’s a problem. God knows your sweet heart Heather, your fears and your hopes. He is there now and will be there in that obnoxoius MRI tube on the 9th (: I’m praying for you to be calm and peaceful and for wonderful news! Keep your chin up! Best wishes.

Molly (:

]]> By: that’s what faith can do… http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27327 that’s what faith can do… Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:07:07 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27327 [...] 29, 2009 29 Nov First, thank you so much for your comments on my last post.. they really helped. I appreciate your prayers also, more than you will ever [...] [...] 29, 2009 29 Nov First, thank you so much for your comments on my last post.. they really helped. I appreciate your prayers also, more than you will ever [...]

]]> By: Wendy http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27326 Wendy Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:59:34 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27326 Praying for God's perfect peace for you, Heather. I will be thinking of you on the 9th. That's a chemo day for me, so I will have plenty of time to pray for you while I am getting treatment. Praying for God’s perfect peace for you, Heather. I will be thinking of you on the 9th. That’s a chemo day for me, so I will have plenty of time to pray for you while I am getting treatment.

]]> By: Janice http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27325 Janice Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:42:27 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27325 I'll pray for you to control your feelings of having to be in control, Heather. Just let it go and choose to be at peace as you walk in for your MRI on December 9. I’ll pray for you to control your feelings of having to be in control, Heather. Just let it go and choose to be at peace as you walk in for your MRI on December 9.

]]> By: mary elizabeth http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27324 mary elizabeth Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:34:18 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27324 Heather, I'm praying for you every day. I have had recurrant thoughts lately about you, even though we have never met. I felt compelled to write you several weeks ago about information I have gathered that might be very helpful to you health wise. I never heard back and I assumed either you saw it and thought I was a flake and couldn't possibly offer anything your wonderful doctors haven't thought of already, or you entirely missed the comment. I know you are very afraid. You know the story where a man is in a flood and he prays to God for help? Well many people come by with boats offering help. He turns all thier help down. As he is about to drown he asks God why he forsake him. God answers that he had many people come by with boats to save him and that he turned them away. I have saved the material in a folder in case you decide to respond sometime. I'm leaving my number again 641-427-5427. Also feel free to e-mail me. People do survive this. I know you are afraid. I know you know the odds. I hope I'm not being too pushy or offending you, but I am sending the offer of a lifeboat. We''ll see if God decides to keep the waters still. In prayer, Mary E. Heather, I’m praying for you every day. I have had recurrant thoughts lately about you, even though we have never met. I felt compelled to write you several weeks ago about information I have gathered that might be very helpful to you health wise. I never heard back and I assumed either you saw it and thought I was a flake and couldn’t possibly offer anything your wonderful doctors haven’t thought of already, or you entirely missed the comment. I know you are very afraid. You know the story where a man is in a flood and he prays to God for help? Well many people come by with boats offering help. He turns all thier help down. As he is about to drown he asks God why he forsake him. God answers that he had many people come by with boats to save him and that he turned them away. I have saved the material in a folder in case you decide to respond sometime. I’m leaving my number again 641-427-5427. Also feel free to e-mail me. People do survive this. I know you are afraid. I know you know the odds. I hope I’m not being too pushy or offending you, but I am sending the offer of a lifeboat. We”ll see if God decides to keep the waters still. In prayer, Mary E.

]]> By: Linda http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27322 Linda Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:21:45 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27322 I am with you on this Heather. I have found that surrendering is an on-going thing for me. We have devastating health problems in our family too, and every time "check-up time" rolls around I find myself in the very place you are standing. Please know I am praying for you - for that peace that passes understanding; for every thought taken captive to Jesus; for the sweet sense of His love and presence in your life. All will be well. I am with you on this Heather. I have found that surrendering is an on-going thing for me. We have devastating health problems in our family too, and every time “check-up time” rolls around I find myself in the very place you are standing.
Please know I am praying for you – for that peace that passes understanding; for every thought taken captive to Jesus; for the sweet sense of His love and presence in your life. All will be well.

]]> By: Tricia http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27320 Tricia Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:53:00 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27320 I will keep praying for you and your family. I know how scary waiting for an MRI can be. God bless you and yours. I will keep praying for you and your family. I know how scary waiting for an MRI can be. God bless you and yours.

]]> By: Melissa Multitasking Mama http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27319 Melissa Multitasking Mama Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:08:56 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27319 Be still and know...that He is God...that we are praying...that you are strong enough to handle whatever happens....that every moment is precious! Love and blessings Be still and know…that He is God…that we are praying…that you are strong enough to handle whatever happens….that every moment is precious!

Love and blessings

]]> By: Chris http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27318 Chris Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:02:13 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27318 It's perfectly natural to feel some anxiety as the date for your next MRI approaches; because of the "unknown". You know that God knows, but that doesn't mean everything's easy. I will prayer for peace and trust for you. I know God has given me peace at the oddest times in the midst of a difficult struggle with depression the past few months. You're all too aware that God does allow trials; but you also know that He will bring you through, whatever the results are this time. He'll provide whatever is needed, at the time it is needed. Blessings to you! It’s perfectly natural to feel some anxiety as the date for your next MRI approaches; because of the “unknown”. You know that God knows, but that doesn’t mean everything’s easy. I will prayer for peace and trust for you. I know God has given me peace at the oddest times in the midst of a difficult struggle with depression the past few months. You’re all too aware that God does allow trials; but you also know that He will bring you through, whatever the results are this time. He’ll provide whatever is needed, at the time it is needed. Blessings to you!

]]> By: Diane http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27317 Diane Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:14:13 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27317 Heather I will be praying. I want to leave this verse for you to ponder. "You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." John 14:14. This verse was one of many that gave me comfort during the time my youngest daughter was in the NICU after she was born 12 weeks early. I wrote a note in my Bible that says, "It will always be what God wants it to be." Eight years and nine months later that little baby girl has grown to be a tall sweet 3rd grader. He is definetely in control. Heather I will be praying. I want to leave this verse for you to ponder. “You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” John 14:14. This verse was one of many that gave me comfort during the time my youngest daughter was in the NICU after she was born 12 weeks early. I wrote a note in my Bible that says, “It will always be what God wants it to be.” Eight years and nine months later that little baby girl has grown to be a tall sweet 3rd grader. He is definetely in control.

]]> By: owlhaven http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27316 owlhaven Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:51:21 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27316 Praying, Heather. Mary Praying, Heather.

Mary

]]> By: Rhonda http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27315 Rhonda Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:42:03 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27315 love and prayers in a uneasy time... love and prayers in a uneasy time…

]]> By: Lyndy http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27314 Lyndy Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:33:27 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27314 Praying for you Heather. Asking God to wrap you in peace Praying for you Heather. Asking God to wrap you in peace

]]> By: Connie Hopkins http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27313 Connie Hopkins Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:28:43 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27313 Heather, I consider it a priviledge to lift you up before the throne of grace in your time of need! Love and hugs, Connie Heather,
I consider it a priviledge to lift you up before the throne of grace in your time of need!
Love and hugs,
Connie

]]> By: PastormacsAnn http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27312 PastormacsAnn Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:58:23 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27312 Praying for you Heather. Praying peace. Praying for you Heather. Praying peace.

]]> By: Michelle http://especiallyheather.com/2009/11/28/afloat/comment-page-1/#comment-27311 Michelle Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:53:50 +0000 http://especiallyheather.com/?p=2786#comment-27311 Have prayed and will continue to pray. Love ya!! Have prayed and will continue to pray. Love ya!!

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