woke up laughing again!
actually - this time it was a full-blown case of the giggles. totally out of control - giggles. what Fun to have a good laugh, especially with good friends! ‘Friends?, u mite ask?, i thot u said u were sleeping?’ yes indeed - i was, but i wasn’t alone! i was dreaming about my awesome friends the Swick girls! that wud b gaby, & ana, & katherine, & maybe even sarah (not sure, this was a loooong time ago, in the dream, & she was really little then!, but certainly a good giggler even so!). details?, circumstances?, - nope, not this time. no recollection at all of what else mite have been going on in the dream, or who else mite have been involved, but whatever it was - it sure was hilarious!
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter; A joyful heart is good medicine;
(Proverbs 17:22, Psalm 126:2, Job 8:21, etc!)
i am in need of all the ‘good medicine’ i can get!
& laughter sure tastes betr than most of the rest of it! hahahahaha!
dealing with this cancer (stage 4 sarcoma, hemangiopericytoma, cantaloupe-sized tumor in leg, mets & secondaries all over (lungs, bones, lymph nodes, etc) - it all looks pretty grim, in the natural. & it doesn’t feel very good either. BUT - i have the advantage of knowing ‘the End of the Story’! God is the Lord who healeth me. (Jehovah-rapha, Exodus 15:26)
so - indeed, stay tuned - more miracles to come!
& yes - i was sleeping in my ‘miracle chair’ when i was so ‘rudely’ (sic! hahaha) awakened!
but not 2 worry - i just went rite bak 2 sleep! :-)
the miracle chair
with all my troubles sleeping, broken chair & unable to use bed, etc, i realized yesterday that i was in desperate need of a power recliner (1 that would not only recline by motor, but lift & tip u out by motor - like we had for mom b4 she died (but we sold)). my old chair had a broken foot-lift, wudn’t go up, & with my broken rib, i couldn’t operate the lever anyway. plus, it wouldn’t rock forward, so, even tho i could sleep in it, i couldn’t get out of it without help (& lots of it!).
so - i thot 2 myself, hmm - if your going 2 believe in prayer, & a God who answers prayer, u shud b able 2 pray for one. then of course, i thot - hmm, i Am praying for healing, so if i pray for a chair to help me cope with this disease, does that mean i’m not believing for healing? talked it ovr with sue, & we decided no, 1 does not necessarily negate the other (clearly, there r things going on here that we r not aware of, we do not c the whole picture (yet)).
so - i asked God for a new chair. (of course, i also put an add in the paper, but that wont even start for 2 more days; & i wrote to the VA 2 ask if they had any programs that mite help - but anything there takes months…), and i really needed this chair NOW if i was going to be able to get any real sleep (a couple of nites ago, i even ended up in my desk chair, face down on the dining room table, with my hands tied around a pillow to keep from sliding off while asleep! - sue found me there in the morning!).
anyway - all this just to say that before the day was out, some friends of ours show’d up at our door with a donated power recliner that not only works, & fits, & is clean(!), but the color actually perfectly matches the couch (Not something i had prayed about, but something that is definitely important to Some people that also have to live with this furniture in their house!!)
[i should probably add that i had, of course, looked at the possibility of buying one, but these suckers start at around $600 (for a real cheapie, & even there way out of our current price range!) and go to upwards of $1.5K. & this is a Nice one! AND, it came with a good-as-new ‘roho’ cushion, which in & of it’s own runs for ~$300!]
you r probably wondering, about now, something like - ok, did you ask your friend for a chair, or what, how did they know? well, i’m glad u asked. & itsa good question. this friend happens 2 b a teacher in the school where sue also teaches, & yes, sue did mention to her on fri that we could use a new chair (sue & i had talked about it i guess thurs nite - but I didn’t pray for one until sat morning). this teacher friend in turn prayed with her class that i needed a new recliner. she prayed again sat (she’s like that), and at that time she say’s “God show’d me a woman’s face, & a chair”. she then called this woman, who confirmed that yes, she had such a chair in storage, & yes, she would be willing to part with it. they then went to look it over, see if it really was what i needed, & it was, so they picked it (& the cushion) up, & brought it here. end of story. now, aren’t you glad you asked?
& yes - i got a good 10 hrs of sleep last nite, without pain, & without help getting in or out.
& yes - THAT is a Miracle!
