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He Touched Me!

I literally felt the hand of God yesterday.

    I went to get my hair done because Monday I have to go back down to Bloomington, Illinois to have a CAT scan and MRI for upcoming radiation surgery first week of November. I am apprehensive about the treatment because they have no long term results for it, and because the pre-surgery to place markers in my back did not go well. I've been waiting for the second part of the operation since May. I feel like I am between a rock and a hard place. The only alternative is to tear up my back and cut the tumor out of my nerve, which would destroy my drawing arm. I can’t bear to face that kind of surgery, and not be able to draw anymore. 

    My hair stylist is a Christian and I spilled my guts to her (isn’t that what you do when you get your hair done?). All of the sudden we were weeping. Cindy put her arm around me and I sobbed. Then she began to talk to me, and the Lord said, “Listen to her, I’m talking to you.”  The walls of self preservation came tumbling down and I experienced deliverance. I’ve been so bound up by physical and emotional pain lately, that I really wasn’t expecting deliverance yesterday. Cindy's tears helped me to feel again.

    You see, Cindy is familiar with the kind of turmoil I'm in. Her daughter had cancer when she was two, and Cindy lived daily with the uncertainty of  treatment and reoccurrence. Although my tumor is benign, I too face the uncertainty of what the radiation will do to other parts of my body, and whether or not the tumor will stop growing. Its possible that I might need traditional surgery someday, after all.  

    As I got ready to leave Cindy put an envelope in my hand, telling me not to open it until I got in the truck. She said, “This isn’t me. The Lord told me to give it to you when you walked in the door.” I sat in her driveway for a few minutes and opened the envelope. There was $200.00 in it. I was taken aback and humbled by God’s perfect timing. It will take extra money to drive to Bloomington and back (its 2 1/2 hours away) and other expences when I stay for the week of treatment. I hadn’t even thought about it yet.
   
"Mercy is God's favour that holds back from us what we deserve. Grace is God's favour that gives us what we do not deserve." Rolfe Barnard.
  
I can't explain how God uses us when our flesh is always in the way. But somehow He does, and when He does, it is by divine appointment! 

10:17 PM - Oct. 21, 2005 - post comment



Incredible!

Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound!
Blessings to you.
~ Drewe Llyn

DreweLlyn - 4:38 AM - Oct. 22, 2005

What a blessing

I have faced some physical struggles as well and I too have been amazed at how God reaches us right where we are - whether it's in a beauty shop, doctor's office, standing in a parking lot, over the phone or online. I'll be praying for you.

tn3jcarter - 8:09 AM - Oct. 22, 2005

God is so good to us!

Your post today reminds me how important it is for each of us to remain open to being used by Him as vessels of His mercy and grace in the lives of others. Please know that many others are praying for you, Jill. Love ~ Patricia

PatriciaWHunter - 9:40 AM - Oct. 22, 2005

To My TOS Family

I am so thankful for all of you! I never imagined that I would be in these circumstances, but your prayers are making a difference. Thank you and I will be
praying for those of you who are battling illness right now. May we carry on to bless our families in the strength of the Lord.

JillNovak - 10:37 AM - Oct. 22, 2005

Giving God the Praise!

for all of His mighty works being manifested in you! I'm standing in agreement with you, my sister, that He will continue to bring healing to your body and shine His precious grace and mercy upon you continually throughout this season you're in. Isn't it always amazing how He knows our needs and takes care of them even before we're realizing them ourselves? He's already touched your body and is making you whole with complete restoration of your health....Hallelujah!

Hugs to you this day,
Cynthia Robin

Anonymous - 7:38 PM - Oct. 22, 2005

Oh, Jill....

To hear Him, and feel Him and EXPERIENCE Him...leaves you breathless, doesn't it?
You are forever changed, Jill.
And us too, because of you pointing to the glimpsing of Him.
Thank you, Jill!
Ann V. HolyExperience

HolyExperience - 10:19 PM - Oct. 22, 2005

HE Touched me!

And oh the Joy that floods my Soul!

HE touched me and made me whole.

Thank you for sharing your miracle!
Prayers,
ParkwayMom

parkwaymom - 5:45 PM - Oct. 23, 2005

Oh Jill...

I shall be remembering you in prayer dear sister...

Beth - 11:45 AM - Oct. 24, 2005

A Great Awakening

Dear Sister....................for that is who you are, not only in the Lord , but you are my biological sister. I have been walking with you these last few days, as you are having the procedure done on the tumor(I hesitate to call it your tumor,as it gives possession to it, that it belongs to you and I don't want to acknowlege that, in the face of what you are going through.) While you wait expectantlty on the Lord for Him to reveal His Heart towards you and your family, know that I too wait with great anticipation, to see Him complete that good work He has begun in you and yours. I don't know if you realize how many lives you touch, everytime you write and share a piece of yourself with others. God has truely gifted you in this area and while you are unsure of what the future holds for you with the outcome of this procedure, you can be sure that what ever happens, your loving Heavenly Father is the author of it all. Your life is a story, meant to be shared with others for the express purpose of glorifying the Lord. Though you may stuggle and stumble sometimes, as we all do.................you remain faithful to the One who created you. Your life is a wonderful testimony of the Love of God and I pray that He will contiue to use your life , so that many others will find hope and courage in their hour of need. All my Love, Jillie....................your big sister, Junie

JillNovak - 11:52 AM - Nov. 3, 2005

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What an awesome testimony!

So how are you doing now?

Queenbrownshuga - 11:35 AM - Feb. 6, 2008

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Jill Novak shares from her heart and the pages of her journal about God's faithfulness through life's everyday teachable moments.Jill encourages families to write and draw from life. She and her husband Robert have been married 28 years and are the parents of five children. Together her family has founded Remembrance Press, publishers of The Pebbly Brook Farm Series: Character Building Stories for Boys and Girls, Becoming God’s Naturalist, The Gift of Family Writing, and The Girlhood Home Companion.

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