Hello Beautiful!! 🙂
I know that it has been a bit quiet around here lately, but there is a valid reason for it. I have been having very strange symptoms and there is a possibility that I have a tumor on the pituitary gland in my brain. Before you become alarmed, I must tell you that the Lord has prepared me for such a time as this. The journey I have been able to take with 23 AMAZING women from Ashes to Beauty has served as a firm foundation to understand that absolutely everything the Lord brings our way is with the ultimate purpose of bringing good into our lives.
After having a pity party of questioning God I realized that just like I tell my children “Because I said So”, God has a right to do the same- with the difference that His saying it is never rooted in anger; instead it is rooted in His perfect love for us! May your eyes be opened to the wonderful plans the Lord has for you – especially when He tells you “Because I Said So”.
Tell me what is the Lord showing you now that is hard to deal with, so that I can pray for you! 🙂 Leave me a comment with your prayer request… 🙂
Love in Christ,
Nana
Most pituitary tumors can be treated. I hope you find out soon and can start treatment and find relief for your symptoms.
I’m struggling with finding a job when I’m always getting the message that I should be home. I have finally unloaded enough bills and such that I will be able to stay home for some time, and work from home.
I finally got it, I’m doing it because HE SAID SO!
Be well, NANA.
May God Bless you Nana!
Same to you Heather! 🙂 Thanks for your prayers! Love you!
Thank you Allie for your comment! You are so very right in obeying the Lord’s “Because I said So”. Although annoying at times, it is the safest place to be.. 🙂 Will be praying the Lord would meet all of your financial needs my friend! 🙂
Love you tons!
Thanks for such a inspiring message– we are waiting to see Drs. about Hubbys kidney removal.
I’ll keep you and your family in my prayers.
Kathy, I will be praying for your hubby! 🙂 Thanks for your prayers!
Hey there beautiful Nana,
As soon as I heard this my heart became filled with doubt and questions galore. How can such a woman of God be possibly taken? And then in hearing your video He convicted me (once again) to TRUST Him. Our Hope is Jesus. Yes, to mourn is good but not as those who have no HOPE.
I’m resting assured in the grace He will sustain you, Freddy, Noalani and Giancarlo with.
I love you, Nana.
Lifting you all up in prayer. : ) <3
Thank you Gloria! It means the world to me that you are taking time to lift us up in prayer along with your family! He indeed is faithful and will complete His plans – and I trust they are good! 🙂 Love you!
God led you to it hHE will lead you THRU it….your Faith in Him is strong, you will be fine
God Bless you and get thru this journey you have to travel as quickly as possibly
AMEN Beverly!~ What a great reminder! Thanks for leaving your encouraging comment. The Lord knows it means the world to me!
I just wanted to say “Thank You” your message is perfectly timed and full of peace. It is truly a blessing to see someone going thru a difficult time having such peace, that you can bless other.
I will be praying for your, may this journey you are going thru be brief and filled with the peace and joy of the Lord.
Thank You & God Bless
Deborah, the fact that the Lord has blessed you through it makes the entire process worth it. Those that really know me can say that it is for sure not me who has the peace- only Christ can bring about peace and joy that surpasses all understanding! 🙂 May He fill you with His love and tons of blessings! Love you.. 🙂
Beautiful friend and sister in the Lord~
YOU are such a blessing to me. I just had to tell you that God speaks through you… LOVE, PEACE (the kind that is beyond understanding) JOY in difficult times. The Lord, my ABBA Father, my SPIRIT of strength, has blessed me through you. I will be praying for you as I know you’ve been praying for me. Love you. HuGGs! Debi xxxooo
Oh Debi!! You have no idea how much a blessing you are to me too! 🙂 The fact that you can even bring yourself to write the words ABBA Father, brings tears to my eyes. Indeed He is our ABBA and He will sustain us when things become difficult. If the shadow of His Wings is enough to shelter us, how much more when we sit on the palm of His hand.. 😉 Love you dear sister!
Nana I just want to say that reading and hearing your faith in God even when He says Because I said so, is truly encouraging to me. I am so happy to have been part of the Ashes to Beauty program, I have been able to deal with some unwanted brokenness thoughts that I had pushed to the very core of my heart, but the Lord Jesus said now is the time and I really remember saying why have I opened up this can of worms and I realize it was because He said so. I believe that the Lord is not done with you yet, and that if the results are positive God to will be glorified. You see, right now you are testifying to what is happening and even though you were in a funk for a bit, he pulled you he took of the blinders he removed that negative thinking and He reminded you that its because He said so. The bible says in Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. I will continue to keep you in my prayers, and ask God to continue to work in you. I truly love you my sister.
dolores
WOW Dolores! Thank you for the reminder of that Scripture. If there is something we learned in the Ashes to Beauty journey was the fact that the Lord will complete His plans.. Thanks for that reminder and even more for your prayers. Your perseverance is inspiring to me! 🙂
Love you tons!
Nana – God is faithful to bring to completion the good work He has started in you!!! I’ve just recently discovered your blog and am so encouraged by your bravery. I will be praying for you through this journey, sisterfriend! – Julie
Thanks Julie! 🙂 The Lord knows I need all the prayers i can get. It means the world to me that the Lord is choosing to encourage you through His fingerprints in my life.. 😉 Hugs sisterfriend!
Nana_thanks for sharing the challenge and journey ahead of you.
My field is health/wellness and last night I read a whole book on the cellular biology of cancer tumor in situ and how to use iodine and nutritional balance to attack cancer, (this was of the Breast kind) It is by Dr. David M. Derry, MD,PHD.”Breast Cancer and Iodine” I will be praying that you return to health and your wonderful ministry of encouragement to others. That is my passion to teach nutrition and to enjoy my artistic gifts.
I also highly recommend the website http://www.hacres.org, as I am a health minister trained in God’s way of nutrition which is raw foods that are organic. one note, doctors suspected I had a pituitary tumor because of nipple leakage. I went to an endocrinologist which was a good choice because of hormone imbalance. It was NOT a tumor.
Loveya, Linda Brooks
Thank you Linda for all of the valuable information you shared! 🙂 The doctors realized that it may be epilepsy instead… have to go back to the doctors on Thursday, so I am just praying for the Lord’s Will.. 🙂
So blessed by what you have to share! 🙂 Tons of love!
Hey little sister in Christ! I love hearing the confidence in your voice, and you do it without crying (as I would!)…I pray for your healing but more than that, that in spite of life’s curve balls, remember that nothing can thwart the plans of God…He has not forgotten about you or your calling! And, I pray that your second session of Ashes to Beauty is even more powerful than the first…I’m already praying for the ladies who will participate…remember my “India” story…even if it’s for just one, that ONE is so important…lives will continue to be changed…‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts. (Zec 4:6). Love and hugs!
Thank you Anita for re-energizing my spirit! 🙂 Indeed it is well worth it! Like the verse says: it is better to live one day in the courts of the Lord than thousands elsewhere! Love you my dear sister! I am so very blessed by you!