Ringing the Bell

Ringing the bell. Today, Thursday, October 1, 2015, when I finish my 8th and final chemo, I get to ring the bell. They call it “ringing the bell,” but I imagine that for me, it is going to be more like the sounding of the trumpets in Joshua 5:13-6:27. I’ve always loved that Biblical event! Not just because there’s a catching little tune connected to it that Bella and I love to sing, but because it’s one of those stories that is full of faith and action. Here Joshua was marching around a wall, with trumpets, to conquer it. Let that sink in……MARCHING around a wall, with TRUMPETS, to CONQUER it in battle! No guns, no bombs….just MARCHING and TRUMPETS! And even as crazy as the whole plan might have sounded, Joshua trusted his Lord. He had faith in God to keep His promises that the city would be delivered unto them, and showed he was a faithful servant through the actions of following His plan. He took the plan, “crazy” and all, and marched! Simply amazing how God shows His loyalty and power isn’t it?!! This cancer journey is like my battle of Jericho. And the plan, oh yeah, it has definitely been looked upon as “crazy” at times. I mean, lets get real, a pregnant woman had to have chemo?!? Yeah, its definitely been crazy, but God sent His servant at the beginning of this journey and told me exactly what to do, “trust Him.” So Matt and I, along with all of you, picked up our armor of God in the form of prayer, and we marched ourselves to battle!! Guys, we have marched for 17 long and tiring weeks. We have marched through muscle fatigue, headaches, loss of hair, weakness, tiredness, anxiety, extreme dry eye, blisters, giving birth, etc. But tomorrow, 17 weeks after our march began, I get to ring the bell and we get to shout to our God in the Highest again that He is good and faithful to His promises!! I will have survived all chemo, with a perfectly healthy baby girl in toe, and in the next couple of weeks, I pray and believe a PET scan will confirm that I have had a FULL response to chemo and no cancer is found!! I ask that you join me in that prayer as well!! What an absolutely beautiful day my God has allowed me, one of His most undeserving servants, to be able to see!! We are so incredibly blessed to have been chosen to walk this journey, and I am so very thankful God has continually opened my eyes to His blessings and His endearing faithfulness. They call it ringing the bell, I call it blowing my trumpet! 

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