THE PRAYERS OF MANY

Today’s post is a little different.

I am writing to ask the community of faith to join in prayer for my mom.

If you have been following me for some time or know me personally, you know my mom has been battling breast cancer.
The cancer has now spread to her brain, liver, spine, lung, and bones.

She is currently receiving palliative radiation to help with the pain and that maybe the cancer will stay in place.

My husband and I, along with our close friends, have been praying fervently and believing for the impossible.

People say all the time, “I will pray for you.” “Sending prayers”
And over and over, I hear, “What can prayers do?” “They don’t need prayers, they need x, y, z”

But when you are in a place where there is nothing more a human can do and now stand face to face before God,
we usually tend to find ourselves on our knees.

I know the strength and power of my prayers. I do not doubt that.
However, I know there is greater power when we stand together.
There is great power and hope when you look to your left and right and see an army that stands behind you and with you.

I told my husband, I think it’s time we call on our army.

So here are some of the prayer topics we are praying for:

1. Mom has numbness in her right leg. For the numbness to go away and the feeling to return. We pray that she will walk with strength and without a walker. She is working to rebuild her leg muscles again and wants to go hiking like she did during her chemo treatment.
2. To gain physical strength and for her wellbeing during radiation. That energy will rise, strength will come. If you know my mom, she has a mental state of a warrior so she wants her body to be as strong as her mind.
3. Radiation: that it will reduce the pain and reduce/hold the cancer in place.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Every prayer has encouraged my parents. Every prayer has given us strength for that day.