The JOY of the Lord is your STRENGTH

In the last 24 hours we have found JOY...Whitney remains critical, she is still at the bottom of the hill, but our joy, hope and everything we have is found in Christ and the peace He gives us. We have had an outpouring of love and support, so many prayers spoken over Whitney and our family. The ICU waiting room is bursting with laughter and smiles. A few days ago, we didn't have a tear left in us. What has changed? We have found something that a lot of people crave and never find and we found it in the midst of sorrow and pain...  Nehemiah 8:10 says, "The JOY of the Lord is your STRENGTH" and that abundantly applies to us today.

With all the joy, prayers, wonderful people coming into the hospital and praying, feeding us and just being there to support us...there has also been some joy stealer's along the road this week. A wise friend of ours said something I just knew came from Jesus the moment she said it...she said " Satan senses a Victory and will pull out all the stops to steal our Joy" I felt like saying duh! Wow, that rocked my thoughts and Satan will not steal my joy any longer!

I found this today and it so applies to what we have learned today..."So, I encourage you, don't let the devil defeat you by stealing your joy. Remember, that when you have no joy, you have no strength, and that's when Satan can come in and rob you of everything you have. Satan has no refuge when JOY is present. THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH!" - Dr. Jerry Savelle

Whitney needs us to be strong, to have joy so we may have strength! Thank you for your prayers, we are continuing to pray that she accepts the new ventilator when it is time for them to try again. We are also praying her numbers start coming up and she starts taking some baby steps up this mountain. We are very blessed to have so many churches and people praying for our family. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!