Firstly, please accept my apologies for not keeping this blog updated. Life rushes on and things change so quickly and for someone who rarely uses technology outside of work, I forget to apply myself to keeping you up to date.
As you maybe aware I’ve returned to work doing 15 hours over three days which has been a real positive step, although my family sometimes get concerned about how weary I get. But I have learnt to quit early and even not come into work if I’m not up to it – progress indeed!
Tomorrow sees my second dose of my fourth cycle of chemotherapy which will then cease whilst I have a scan to see whether I’ve responded or not to the treatment. If so they will continue with two further cycles before Christmas, if not then they’ll try something else. Personally I swing between hope and fear. Hope that the scans will show the cancer cells dying, and fear that they will have grown! Thats why your faith has proved so important for me. There are so many of you who stand in faith for my healing and I’m able to cling to that, especially when mine seems weak. I’m constantly grateful that my healing is neither dependant on my faith or my strength, cos I have nothing. I learn more and more daily about God’s strength in my weakness, in fact the song “strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord” seems to tell my story very well.
This morning I saw my eldest son off to start his gap year in Durban, South Africa with the charity “Lions Raw”. He had originally been due to go early in September but due to a number of delays has only just left, however I can see God’s hand in that as Sean is so much more relaxed about my health, with a stronger sense of trusting God than I have ever seen. For us as a family we have learnt so much about daily trusting God that I find myself with little anxiety about his time away as I am assured that he is following God’s guiding and God is faithful.
The faithfulness of God is something which I want to encourage you to cling to. Throughout the last months medical professionals have changed their story to me frequently, showing me clearly the fickleness of man. God is constant and consistent, his nature does not change and I wonder how others on a similar journey travel this path without knowing a faithful father.
God is good and faithful and worthy of our praise.
love as ever
Jo
We are all praying for you here at A WAY OUT. You are an inspirational leader and an incredible witness of the heart of true servant and believer in Christ. God is touching so many people through your story of faith and trust throughout the most challenging of circumstances.
I pray he continues to strengthen you and your family.
God Bless
Jessie
You are continually in my thoughts and prayers Jo, for a complete healing. God has much in store for you. You are the ‘apple of his eye’.
Jo, thanks for this update. The women’s worship and bible study meeting at my church continue to pray for you and they will be glad of this news…and we stand in faith for you.
Not by might, not by power but by my Spirit says the Lord.
Alice x
Hello Jo. Was going to try and email you, but realised I don’t have your address! So I hope you pick this up. I just wanted to get in touch to say again that I love you lots and you continue to be very much in our prayers. We are standing in faith for you and commanding this cancer to go. I will also keep asking our church healing rooms to pray for you. I suppose I just wanted you to know that even though we don’t have much contact, you are not forgotten or out of my thoughts and prayers. Much love. Lisa x