The date has been confirmed for June 27th. A bank account has been set up at American National Bank of Texas under Carmen Dixon for Ron Hopson. A paypal account has also been added rhopsoncnsv@live.com. Email either me or Holly if you have items to donate. Please forward this information on to anyone you think might be interested in helping in anyway. We are working on a place to store everything.
Thank y'all so much for the continued love and support!!!
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Good afternoon! Here I am, still at His feet and yet to fully come down from giving a testimony about God’s healing in church on Sunday morning. Just amazing and I believe another step & breakthrough for me with getting up in front of people. Thank the Lord! Yes, for those of you who don’t know, I was asked by our church pastor to do an interview type testimony in front of church on Father’s Day regarding my healing from CNS Vasculitis. God had made it official in my heart a long time ago but then I went on to meeting with my neurologist on Monday who I had not seen in a good 2 years and he has now agreed with it! On the billing statement it says “No CNS Vasculitis” (which I’m contemplating framing). I would say it’s in plain black & white but it is in a doctor’s handwriting! It took me until this morning to have it fully sink in. Someone at Wal-Mart asked me how I was, and I told her “fine”…”I beat it”…”God is good!” and on and on! And it hit me and I cried…literally, in the middle of Wal-Mart! I’m still in such awe! I was diagnosed in 2003 but actually ended up sick in bed in 2001. This had been a long, long time in coming! But He is faithful!
I shared in class on Sunday morning about how I’d been praying, praying, and praying some more about getting up in front of the congregation. (I know that the problem was not in telling people what God had done but it was in actually facing a crowd.) So, I prayed, and prayed, and prayed some more. I shared in class how I’d woken up several times in the night to the following song going through my head and praying some more. Naturally the title is “Pray”. I had it in my CD player on the way to church and ended up crying the entire way!
Pray
by Rebecca St. James
Jesus, I am broken now
Before You I fall
I lay me down
All I want is You, my all
I cry out from the ashes
Burned with sin and shame
I ask You Lord
To make me whole again
CHORUS
For You say
If I will come
And will pray to You
There's forgiveness
When I turn from me and pray
For You say
If I will come
And will Pray to You
You hear me
And heal me when I pray
Your ways are not my own
But I long for them to be
So this is what I pray
One with You, You'll make me
Melt me away, 'til only You remain
CHORUS
Jesus, I am broken now
Before You, take me I am Yours
CHORUS
Written by Rebecca St. James, Tedd T., and Quinlan / ©1998 Bibbitsong Music / Up In The Mix Music (BMI) / Sci-Phi Music (SESAC) Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing
Behind the Song:
"Prayer is such an essential for me - my life blood. It gives me strength in my weakness and centers my focus on God, away from myself. 'Melt me away, 'til only you remain.'" ; 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV - Rebecca St. James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCiB4gnZe-g If you want to hear it or watch the video here is a link. It’s not heavy rock but it is still rock. An excellent song if you’d like to hear it!
And, I just listened to it again while going over the lyrics and the tears flowed once again (I imagine that the tears aren’t through yet…this is a major “Praise” in my life!). And, those lyrics are totally what has happened. And, what is still happening as I follow Him through this life -- He heals me and hears me when I pray! So awesome that I just can’t keep from sharing with all of you!
“Pray” is a song that I listened to mostly in the 1990’s before I became ill. It was one of my favorites and I used to sing it as a prayer to God! Funny how things happen, huh? Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” And, I can honestly say that I would much rather be where I am now, than where I was before I became ill!
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