Prayers that Part the Red Sea (A Prayer for Michele)
When you decide to live fearless I guess you tend to open a door for your fearlessness to be tested. Sometimes it’s God that tests us; other times it’s the enemy of this world.
Today I’m ticked off! I’m mad at Satan and his stupid tactics to strike down those who are determined to live fearless for Christ. Today I’m mad at cancer.
I want to tell you about Michele. I’ve never met her. We’ve spoken through email and Twitter a few times. Someday maybe I’ll get to sit down over coffee with her and we’ll pray and laugh at the victories we’ve had.
Join me in praying for God to part the Red Sea for @MicheleCushatt
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But for now I’m praying for Michele in Missouri, while she’s in Colorado. Here’s why, in her words:
The cancer is back. For the third time in four years.
On November 25, two days before Thanksgiving, I will have another major surgery. {did I mention Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday?!} This surgery will be far more serious than the last two, approximately 9 hours long, requiring a full week in the hospital. After four or five weeks of recovery, I’ll start intense radiation, possibly chemo. Then, in January or February, I’ll have another major hospitalization and surgery and more radiation.
Although my docs are confident they can kick this once and for all, I’m told the next six months will be an earthly hell. I’ll spare you the specifics, but I believe it. I’ve cleared my calendar, cancelled all projects and engagements. No eating. No speaking. No traveling and connecting and doing what I love. At least not for quite some time.
It’s all too much, my friends. I’m tired. My family is tired. And although we’ve prayed and wished and pleaded for our Promised Land, I cannot do a thing about this darn Red Sea.
But here’s the sweet news: I’m covered with peace. A deep, consuming, fearless peace. Why? I’ve been here before, in the middle of impossible situations. And every time—EVERY SINGLE TIME—my God has shown up. Fear is a waste in the face of such a Deliverer.
Red Seas are front-row seats for Divine displays. When it looks like there’s no way out? That’s when glory shows up. When you think you don’t have the strength for one more day? That’s when God’s mighty arm reaches down to ease your load. Don’t know if you can stop crying, for all you’ve lost? He grabs a jar, collects your tears and says, “I see! I hear! And I will not let you go!”
This isn’t a trite cliche. It’s what I know to be true, through heartbreak after heartbreak. I don’t how God is going to get me through my Red Sea to my Promised Land. I don’t have a clue how he’s going to show up and show off.
Tapping Others In
When I get tired and weary there are moments I just don’t know what to pray. I don’t have words. Sometimes I just don’t want to pray. It’s in those moments I call on my praying friends and say, “I’m tired today. I’m tapping you in to pray.”
I know when I ask this, they’re on it. Not only do I know it, I can feel it.
Michele hasn’t tapped me in, but I’m tapping you in – to stand in the gap for healing, peace, and fearlessness to be all over this sweet, inspiring, fearless leader to so many.
Faith Parts the Red Sea
When Moses stuck his staff into the sea, he did so with faith – knowing God would NOT let him down. When God says He will show up, He will show up. I’m believing for a Red Sea miracle in the life of Michele.
When God says He will show up, He will show up.
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I’m believing for the Divine display she wrote about. She is putting her staff into the sea and I’m believing God will part it. Whatever Satan plans to do with this cancer, God will use it for His glory.
Please join me, friends, in praying for Michele. Pray for her sweet children. Her loving husband. Her doctors. Her Red Sea.
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