Comments on: Sunday’s Thankful Couch Musings http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/2009/11/sundays-thankful-couch-musings-3/ God is working on the canvas of our lives to bring Him glory! - NPM Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: debbie http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/2009/11/sundays-thankful-couch-musings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3859 debbie Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:15:33 +0000 http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/?p=5685#comment-3859 Congrats on 26 weeks Lana ! I pray everyday that Hope will stay put until she is full term. Sweet sweet Carmen. I cannot imagine the sorrow in your hearts and the courage it takes every day to make the decisions you have to. It brings me to my knees to hear you say that you think Carmen is getting tired. I am bracing for the day when I read that Carmen is gone. It touches my heart so much that you have shared your story and your struggles with us and it changes the way I spend each day. Thank you. Thank you God for Carmens precious life. For letting Lana and Dave be her parents. Thank you for their gift to share your love with strangers. I pray that you will allow Carmen to rest comfortably until it's time for her to come Home. I pray that you will guide Dave and Lana in the decisions they make for Carmen. We know you are waiting with open arms to welcome Carmen into your Kingdom. It is so hard for us to understand why. Help us to trust you. In your Holy name, Amen Debbie Congrats on 26 weeks Lana ! I pray everyday that Hope will stay put until she is full term.
Sweet sweet Carmen. I cannot imagine the sorrow in your hearts and the courage it takes every day to make the decisions you have to.
It brings me to my knees to hear you say that you think Carmen is getting tired. I am bracing for the day when I read that Carmen is gone. It touches my heart so much that you have shared your story and your struggles with us and it changes the way I spend each day. Thank you.
Thank you God for Carmens precious life. For letting Lana and Dave be her parents. Thank you for their gift to share your love with strangers. I pray that you will allow Carmen to rest comfortably until it’s time for her to come Home. I pray that you will guide Dave and Lana in the decisions they make for Carmen. We know you are waiting with open arms to welcome Carmen into your Kingdom. It is so hard for us to understand why. Help us to trust you. In your Holy name, Amen
Debbie

]]> By: Aunt Sharon http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/2009/11/sundays-thankful-couch-musings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3856 Aunt Sharon Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:42:59 +0000 http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/?p=5685#comment-3856 So glad that Lana is at 26 weeks. So many are praying for you! I am part of a prayer group and we are all praying. As far as Carmen, my heart is crying for you all. I just can't imagine what you are going through. So many decisions to make. Trust your instinct, trust your Lord. Thank you for doing such a wonderful job as Mom, Dad, caretaker, loving her, careing for her. A verse comes to my mind and I thought I would share it with you. Matthew 25:40 (New International Version) 40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' I think of this verse and know that whatever you are doing for Carmen, you are doing for our Lord. He is using your situation to glorify His name. He will bless you all. Love you very much. So glad that Lana is at 26 weeks. So many are praying for you! I am part of a prayer group and we are all praying.

As far as Carmen, my heart is crying for you all. I just can’t imagine what you are going through. So many decisions to make. Trust your instinct, trust your Lord. Thank you for doing such a wonderful job as Mom, Dad, caretaker, loving her, careing for her. A verse comes to my mind and I thought I would share it with you. Matthew 25:40 (New International Version)

40 “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’

I think of this verse and know that whatever you are doing for Carmen, you are doing for our Lord. He is using your situation to glorify His name. He will bless you all.

Love you very much.

]]> By: Cindy Willis http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/2009/11/sundays-thankful-couch-musings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3852 Cindy Willis Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:14:20 +0000 http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/?p=5685#comment-3852 Thank you, Lana and Dave! You are such an encouragement to me. Your statement about Carmen having a perfect body and never suffering again in Heaven reminded me of my aunt. She had polio as a young woman, so had physical challenges the entire time I knew her. Also, for the last 6 months of her life she had respiratory failure and required a ventilator, finally at home. At her funeral we sang a song I had sung many times before, but it took on new meaning as we sang the words, "I'm trading my sickness, I'm trading my pain, I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord." It was a precious image of my aunt, healthy in Heaven as I had never seen her on earth, and complete in the joy of the Lord. God bless and sustain your family today. Thank you, Lana and Dave! You are such an encouragement to me. Your statement about Carmen having a perfect body and never suffering again in Heaven reminded me of my aunt. She had polio as a young woman, so had physical challenges the entire time I knew her. Also, for the last 6 months of her life she had respiratory failure and required a ventilator, finally at home. At her funeral we sang a song I had sung many times before, but it took on new meaning as we sang the words, “I’m trading my sickness, I’m trading my pain, I’m laying them down for the joy of the Lord.” It was a precious image of my aunt, healthy in Heaven as I had never seen her on earth, and complete in the joy of the Lord.

God bless and sustain your family today.

]]> By: Desiree http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/2009/11/sundays-thankful-couch-musings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3851 Desiree Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:23:04 +0000 http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/?p=5685#comment-3851 thinking of you always!!! 26 weeks is great....now lets get to 28! short term goals:) Glad that you are feeling better from the Terb - I totally remember that jittery feeling was terrible!!! I know that you will do whats best for Carmen, whatever that may be! You know her needs better than anyone else. She will let you know when the time is right - you just have to look for it. Your giving her love and care right now, and thats what she needs the most! Hang in there Lana (and Mr.Mom) !!! thinking of you always!!! 26 weeks is great….now lets get to 28! short term goals:) Glad that you are feeling better from the Terb – I totally remember that jittery feeling was terrible!!!

I know that you will do whats best for Carmen, whatever that may be! You know her needs better than anyone else. She will let you know when the time is right – you just have to look for it. Your giving her love and care right now, and thats what she needs the most! Hang in there Lana (and Mr.Mom) !!!

]]> By: Joe Jordan http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/2009/11/sundays-thankful-couch-musings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3850 Joe Jordan Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:10:42 +0000 http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/?p=5685#comment-3850 Hi Lana, I am glad all five of you are doing well. In the last amount of time since I started meeting people on the computer I can say I have seen God work more than I ever imagined. People just like you sharing their lives with strangers have taught me more about faith and God than I could ever learn reading scripture and studying books. Have no doubt that what ever you do for Carmen we all know you do it "for" Carmen. I can not imagine making the decisions you have to make. I pray God's peace comfort you always. God bless. In Christ, Joe Hi Lana, I am glad all five of you are doing well. In the last amount of time since I started meeting people on the computer I can say I have seen God work more than I ever imagined. People just like you sharing their lives with strangers have taught me more about faith and God than I could ever learn reading scripture and studying books. Have no doubt that what ever you do for Carmen we all know you do it “for” Carmen. I can not imagine making the decisions you have to make. I pray God’s peace comfort you always. God bless. In Christ, Joe

]]> By: Sandi http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/2009/11/sundays-thankful-couch-musings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3849 Sandi Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:25:55 +0000 http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/?p=5685#comment-3849 Wow, what a blessing it is to have found your site. You inspire ME more and more with each entry I read! Wow, what a blessing it is to have found your site. You inspire ME more and more with each entry I read!

]]> By: Kathie http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/2009/11/sundays-thankful-couch-musings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3847 Kathie Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:02:44 +0000 http://www.beautifulcanvas.org/?p=5685#comment-3847 I so understand but it breaks my heart that you have to be living this. Carmen is such a very lucky girl to be put in your arms for what ever length of time God wants you to have her. I can not even try to imagine what her life with out you would have been or how long it would have been. God Bless you and pray everything goes well for Hope. I so understand but it breaks my heart that you have to be living this. Carmen is such a very lucky girl to be put in your arms for what ever length of time God wants you to have her. I can not even try to imagine what her life with out you would have been or how long it would have been.
God Bless you and pray everything goes well for Hope.

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