Separating personal from public is challenging. My worlds collide constantly and the need to share my concerns crosses over the line.
During my mother’s bout with cancer, doubt and bitterness overthrew believe and joy in a battle of strength. Seeing a loved one suffer is painfully difficult.
Now another loved one is dealing with cancer. I don’t want to abuse social media, but I want to share her story. I want others to know her. I want people to see the face of a young girl who is staring disease in the face. I want friends to pray for her.
Cancer is affecting the bravest, the weakest, the faithful, the doubtful. When doctors give no hope, when chemo seems pointless, when radiation doesn’t eradicate, what can we do? We CAN pray! It’s the only thing we can do sometimes.
Gracie is a family friend and a member of our church youth group. From the womb I’ve seen her grow into the young woman she is today and I ask that you please pray for her. Pray for finances. Pray for wisdom. Pray for a miracle.
If you have loved ones battling with cancer, please feel free to list their names here so I can also pray for them. Here is a video put together by one of our churches amazing youth leaders. His labor of love tells her story, but not the ending. Please pray for an ending that will glorify our Lord.
“CAN The Cancer” from Raul Manzo on Vimeo.
I fully believe that what God does TO us, He can do THROUGH us. And God healed ME of cancer when I was 18 years old. So, I will pray that what God did TO me, He will do THROUGH me. Gracie, I am covering you with prayers of healing and against fear.
Bianca – don't apologize for using your social media presence for a purpose as great as this! Get it, girl! 😀
I'll be praying for Grace. God is able to do more than we ask, think or imagine and He's willing to act on our behalf. He is loving, gracious and kind.
You know about my momma, Beth. We've got 10 days of radiation left and one more round of chemo. She can't talk or swallow right now and is 100% tube fed. Lost about 60 pounds. But the tumor is shrinking. Although, the treatment seems way worse than the cancer right now. Trusting God to complete the work He's begun. And to sustain my mom through the last bit.
Beautiful! God is a God of miracles and I'm praying for Him to do a miracle! Thanks for posting this today BB!
I will be praying for Gracie and her entire family. Thanks for sharing.
WHY am I crying while reading this?! Ugh!!!
Alyssa, thank YOU so much for your weighted words.
Gosh, now I'm officially a sobbing wreck.
Melinda, the words I told you when your momma was diagnosed are now words I am holding on to. Thanks for your love and prayers!
Thank YOU!
i will be praying for Gracie. i pray that her name would be a prophetic picture in her life…that God would grant her much grace in this situation and heal her in her body, mind and soul… that her story would be a testimony to those around her of God's miraculous healing.
My mum died of cancer last year, but I know that that she was so touched that so many people prayed for her at the time even though by then her own faith was very damaged. The loss that she has left is sometimes unbearable but the faith that got me through those days lets me know that our God is a God of miracles and hope. Gracie is in my prayers!
this is such a powerful video. now everyone can feel as if they're praying for someone they know. thanks for sharing, B.
will be praying for Grace. Don't apologize for using social media to get your request out….of all the things social media can be used for, this is the most important…
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What a beautiful word picture, Patricia! Thank you so much for your kind words… and prayers.
You know the pain that comes with cancer–I value your words deeply, rebecca. Thank you so much for your prayers.
Bianca, the body of Christ is all one family and when one of the members of our family is in need well than we are all in need. I will be praying that the God of peace would grant that beautiful girl His peace and that He would be her and her family's sustainer and portion. I pray that He would give her unspeakable joy and that as she shares in His suffering now, she will also share in the victory that He won over everything.
Thank-you for using whatever means necessary to allow us to share in glorifying God through the story that He is writing through Gracie's life! If you can't redeem media to serve Kingdom purposes, than what is the purpose of using it at all!
Juny did such a good job on it! Thanks for praying, Breezy.
Ahhhh, thank you so much, Christy! I appreciate your support.
I will be praying for Gracie… What a smile she has 🙂 and to see the youth praying always makes me smile 🙂 If there is one thing I know about CCM that it is a PRAYING church and I know the Lord will hear those prayers….
My mom won the battle of breast cancer and my dad lost his to stomach cancer 8 years ago.. It is something I know to well and dear to my heart.
I am currently praying and hope you will join me in praying for 2yr old Noah who has a rare cancer and a friend of ours Lucy who is battling brain and lung cancer. May the Lords hand be upon all those who are battling! Thanks for sharing Gracie with us out in the blog world..
Hi Bianca, WOW!! I'm watching this video with tears right now! It's just so beautiful how all these kids got together and do this video and pray for there friend that they love so much! And you know what has got me the most? All of them have this strong assurance that they know Jesus will heal there friend! That have that much faith in Him and His words. Beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this! I will be praying for Gracie everyday. Can you give this scripture to Gracie for me, its in my heart right now for her. "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11
Thanks again Bianca for just being you =)
p.s. my friend Adrienne, her mom has cancer. Please keep her in prayer.
Hi Bianca! I look forward to reading your blog & it never fails to inspire me! thank you! You may or may not be familiar with our story our youngest son Michael Strong was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2007 with a CNS relapse November 2009…we are now undergoing radiation in preparation for a bone marrow transplant In May.Gracie & her family are near & dear to me, we pray for one another.they are a blessing to our family. As I have gone thru this once before with my child & now again, I am reminded how Great, Strong, & Big God is….He truly has carried us, especially the time when we didnt know if our baby would pull thru(he was in ICU & ventilator) I have to daily remind myself that as much as I love my son, Jesus loves him greater….Michael belongs to HIM! Continuing in prayer & trusting the Lord with our babies Gracie & Michael!
I'm just gonna pretend that the tears from my eyes are because of my contacts.
Gracie, my words seem to small in comparison to what you're going through. My heart is heavy because of the pain you have to go through but my heart is excited to see people come to Jesus becuase of your story. My heart leaps joy over the stories that you and your friends are going to be able to share becuase of your trials.
I can't even remember where I heard it but I was listening to something the other day that talks about someone asking Jesus to take away his/her wounds. It goes on to talk about how we are sometimes wounded to help others –just look at Jesus.
Love and Hugs from someone you've never met. -K
Bianca, please keep us updated! 🙂 Maybe a little guest blog sesh?
My Mom has been cancer-free for 2 years now – and it was through her battle that I came to Christ. He used that circumstance completely for His glory, and although it's so hard to see His work while you're in the midst of a trial like this – once you're on the other side it is awe-inspiring to see what He's done.
Right now I have a friend, 24 years old, who is battling an extremely rare form of cancer. She was diagnosed in November. They didn't expect her to make it to Easter. Praise Jesus she is still here fighting – the experimental chemo is slowing the tumor growth and we are praying her next CT results are promising. She radiates a faith in God through it all, that is absolutely incredible to see. We pray for a miracle in her body, and trust that His timing will be perfect.
(I had to split this into 2 comments, apparently I type like I talk – haha!!)
We are God's army, fighting in prayer for His children here on earth. Media has so many dark-sides, that when it is used properly (as in this case) we can truly see what a blessing it is. It brings His children together in love, faith and prayer – as the Body of Christ is called to do.
So thank you for sharing Gracie's battle with us, she will remain in my prayers!
""Prayer is not getting man's will done in heaven, but getting God's will done on earth. It is not overcoming God's reluctance but laying hold of God's willingness."
Richard C. Trench
My uncle Jimmy is fighting cancer right now. I will pray for Gracie as I pray for him.
I have not experieced the threat of cancer however I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome which is basically chronic kidney failure. By the time I was referred to a specialist, my “numbers” were so bad that the doctor said I would only get worst. He gave me medicine and said that it will probably not cure me but would help with the syptoms. He said that I would be in complete kidney failure within a few years and never be able to have another child. Now, two years later I am free of medication, symptom free, and walking in totally healing. He said I was lucky, I said I was healed!
I would encourage Gracie to make her request known unto God and then begin to thank Him for her healing through daily confessions as I did. Be it unto her according to her faith. God is a God of healing miracles…and it is so!
I watched my grandmother die of bone cancer. Even until her death she proclaimed her healing. I was with her at the doctor's office when they told her she had stage 5 bone cancer…(mela something) I drove her home with me and cried while she sat in the car, rolled down the window and told cancer to leave in the name of Jesus. She is with Christ, complete in him, with no cancer. This was not the outcome i hoped for but the Lord called her to rest and i still cry and miss her and hope i can be strong like her. Praying for Gracie and the Arroz family.
This video of Gracie brought me to tears. My Family and I will pray for Gracie and her family as well as the other people who are affected with this disease. This disease has infiltrated the lives of many, but I know, I serve a God of purpose and honor.
B, please continue to use this forum for special prayers requests. Sometimes when we are in our own little world, the suffering of others seems to slip away and we not forget, but skim over, this is a reminder that We should always be in prayer for those who are suffering, and not just for our selves.
Will def lift little Gracie up in prayer. Thanks for sharing this video Bianca.
Wow! Praying for Gracie and all others who are suffering with Cancer. Cancer has affected my circle so much that I would probably fill up your comment box with the long list of people whom I have lost and are still fighting. I have hope that HE will cure Gracie and my bosses wife Deborah (brain cancer) and newly discovered yesterday, my Bunco friend Susie, who was just diagnosed with cervical cancer yesterday and is having a hysterectomy this week. B, don't apologize for using social media to get the word out about Gracie and so many others that need prayer. We are all in this together and I don't think our LORD would have it any other way to spread HIS word.
Thank you SO much, Tira!!!! I will pass this info along to Gracie's family.
I will also be praying for Susie! 🙂
Thank you, J! They got her CT scan back today and no additional tumors. However, the stemcell growth has not worked. They are going to continue with chemo.
The chorus of this hymn just came to my mind……
"Turn you eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace."
The doctors didn't think there was much they could do for my mom, BUT GOD did more than they thought possible. They thought surgery would save her, BUT GOD spared her tongue and the ability to speak and eat in the future. Interceding, pleading, and thanking God for acting on our behalf!
HAHAHA! Well I just cried watching your promo video. I want you to know that your blog a few months back about the elephant with the steak in the ground totally changed my life. So, thanks. 🙂 Im on a ride and I can't wait to see where God is gonna take me!
Heavenly Father,
I pray right now for Gracie, I pray that You touch her body, touch her spirit and heal her young sick body.
Lord give Gracie and her family the strength and comfort during this difficult time in knowing that they can cast all their worries on You.
In Your Name we ask, Amen
What a beautiful video! So sorry that your family and your church are walking through this. Our God is a God of miracles … praying that He brings one to Gracie real soon.
Mama D.
My amazing suegro…Daniel Medina battling advanced prostate cancer. Gracie and her family will be in my prayers too.
Bianca! Wow, this young lady is blessed to have so many people in her life that are praying for her and Lifting her spirits. What a beautiful video! I was very emotional watching how blessed this young lady is. The power of prayer is amazing! We are praying for you Gracie!
I just remembered the baller ids for a schoolmate diagnosed with cancer last term.. “I CANcer vive!” prayed, still praying, will pray.. 🙂
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