Supernatural Encounter

Let me take you on a journey, one that I have not shared a whole lot about. Most, if not many, of my blog entries are related to all things organic, sport and chic with family tied in. I don’t know who needed to hear this or read this but here goes.

Supernatural encounter is a hefty title, one that I would only reserve for something of great magnitude. Have you ever experienced something so phenomenal that it could only be dubbed as a supernatural? I personally have only experienced such an encounter on a few occasions, and because it’s so rare, it truly is supernatural. Let me expound on this for a moment.

Several years ago I was in church and during the worship part of the service (while I was singing) and I felt an incredible heat come over me. It was like a hot wave that started from my head and flowed over my entire body. At that moment I heard Gods voice speaking into my spirit to step out and pray with someone. God was very specific and I “tested” him by saying “Okay, but I will only know this is from you God IF we sing one more worship song.” By this point we had sung a handful of songs so I knew we were almost done, and that the pastor would be coming to the stage to deliver his sermon.

God has a sense of humor and wouldn’t you know that at the end of this song, the worship leader said “I feel God moving, and we are going to sing ONE LAST SONG.” I literally was a ball of tears, and my body started to shake uncontrollably. I had to crawl over my husband and a few others to get out of my seat. I know he thought someone had died the way I was acting! I quickly made my way to where this woman was sitting and I laid hands on her and prayed. I prayed for healing, and restoration. She had no idea what was happening until I was done, because I came up from behind her. Luckily she was sitting on an end seat! This was my first true supernatural encounter with God. He used little old me to do something great for someone else.

It was such an amazing experience, I sought God and asked Him to use me, to a work in me and let me be His servant. In my little mind I thought this would be a regular thing. Let me tell you it was not. I would not experience anything like this for several years. It wasn’t until I saw a post on social media from a friend that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and that the cancer was rampant in her body. I spent days praying for her, and one particular day I had that same feeling of heat come over my body and I heard Gods voice telling me to call her. He said to tell her I was to come to her house, lay hands on her and pray over her, anoint her with oil and wash her feet!

Did you catch that?! God said He wanted me to WASH HER FEET!

 I thought I was losing my mind because I had never done this before. I questioned this for a bit before I called her but God kept urging me to call. God won, and I showed up at her house with the largest bottle of EVOO that anyone has every laid eyes on. A mutual friend joined us as we did exactly what God had called me to do! Fast forward about 9 months and that same friend was told by her cancer doctors at an appt. that she was CANCER FREE! Not only was she cancer free, but that the tumor they could not remove due to its location, was GONE! If this doesn’t give you chills, then I don’t know what will. This was a miracle from God!

Several months pass and wouldn’t you know another one of these supernatural experiences would happen again? This time it wold involve a complete stranger and his son, who was in the hospital fighting cancer. Just like the two previous stories, I followed Gods urging. I brought my friend that was healed from cancer with me and stood in that tiny hospital room and spoke healing over his body and life over this young man! Two years have passed and this precious  teenager is walking in healing and is in remission from cancer! *insert goose bumps for a third time*

So here I sit and think about how crazy good God is. I cannot really put my emotions into words because you have to experience it like I have to fully wrap your brain around it all. I am currently leading a Bible Study group at my church, Priscilla Shirer’s Discerning The Voice of God  with a small group of women, and it has been a powerful study! Last week a sweet woman shared with the group of some needs and how she is trusting God for healing. I once again, immediately felt heat come over my body and Gods voice speak very clearly into my spirit. His words were audible as if he was sitting in front of me in the flesh having a conversation with me. “Tell her you want to lay hands on her, pray over her for healing. Wash her feet and anoint her with oil.” I must admit I was hesitant again because I wanted to be 100% sure that this was God speaking to me. I shared this with the group and when the friend started to cry and said she received this, I knew it was from God.

In this study, we have been learning to hear Gods voice, and to confirm His word in our hearts through His word when He speaks. I am very careful not to act on any feelings of my own, but let God lead. In the days that have followed, less than one week, I have received bold confirmations from God that He was speaking loud and clear. The confirmations came by way of “verse of the day” from the Bible app.

Don’t ever underestimate God and his power to bring healing. He can use anyone, you just have to be willing. I leave you with these two verses.

Mondays verse of the day was this:

Wednesdays daily verse was this:

 

Paying It Forward: Kids Helping Kids

Diabetes rocked our world when Luke was diagnosed, and we had an incredible amount of support from our family and friends. Fast forward 17 months and  Luke wants to pay it forward!

Luke is on a mission. He is dedicating his USAT Nationals Youth Championship Triathlon Race  on July 31st to a cause that hits very close to home. He is partnering with Florida Hospital  in Orlando Florida to raise money for uninsured kids who are managing their diabetes and have trouble affording the necessities. The high cost of insulin, testing strips, pen needles, lancets and other vital supplies is often a large barrier to many families.

Here is a breakdown of daily costs for these items that keep Luke and other type one diabetics alive each day:

Testing strips: $1 per strip (usally one tests at least 6-8 times per day) and a box of 100 usually costs $100.
Insulin: $200 per pack of 5 insulin pens. (needles not included)
Lancets/Needles: Those prices vary starting around $10 per box. (varying)
Glucogon: $50 (lifesaving pen if ones sugar drops extremely low)

I am so proud of Luke’s desire to help others, and spread awareness, all for the sake of potentially saving a life!

In order to bring change to our communities, we must BE THE CHANGE!

Please go to Luke’s Community Campaign Page to help Luke help other kids. The page was created for Luke by Florida Hospital, Orlando.

Spread Awareness. Be the Voice.

BE THE CHANGE!

T1D A New Journey

Your son has Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. Words a mom never wants to hear. Someone please wake me up from the horrible dream. This can’t be right, there must be a mistake.

Let me rewind a for a moment.

My boys swim competitively with NTC Aquatics and are elite triathletes on a triathlon team, Endorphin Fitness out of Virginia. They compete on many levels.  This fateful day was no different, as we were at a big swim meet in Tampa Fl. My 12-year-old was feeling “off” and seemed more nervous than normal upon stepping up to the swim block. His freestyle swim was not great, and seemed way off base for him, but after his exit he assured us along with his coach that he was just nervous. Oddly enough he retreated to the bathroom for the 100th time and said after throwing up  he felt better. Over the last week he seemed to be more tired, and eating us out of house and home. Not to mention the amount of water this child was drinking! All of his symptoms led us to believe he was going through a growth spurt, puberty, and lots of hard training. The next two swim races were spot on, and he decreased his time by several seconds, and chalking this all up to nerves.

Sunday morning comes and things go south fast. We were up early to leave the hotel and head to the swim meet after breakfast when things got crazy.

My 12-year-old is looking like he hasn’t slept in ages, and can’t even eat a morsel of breakfast. Something is not right. This is not normal.

My “mothers intuition” says he needs to take a break and rest. After a few sips of chocolate milk, and a quick snooze, everything that could possibly be in his belly came up. Being in a hotel and frantic with fear that he must have the flu or a terrible cold, we quickly load up and head out. Several conversations ensued with several nurse friends, with all of them having concerns that he could be diabetic. Being there was no way this could be the case, we went to the swim meet, but would just rest in the car while my youngest son competed.

Dropping the family off at the gate and attempting to find a close parking space would be a miracle, since over 1,000 kids were present to compete. With my sons stomach being queasy we left and headed to get some ginger ale.

THEN,  it hit me.

One look in the back seat said it all. Exhausted, stomach ache, looking pale, and dark circles forming around his eyes. This was not right on all accounts.

I’ll spare the details, but we high tailed it out of Tampa and headed back to Orlando to Arnold Palmer Hospital’s ER.

One finger prick and vitals, and we were whisked into a room with nurses waiting to start IV’s. My head was spinning out of control, and my fears were in overdrive playing games with my brain.

I remember the doctor asking me if we knew our son had Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes and if we had a family history of such.

Wait….. did you just say Diabetes?

How can it be? How can this beautiful, strong, active swimmer, triathlete have Type 1 Diabetes?

To say we were in shock is an understatement. I will never forget the doctors words.

“Mrs. Rosser, your sons blood sugar level is 1014, and he’s Ketoacidosis.”

So what exactly is Ketoacidosis you ask? It is when someones blood levels are so high, and their blood is acidic, they have a great chance of slipping into a coma, their kidneys can shut down and they can potentially suffer brain damage.

 The journey was just beginning. As one doctor put it, “Mrs. Rosser, you will have a PhD in Endocrinology when you leave this hospital” and let me just say he was not kidding!

We have been home just over a week, and we are still trying to wrap our brains around it all. What surprises me is how many people don’t know the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

Type 1 is where the pancreas shuts down, and no longer creates insulin, therefore one must have insulin shots to survive. This is not controlled by diet, but will always be on insulin. Type 1 diabetics can eat whatever they want, they just need to treat themselves for it with the proper dose of insulin. There is no cure.

Type 2 can be controlled. Some people have to take insulin to help them along as their pancreas isn’t doing the job well, and some can control it with their diet and exercise. Type 2 diabetics need to watch what they eat and be mindful of the sugars intake and carbs. When proper weight and eating habits are in place, many can come off insulin and their body will function quite normal.

We will not allow T1D to define us. We are strong. We are bigger than this. We are charging forward with new purpose, a new mission you might say. Triathlon season is just beginning, and we are taking it by force!

If you can dream it

YOU CAN DO IT!