Check You Out!!!

Aloha Friends! I am just “checking in” and hope that this post finds you doing great and having a blessed and beautiful day! Today has been a quiet day of rest for me. I am on a restricted diet because tomorrow I will be going in for a PET Scan once again. The PET scan was ordered because over the weekend some of my symptoms began to resurface! The doctors are still suspecting I may have Lymphoma, so I am hopeful that the scan I’ll have tomorrow will produce some insight.

As I sit here today, I realize how incredibly fortunate I am to be surrounded by a loving family and wonderful friends who are supporting me in this season. The thing that blesses me most is that I know so many are fervently praying for me and I believe that God not only hears our prayers, but he answers them too! It’s not always answered the way we want, or in our timing, but he is faithful and we can trust that He knows best!

It has been an incredible blessing to have the support of my team leaders who have stepped up to help me run so many of our larger group functions such as my monthly downline gathering called Inspiration Night!

Today, I want to share with you the projects my friend Jodi taught us at last months gathering. All of these projects are from the stamp set called Check You Out!

Check You Out Cards

Let’s take a closer look at each card. Did you notice these were all made with our new Scallop Edged Note Cards?

Check You Out Birthday Card

This little worm is so cute. I love his big smile and bow tie.

Check You Out Card

Wouldn’t this card be a sweet one to send to your school librarian?

Check You Out Thank You Card

Here is the happy little book work once again. This time the image is stamped on top of a pile of books. These book stamps are individual so you can create a stack of books as high as you want!!

Check You Out Congrats Card

This wise owl is so cute, I love the glasses!!. Since owls are Jodi’s favorite, every time I see one I think of her. This one in particular is great because it totally matches Jodi’’s signature cutesy style.

I am so thankful to Jodi for taking the time to not only share these projects at our meeting but she prepped all the supplies as well. If you want to check out more of her fun creations you can visit her blog its called The Stamping Owl. Today she is featuring a “sneak peek” at her August Back To School class.

Although these cards don’t feature it, one of the sentiments in the stamp set Check You Out says, “just checking on you”. I know that in this season I have been so blessed by so many who continue to call, text, send cards, etc, to ask me how I am doing. There are so many who ask, how can I help, what can I do.

Well, I have one request that comes to my mind at the moment. Tonight at 6:30 pm HST, I will be going to my church to have a special prayer time over me. I would love for you to join by lifting up prayers for my miraculous healing during that time. Prayers would also be appreciated during my early morning scan at 8:30am HST. Don’t worry if you read this post after those times! God knows and will always hear your prayers! Thank you so much!

So for now, I have been working on turing my fears into prayers and my prayers into declarations of faith!

At the end of Psalm 77 in verse 19 it says, Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters, a pathway no one knew was there. This is talking about the Israelites who had left Egypt and were being pursued by Pharaoh and his great army. There were a lot of roads of escape they could have taken that would have made sense. The closest road, the widest road, etc. However they took at path that led them to a dead end. While they were there some of them got discouraged and thought, why are we here!!! However, It was in that place, a place that didn’t make sense, where God performed a great and mighty miracle. He created a path through the sea that no one knew was there. It was only in this place that they had the opportunity to see all of their enemies that had come after them destroyed before their very eyes.

This story was shared to me by my son at the start of this journey. I am thankful that God brought it to my mind again today so that I can be encouraged by being reminded of the miraculous power of God.

Thank you again for checking out today’s post and for your love, support and prayers!

Believing with you for a miracle,

Cindy