Friends from many different parts of our community joined us at First Church of Christ to assemble the first 100 baskets for Basket of Hope!!
I look back on the evening with such amazement…..
God can take the deepest valley and transform it into a mountaintop.
God can take the tiniest gifts and transform them into gigantic treasures.
God can take ordinary people and places and create extraordinary events with extraordinary results!
Just when you think something seems impossible, remember that “with God ALL things are possible” and that He “is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us!” Those are promises from His Word!!!!!!!!!!!!
We miss Nick so much. Watching the news tonight and seeing video footage from past news stories of Nick’s journey through cancer was so hard for me. To see him smiling and being interviewed…….shew!!!
At the very same time, there is a deep and abiding joy and peace in my heart in spite of my terrible heartache.
A peace and joy that come from the hope and very certain belief of spending eternity with him!
So as we begin this ministry called Basket of Hope, I thank God for Nick’s life and inspiration!
I pray for each family who will receive a basket at some time in the future. God already knows who these families are……..and He has prepared a way of sharing His Hope with these families when the time is right for them to hear it.
I think this is how God works all the time…..He is constantly smoothing rough places before people arrive…..making a way for them to survive the next tough thing in their life journey……
Lord, Open my eyes to the many times you smooth rough places for me and my family. Continue to give me the only Hope that is eternal……I love you, Lord.
Thankful for Hope!
In December of 2007 as our youngest son, Nick, was fighting brain cancer, I began to blog. Writing provided a way for me to release all of my questions, fears, and doubts. It also allowed me to share the ups and downs of Nick's journey with people who were praying for him all over the world. When Nick went Home in November of 2008, my blog became my way of searching for God in the midst of my deep heartache. My heart was broken and grief brought to the surface every emotion imaginable. Being able to release those emotions through my writing brought a sense of purpose to my pain. Having already walked the road of grief in 1992 when we lost our daughter to SIDS, I knew I needed a way to keep from falling into a pit of depression and despair. I had walked close to the edge of a bottomless pit when we lost our daughter,and I knew I couldn't let myself get that close to the edge again. This blog has been and continues to be my tiny corner of the world where I can share My Heart as I journey through God's Word.......thus the name........ My Heart His Words. Thank you for taking time to share life with me. If we do not meet while here on earth, I look forward to hearing all about your life when we reach our final destiny.........Heaven! Email me anytime at 
Love it! And the immeasurably more verse has come up so much in the past couple of weeks for me…I think maybe God is trying to tell me something…
I feel like it has been so hard to press forward recently and not to give up in certain areas…but I think He might be working toward something bigger than I can imagine or else satan wouldn’t be pushing so hard for me to give up!
Thanks for another fab blog!