Prayers for Elizabeth Meier
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is from my friend Elizabeth Emmons Meier. She is a wife and mother of 4 that is having surgery tomorrow (Wednesday, December 14) and requests prayer. Below is an excerpt from her caring bridge journal. It is applicable for us.
Living in Orange County has shown me that it's very easy to get wrapped up in the latest, the greatest and the best. Why is it when we have a lot, we still want more? Lately, my life has been the opposite. I have found that when you are going through difficult times, you typically want just a few things. I know for me and my journey with cancer, my prayers have been simple; I want to live, I want the pain to stop and I want the cancer to leave and never return. When my sister was in town last week, she wanted to take me shopping for my birthday present. For the first time in my life, I had a hard time thinking of anything I really wanted other than healing. There have been times that the pain was so intense, all I could say in my prayers was, "Help"! Romans 8:26 states, "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we are to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans". Even when we don't have the words to express our wants, God is there, fulfilling the desires of our hearts.
So, on this eve of my surgery, my wants are still rather simple - a successful surgery, no cancer and no pain. Matt 18:19 says, "if two or more of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in Heaven". This is why I ask you to pray for me. God promises us, your prayers of healing for me will be answered.
Champions, for those that pray for Elizabeth, thank you!-David Vining
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