Though I Am Not Worthy....

This song sums up how I have felt these last few days. I know the Lord loves me. I know He loves you. I have the heart/brain connection and have walked with Him for many years. Still, when He lays His hands upon you and touches you in a miraculous way, I can't tell you how much humbling that takes place.

I have heard from my cardiologist on Friday and after further review of my catherization procedure, the diagnosis has changed. He told me I was lucky to be alive....four of my arteries were 100% blocked and had actually attached themselves to my heart wall thereby eliminating the need for the doctors to do the bypass. They have called it an anomoly. They have diagnosed me with coronary artery disease and will need to put me on medicine and I see him tomorrow for further information and the medicine.

I am unworthy of His grace and mercy and love and His healing touch and yet He did just that. It's been hard for me to take in....very emotional. I can't imagine the Lord of the Universe touching me in such a tangible way and caring so intimately and yet there is no other way to explain what happened to me and I can still feel Him close to me, encouraging me to hold on.

May the Lord bless you today. May you know His presence in such a tangible way. Blessings to you and your loved ones this day.....this day that our Lord hath made.

Happy Sunday

May the Lord bless you this day!

Then Sings My Soul Saturdays

I've chosen Alison Krauss singing 'Down to the River to Pray' for my worship selection today. I so hope you enjoy it. Thank you, Amy, for being our hostess for this wonderful time of worship.

May the Lord inhabit your praises today! God bless you!

Happy Friday

Happy Friday to all! I'm home and wanted to say 'thank you' for your prayers and encouragement and support through a very scary time. As most of you know, I went in to the ER on Sunday with chest pains. A CAT scan of my heart showed an abnormality in a large vessel so I was scheduled for a heart catherization the following day.

The heart catherization showed the large vessel with narrowing but the cardiologist that did the catherization does not believe it is to a point that I need a stent, however, four other people were present during the process and one person did not concur so the scan and results get forwarded to my cardiologist when he gets back from vacation. It also showed a branch of arteries that were extremely small and would have needed a bypass but the amazing thing is that the arteries had bypassed themselves and attached themselves to my heart's wall. The doctor's can not explain it. They are calling it an 'anamole'. I don't know if I'm spelling that correctly and the hour is late so I'm not even spell checking....(are you laughing, Kimmy?)

I know that the prayers from everyone were storming the gates of Heaven and the Lord knit those arteries where they needed to be. A tad bit painful, yes, but I'm going to be ok. I'm praising Him and thanking all of you for your love and support and storming those gates with those prayers!

Love ya bunches!

Update on Debra!

Kim here again! God is good and the procedure went fine. They didn't find any blockage but they did find an artery that is smaller than it should be and it has embedded itself into the heart rather than just resting on it. They aren't sure if this is the cause of her troubles or not. She will be getting released in a few hours and will be home to rest. Her cardiologist will be reviewing the test results next week and I'm sure she'll be able to update from there, but if not I will gladly do it for her.
I know she will be feeling the love with all of your comments that you have been leaving. I've been posting them for her so she won't have to worry about it. Keep em' coming as I know the encouragement will do her good!
Love you all and thank you so much for your prayers for our good friend Debra!

Please Pray!

Hi everyone this is Kim from Homesteaders Heart. I'm a good friend of Debra's and I wanted to post a prayer request on Debra's behalf.
Some of you know me and some of you don't but as I was talking to Debra just now getting the update, her pain killers started to kick in. I told her that I would update her blog for her to get prayers and she wanted me to post something funny instead. I knew the pain killers were talking because she said "I'll finally have something funny on my blog! AND to make sure that I use proper grammar and spelling!" Oy, the pressure! LOL! But I know if she was thinking clearly she would want me to post the prayer request instead. I hope I can get this right. Here it goes.

Debra is in the hospital for her heart. She has had a cat scan and an ekg. There is something wrong with one of the muscles near or around her heart and they are going to do a heart catheter tomorrow sometime. If they find 70% or more blockage they will immediately do surgery and put a stint in or balloon it. If it's less than that they may move her to ORMC and have the procedure done there. She does not do well under anesthesia and her heart is weak.
Will you please join me in prayer for her right now?
Dear Lord you are the Almighty God. This hasn't taken you by surprise and you are in complete control. I pray right now Lord that you just touch Debra's heart Lord. Make it strong. Let it be able to handle what is going to be happening these next few days Lord. Guide the hands of the doctors and give them wisdom and Lord if it be your will I pray for a complete healing right now.
Be with her family and please give them peace and keep them strong. I ask this in your Precious Name Jesus, Amen!
Thank you ladies.
If you have any questions you can find me at my blog. I will tell you what I know.
GOD BLESS!

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