My Journal and Diary
2022
December
Friday, December 30th, 2022
God Is So Good!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Hi friends! Thanks so much for your friendship and support over the last year! It has been a wonderful year for me musically, (lots of creative endeavours, and the Philippians album recorded), and very rewarding in other ways, too.
I hope your year has been full of blessing and worship, also! Wherever you are right now, I pray that God will fill you with His spirit, and give you a sense of his loving presence. Jesus loves you, this I know. May his peace overwhelm you so that you can be the arms and legs of Jesus toward others.
A praise report: there has been a break-through for my daughter recently!
As I've mentioned before, Grace has been diagnosed with many different things of late: autism, fibromyalgia, seronegative inflammatory arthritis, and most recently, P.O.T.S. (postural orthostatic tachycardia).
It's been so difficult for her. She hasn't been able to go to school, and can hardly get out of bed most days. For months she has been struggling with her health, and the doctors don't really have any clear strategies on what to do. She's constantly exhausted, can hardly bring herself to do the things she loves. As a result, depression and despair has begun to creep in.
Through much research and Internet searching, we came upon a clinic in Texas. They claim to have a very high success rate in dealing with POTS! (https://www.potstreatmentcenter.com/success-rate-statistics/)
It was expensive, but we decided to step out in faith, and to enrol her in this program. (How could we not at least try!?) Praise God, she's already seen an improvement!
Our families have helped cover some of the expense, and we have a new hope that Grace will be able to pursue her life-dreams! Praise God!
Please pray for us all through this process, and also let me know how we can pray for you and your family.
God bless you! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
Jason, Joanne, and family (Lucas, Seth, Grace, and Rose Mary).