Thank you for your prayers

I have been sick this year and my pain has gone undiagnosed. Tomorrow I go in for yet one more test or "procedure." As I go in I know I have the prayers of SO many, especially my dear church, Grace Bible Fellowship.
As so to say thanks I am going to take the liberty of turning Philippians 4:6 around a little bit – “I cannot be anxious about anything, because in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving my church and my dear friends and family have presented my requests to God.” Your prayers have covered me with the peace of Christ that passes all understanding. Your prayers remind me that this is what Christ meant when He told us to be ONE body of Christ – we pray earnestly, faithfully and deliberately for each other – we carry each others burdens. I think about my own body when I think of this analogy. As my one eye is weak, the other one compensates and remains strong in order for it to seem that both are working equally. When one of us is ailing another one of us comes along side and helps carry us through so it feels like we aren't suffering as much as we are.
So, I thank all of you who have been coming along side - who have been there for me because you just want to be the hands, the feet, the eyes, the arms of God. I have been buoyed up by your love. I thank God for placing you in my life and pray God’s rich and bountiful blessings on you for staying faithful to the call to be the people of God.
I love you more than I could ever possibly say. My gratitude runs so very deep. May the Lord bless you in mighty ways!