Thanks and Praise

My dear friends and family,

 

I have a testimony to share which cannot be held back because of the greatness, mercy and faithfulness of our God.

 

I thank all of you who have been there for me these past months of my illness and pain.  I have felt every prayer deeply and they have eased my burden and brought me closer to the Lord.  Every prayer, thought, card, text, voicemail, smile across the aisle, and hugs of love and strength have helped me make it through this struggle. I truly appreciate your love and concern.  I thank Jesse and my family as well because they never wavered in their love and caring for me.

 

I am now on the road of healing and recovery thanks to our great God!

With Thanks for your faithfulness in prayer.

 

There were times when I was lying on the floor crying out to God, and groaning for the Holy Spirit to pray for me because I could not, crying out the name of Jesus because there was nothing left inside to say.  There were times when the oppression was so heavy and dark that I couldn't even breathe.  The pain and suffering of mind, body, spirit and soul were too much for me to manage on my own.  

 

But I did not have to because no matter what God was with me!  

 

Even when I questioned, "Where are you Lord?"  In time, I always received an answer. That I was not forgotten. I was not alone. I was not abandoned.  His word was my anchor, and you were his hands and feet.  I relied on God for every breath I took, every step I took. When illness, hopelessness, pain, and despair would overwhelm me I would breathe in the glorious light and power of Jesus who lives in me and breathe out all my anxieties and cast them on him.  He carried me through the depths of the miry pit and brought me out a new person.  Jesus who is more powerful than anything of this earth protected me and sheltered me and held every tear.

 

I share this with you because I know that each one of you is going through, or has been through, a trial and struggle such as this where you might have doubted God's love for you. Where you might have questioned if he was really there.  Where you might have thought of giving up and giving in.  And I wanted to encourage you that even in the deepest of pits, God is still there. We just need to reach out and press in.  We need to trust and obey. We need to cling to his word and his promises and believe that he has a plan which is for the better.  We need to put on the full armor of God and fight, whether illness within, problems from without, or enemies in the heavenly realm.  We need to support each other without judgement, and in love.  We need to pray and listen for that quiet still voice which will guide us and give us wisdom.  

 

Remember that you are a chosen one, and God will never leave you or forsake you no matter what.  You are important. You are special. You are loved. There is purpose for your life.  You may struggle, you may fight, you make claw at the sides of the pit, but in the end when you are exhausted and can do no more -- there you will find him, where he has always been, waiting for you to come to him. Then just crawl up on his lap, feel his loving arms around you, let him catch every tear, then feel his strength and his love and his mercy and forgiveness. And pick your head up, take the power of Jesus within you, and take a step in the new journey he has for you.

 

I thank God and praise him for delivering me from the most horrible pain and suffering! For giving me the most incredibly supportive and loving husband in the world. For giving me a mother and father and son and daughter and family who never failed to be there for me, and for friends I could call upon even in the darkest hours of the night. I thank him for leading me to the right doctors, therapists, prayer warriors and teachers of the word.  I thank him for knowing me individually and loving me as if I were the only one. I thank him for never letting go even when I may have traveled in the opposite direction of him. I thank him for never leaving or forsaking me.  I praise him for setting my feet in the direction of healing and I pray for total and complete healing through him.

 

If you do not know this God, come talk to me, and I will share with you how to get to know him better and have him be a part of your life.

 

I proclaim his goodness and greatness and shout of his mighty works to the congregation.

 

My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

Psalm 40

I waited patiently for the LORD;

he inclined to me and heard my cry.

He drew me up from the pit of destruction,

out of the miry bog,

and set my feet upon a rock,

making my steps secure.

He put a new song in my mouth,

a song of praise to our God.

 

I have told the glad news of deliverance

in the great congregation;

behold, I have not restrained my lips,

as you know, O LORD.

I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;

I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;

I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness

from the great congregation.

As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain

your mercy from me;

your steadfast love and your faithfulness will

ever preserve me!

 

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.  Amen.  

Jude 1:24,25

 

With even so much progress already behind me, I realize my long road to recovery has only begun. This is not the end of my terrible journey to find total salvation from the Chaos still living in my physical form. But with the unconditional love of my family, the constant prayers of my understanding friends and my undying faith still living within my very soul, there is even greater hope of my total deliverance from this painful journey. You see, my prayer for complete healing is already happening to me because of God’s grace and because

“I Believe in Miracles”

 

With love and prayers for you,

Annette M. Seago

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