Showing posts with label thumbs up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thumbs up. Show all posts

Saturday, October 20, 2012

be still IV...

on the third day,
God's miracle for lane began...

~@~

"Oh dear Jesus my heart broke when Lane's Dr. came in and Lane smiled a big smile at him and said "you can't fix it any more". He then coughed and I couldn't hear all the words he said except "no cancer and cross over". I have never heard Lane use the words cross over so I know God is walking him through this!!" 
(wrote lane's mother, angie, on september 18, 2012)

~@~

that was exactly what God was doing...
but God wasn't ready for him yet.
lane had a lot to do before he would 
"cross over."

according to lane's mom,
lane was ready to go when God would call him home,
lane was not scared,
and he was not sad about leaving.
lane.had.blessed.assurance.

lane's only real goal in his last days 
was spreading awareness about childhood cancer.
he wanted people to know that 
there were more kids just like him who were battling
the same disease.
he wanted people to know and invest themselves
in something positive...
to push for more research,
to find a cure for childhood cancer
so that no other child would have to endure
what he and countless others
had and still were enduring.

~@~

through prayer and social media,
lane fulfilled his goal.
from september 14, 2012,
when lane was last hospitalized, 
until today,
lane's "prayers for lane goodwin"
facebook page alone
has generated awareness
to nearly 400,000 people globally!!!

tens of thousands of people have showed their support
in lane's "thumbs up for lane goodwin" campaign
from the usa to afghanistan, to haiti, to germany...
from canada to mexico, to honduras, to even countries
in asia and africa.

celebrities have joined as well...
from movie stars to nascar drivers,
to singers, to reality television stars...
from professional football leagues
to professional 
hockey, basketball,
and even baseball leagues...

speaking of baseball,
if you want to know how the cardinals
have comeback from being a wild-card team
in the play-offs...
it could very well be
their very own angel in the outfield.
(that's my opinion, and i'm sticking to it;)

all have taken notice as well as the time to show support
especially and most importantly those he championed...






and those who championed him...


~@~

then...

if that wasn't all amazing in and of itself,
on october 3, 2012,

lane's mother wrote,

"This morning has been a little better. Lane is a lot more lucid & calm :) God is working really hard through Lane, us & others to bring awareness/funding/ cure to Childhood Cancer! We had a wonderful visit with Congressman Ed Whitfield, District Director Michael Pape & Field Representative Edward West. Lane was sleeping but he was excited to get the US Flag that was flown over the Capitol in Honor of him. We will have a big announcement this weekend :)

the announcement was huge;
it was just for what lane goodwin,
the selfless, 13 year old, 
believer.in.GOD.and.His.Miracles,
had hoped!!!


~~~

(to be continued...)

love and God's blessings, 
dani xxx

ps. spread the WORD, and make others aware of the fact that childhood cancer research needs more attention!!!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

be still III...

this is where i must tell you,
i do not personally know
lane or his family.

BUT

i.know.God!

and i knew
with all i was
that His Holy Spirit
had this one...

~@~

lane lay in a coma for 3 days;
things seemed bleak...

then lane's mom posted this to his website

"Oh dear Jesus I just heard my sweet boy speak!! He raised up and tried to get out of the bed and told me 3 times he had to go to the bathroom. The nurse checked him for a seizure and he pushed the light she was shinning in his eyes away and covered his arm over his eyes. God please don't let him suffer or wake up & understand what's going on unless you are gonna bless him with a Miracle!!!!!"

~~~

on the third day,
he rose!!!

~@~

on the third day, jordan smith,
a young man from virginia,
established an event,
"thumbs up for lane goodwin".

~~~

on the third day,
support for lane goodwin
started pouring in for him.

on the third day,
childhood cancer awareness 
took a front seat.





on the third day,
God's miracle for lane began...

(to be continued...)

love and God's blessings, 
dani xxx

ps. spread the WORD, and make others aware of the fact that childhood cancer research needs more attention!!!

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

be still II...

lane's mom said,

"I loved him
&
told him
that if God tells him it's time to come home then it's ok
&
 if he tells him it's not
then that's ok too."

~~~~~

these were the words


the Holy Spirit

led me to pray
years ago.


~@~

i knew in my heart this little boy's purpose
was
not.yet.fulfilled.

~@~



the following morning
lane's mom said there had been no change,
she humbly asked for prayers,
and she posted this photo
of lane.






i remember placing my thumb
over lane's head.  i pressed it
firmly against the glass screen
of my phone.
i closed my eyes tightly
and boldly prayed,

"come on, God,
show us
your stuff!!!"

~~~~~

my prayer was probably 
quite similar to 
the prayers of 
thousands of others who were also 
watching this story unfold.

you see,
lane's team is

HUGE!!!

i am a very small fish
in his pacific-sized-sea
of prayer warriors.

~~~~~

this is where i must tell you,
i do not personally know
lane or his family.

BUT

i.know.God!

and i knew
with all i was
that His Holy Spirit
had this one...

(to be continued)

love and God's blessings,
dani xxx

ps. spread the WORD, and make others aware of the fact that childhood cancer research needs more attention!!!

Monday, October 1, 2012

be still...

when i awoke at 5:30 this morning,
i did the same thing i have done for the past seventeen mornings...
i checked my facebook on my cell to read updates
concerning lane goodwin.




(if you would like to know more about lane,
click HERE.)


these were the words i read
which lane's mother, angie,
had written in the wee hours of the morning:

"Laying here holding my sweet Lane not knowing if I have 5 min or 5 days left with him. I'm so blessed that God choose me to be his mom & I will never STOP praying or believing in a Miracle! I don't know why God has chosen Lane to Spread Awareness about Childhood Cancer but our Family will never stop fighting! We have meet so many wonderful families & warriors on this journey that have now become very close friends & have received hundreds of e-mails, txt's & calls from them & others telling us how grateful they are that the World is now becoming Aware! It does truly break my heart however that there is a person spreading lies, calling news channels & making negative post that they are very upset that Lane is getting all this attention instead of their child :( Awareness is about ALL KIDS! As I said before It took Susan G Komen to bring awareness to Breast Cancer & if God has chosen Lane to bring Awareness to Childhood Cancer then this will be about ALL KIDS! We have always shared the stories of other warriors we have meet on this journey & we will continue to do so but right now our focus is on our dying son. All kids fighting this "monster" need to be heard & A CURE needs to be found!!"


when i reached the end of angie's update,
all i could think was

be still
and
know
I
am
GOD

with my thumbs i typed these words in reply...

"make no room in your life for negativity... surround yourself only by the blessing that is. the reason it's lane only God knows, but the most important thing is that HE knows lane, and lane knows HIM. what is happening is greater than we realize:).
Psalm 46:10 HE says, 'Be still, and know that I am God.'
l, dxxx"

~@~

as a child of GOD myself,
i recognized the greatness of what was about to happen
seventeen days ago when i read these words of lane's mother.

"The seizures have continued. They are trying the last anti-seizure med & if it doesn't work Lane will be put into a medical coma. The hope will be that his brain will rest & they will be able to get the MRI & when they bring him out of the coma the seizures would have stopped. We have had some very difficult conversations tonight. As much as I want to tell my sweet boy to keep fighting I DO NOT want him to suffer!! I did the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life! I loved him & told him that if God tells him it's time to come home then it's ok & if he tells him it's not then that's ok to. I would give my life to see my sweet Lane walk out of this hospital cancer free!!! Please pray that Lane does not suffer! Please pray for his little brother Landen."

they were the words
the Holy Spirit
led me to pray
years ago.

i knew in my heart this little boy's purpose
was
not.yet.fulfilled.

it was not!
it is not still!

(to be continued...)

love and God's blessings,
dani xxx

ps. spread the WORD and make others aware of the fact that childhood cancer research needs more attention!!!