A Lesson from a Wrangler
Our family trip to the Rocky Mountains just wouldn't have been complete without horseback riding up and down the scenic trails!
Despite the fact that I had never really ridden a horse before, I had to give it a try! :)
Just to be safe, I stayed close to the wrangler as he guided us as we guided our horses up steep hills and down narrow passages.
I watched carefully, prayed often, laughed a few times and listened to the wrangler share his cowboy tales and lessons.
Especially down the steep, narrow, rocky, uneven, mountain paths -
"What should I do with the horse?" I cried. (not literally...well almost!)
The calm wrangler simply replied, "Lean back, loosen the reins and let him find his way."
Not my natural reaction facing downward, but it worked!
Trey and his family face many, many mountains!
Trey's days right now are filled with sweet and silly walks in peaceful meadows.
Some days and nights, though, feel like Rocky Mountain peaks and cliffs!
Let's pray for Jay and Rachel to
continue to guide their children as the wrangler suggested:
Lean back
- May Jay and Rachel trust God for the doctors and the
current and future treatment plans. May they all continue to enjoy
Trey's strong health and silly antics!
Loosen the reins
- Please pray for the Mitlos to be able to
loosen the reins of fear and worry - and for Joe and Bella to continue
to communicate their feelings!
Let Him find His way
- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to Him,
and He will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3:5-6
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Trey Tuesday - May 15, 2012
Rocky Mountains
Rocky mountains and mole hills in our lives...we all have them.
Trey has more than average!
A recent look up close and personal at THE Rocky Mountains has helped me to put life in perspective.
We will skip the science lesson part (scientists estimate the mountains are 70+ million years old?)
Geography lesson time: The Rocky Mountains are approximately 2.5 miles high by 300 miles wide by over 3,000 miles long!
Huge!
Vast!
Unfathomable!
Nothing can "touch" these mountains, right?
"The mountains quake before Him
and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at His presence, the world and all who live in it."
Nahum 1:5
These massive pillars of strength and endurance quake and tremble before our Heavenly Father!
Do we?
Or do we allow our problems to become a barrier?
Trey's cancer certainly could be a HUGE barrier in the lives of the Mitlos!
But you know what? Jay and Rachel have chosen Jesus as their Rock, their foundation on which to build their family.
I know they want us to do the same.
So look around at the structures God has created.
Humble yourself under His power and strength!
Entrust Trey to God!
Ask with hope for healing for Trey!
Pray with faith for continued success in Trey's treatments!
And praise God for being good!
"The Lord is good,
a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him"
Nahum 1:7
Rocky mountains and mole hills in our lives...we all have them.
Trey has more than average!
A recent look up close and personal at THE Rocky Mountains has helped me to put life in perspective.
We will skip the science lesson part (scientists estimate the mountains are 70+ million years old?)
Geography lesson time: The Rocky Mountains are approximately 2.5 miles high by 300 miles wide by over 3,000 miles long!
Huge!
Vast!
Unfathomable!
Nothing can "touch" these mountains, right?
"The mountains quake before Him
and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at His presence, the world and all who live in it."
Nahum 1:5
These massive pillars of strength and endurance quake and tremble before our Heavenly Father!
Do we?
Or do we allow our problems to become a barrier?
Trey's cancer certainly could be a HUGE barrier in the lives of the Mitlos!
But you know what? Jay and Rachel have chosen Jesus as their Rock, their foundation on which to build their family.
I know they want us to do the same.
So look around at the structures God has created.
Humble yourself under His power and strength!
Entrust Trey to God!
Ask with hope for healing for Trey!
Pray with faith for continued success in Trey's treatments!
And praise God for being good!
"The Lord is good,
a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him"
Nahum 1:7
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Trey Tuesday - April 24, 2012
I.N.R.I.
Have you ever seen this letters inscribed on a crucifix?
What do they stand for anyway?
These were the letters written above the cross where Jesus was crucified.
The common translation for these initials across the four gospels is
"The King of the Jews."
http://bible.cc/john/19-19.htm
Those who use Twitter and Facebook use acronyms daily!
(And believe me, it is verrrry easy to mix them up!) :)
Spend some time with Trey and you will find "his" language difficult to decipher at times!
-especially when you are the one in charge of the remote or You Tube and need to find Trey his favorite shows:
"HandyMannyFreshBeatBandHighFiveNiHaoKaiLan" he easily repeats and repeats and repeats
until you get it right! (Thank you, Joe and Bella for ALWAYS saving the day!) :)
Much the same, no matter how hard we try, we just can't comprehend those six terrible letters:
c-a-n-c-e-r
when we look at Trey and watch him run and laugh and dance and play
- so full of life!
Please join me in praising God for so many great stories and victories in Trey's life!
Let's celebrate the lives that have been impacted for eternity because of the faith of one little boy and his family!
Let's offer thanks to God for two uneventful Mondays with Trey's new treatment!
And let's always continue to pray for God to heal Trey, to discover a perfect treatment plan for Trey
and for Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella to be comforted and sustained by the grace of God!
As we pray for Trey this Tuesday, this week and every week
even if you don't understand red blood cells,
Disney Jr. or anything relating to social media,
please remember and rely on the code that is not top-secret, that God offers us in His Word from cover to cover,
from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21:
"In the beginning God" He always was, He always is and He always will be!
"The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen."
Have you ever seen this letters inscribed on a crucifix?
What do they stand for anyway?
These were the letters written above the cross where Jesus was crucified.
The common translation for these initials across the four gospels is
"The King of the Jews."
http://bible.cc/john/19-19.htm
Those who use Twitter and Facebook use acronyms daily!
(And believe me, it is verrrry easy to mix them up!) :)
Spend some time with Trey and you will find "his" language difficult to decipher at times!
-especially when you are the one in charge of the remote or You Tube and need to find Trey his favorite shows:
"HandyMannyFreshBeatBandHighFiveNiHaoKaiLan" he easily repeats and repeats and repeats
until you get it right! (Thank you, Joe and Bella for ALWAYS saving the day!) :)
Much the same, no matter how hard we try, we just can't comprehend those six terrible letters:
c-a-n-c-e-r
when we look at Trey and watch him run and laugh and dance and play
- so full of life!
Please join me in praising God for so many great stories and victories in Trey's life!
Let's celebrate the lives that have been impacted for eternity because of the faith of one little boy and his family!
Let's offer thanks to God for two uneventful Mondays with Trey's new treatment!
And let's always continue to pray for God to heal Trey, to discover a perfect treatment plan for Trey
and for Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella to be comforted and sustained by the grace of God!
As we pray for Trey this Tuesday, this week and every week
even if you don't understand red blood cells,
Disney Jr. or anything relating to social media,
please remember and rely on the code that is not top-secret, that God offers us in His Word from cover to cover,
from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21:
"In the beginning God" He always was, He always is and He always will be!
"The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen."
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Trey Tuesday - April 17, 2012
Day by Day
Remember the lyrics from Godspell?
This song was actually a prayer written by Richard, Bishop of Chichester in the 1200s....long before many of our modern day maladies and illnesses, unemployment and crime, abuse and scandals.
Day by day
Day by day
Oh Dear Lord
Three things I pray
To see thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Day by day.
Wait! How many things is he praying about? Three!?!?!
I don't know about you, but there are many, many names on my prayer lists these days! Way more than 3!
Where is our Young Warrior on this list of 3 "things!?"
As we gather for Trey Tuesday (and Trey Monday as he receives his new treatment each Monday) of course God wants us to lift Trey up,
petitioning God's healing hand upon our Young Warrior! For God to protect Trey's body through this new treatment! For Trey to be a #1 success story for this new scientific clinical study!
Of course God cares about Jay and Rachel as they wonder and worry and hope and trust through another attempt at destroying the tumors.
Of course God has set the doctors and nurses and facilities apart for Trey to receive God's very best!
And of course we ask God to surround Joe and Bella with His Shield!
But God has plans and goals for you!
Do you seek to see God more clearly?
Do you long to love Him more dearly?
Do you desire to follow Him more nearly?
Day by day by day by day by day?
"He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justice,
to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God"
Malachi 6:8
Remember the lyrics from Godspell?
This song was actually a prayer written by Richard, Bishop of Chichester in the 1200s....long before many of our modern day maladies and illnesses, unemployment and crime, abuse and scandals.
Day by day
Day by day
Oh Dear Lord
Three things I pray
To see thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Day by day.
Wait! How many things is he praying about? Three!?!?!
I don't know about you, but there are many, many names on my prayer lists these days! Way more than 3!
Where is our Young Warrior on this list of 3 "things!?"
As we gather for Trey Tuesday (and Trey Monday as he receives his new treatment each Monday) of course God wants us to lift Trey up,
petitioning God's healing hand upon our Young Warrior! For God to protect Trey's body through this new treatment! For Trey to be a #1 success story for this new scientific clinical study!
Of course God cares about Jay and Rachel as they wonder and worry and hope and trust through another attempt at destroying the tumors.
Of course God has set the doctors and nurses and facilities apart for Trey to receive God's very best!
And of course we ask God to surround Joe and Bella with His Shield!
But God has plans and goals for you!
Do you seek to see God more clearly?
Do you long to love Him more dearly?
Do you desire to follow Him more nearly?
Day by day by day by day by day?
"He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justice,
to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God"
Malachi 6:8
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Trey Tuesday - April 10, 2012
Counting....
What are you counting these days?
Easter eggs? Did your kids find them all?
Calories now that YOU have found all the Easter candy?
Days until summer?
The candles on your birthday cake? :)
We rejoice with Jay and Rachel as they praise God for the opening in the case study for Trey!
Are they counting their "lucky" stars that Trey got in?
Nope!
As important as counting is to our banker, our nutritionist, our car mechanic, our math teacher and the voting polls, God's love and power and strength
cannot be enumerated!
"I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb."
Revelation 7:9
"I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted."
Genesis 13:16
"Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand."
Psalm 139:18
So of all these things that God doesn't count...He COULD count them if He wanted to....what DOES He want us to count?
"Count it all joy, my brethren, whenever you face trials of many kinds"
James 1:2
No new math here....simply count "it" ALL joy!
Yes, Jay and Rachel rejoice in new hope for Trey!
Yes, a new treatment plan brings an end to their waiting and drives them into action!
And yes, this new unknown territory to face causes the Mitlos to cling to God's faithfulness!
Please pray for Trey - for strength and health and comfort during his tests!
For God to continue to show Jay and Rachel the way He has for them!
For Joe and Bella to be open and honest with their feelings and questions and concerns!
For Trey's treatment to be effective in stopping the growth of the tumor!
And for all of Team Mitlo One, my brethren, to indeed "count it all joy" wherever you are, whatever your "it" is!
"The Joy of the LORD is your strength"
Nehemiah 8:10
What are you counting these days?
Easter eggs? Did your kids find them all?
Calories now that YOU have found all the Easter candy?
Days until summer?
The candles on your birthday cake? :)
We rejoice with Jay and Rachel as they praise God for the opening in the case study for Trey!
Are they counting their "lucky" stars that Trey got in?
Nope!
As important as counting is to our banker, our nutritionist, our car mechanic, our math teacher and the voting polls, God's love and power and strength
cannot be enumerated!
"I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb."
Revelation 7:9
"I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted."
Genesis 13:16
"Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand."
Psalm 139:18
So of all these things that God doesn't count...He COULD count them if He wanted to....what DOES He want us to count?
"Count it all joy, my brethren, whenever you face trials of many kinds"
James 1:2
No new math here....simply count "it" ALL joy!
Yes, Jay and Rachel rejoice in new hope for Trey!
Yes, a new treatment plan brings an end to their waiting and drives them into action!
And yes, this new unknown territory to face causes the Mitlos to cling to God's faithfulness!
Please pray for Trey - for strength and health and comfort during his tests!
For God to continue to show Jay and Rachel the way He has for them!
For Joe and Bella to be open and honest with their feelings and questions and concerns!
For Trey's treatment to be effective in stopping the growth of the tumor!
And for all of Team Mitlo One, my brethren, to indeed "count it all joy" wherever you are, whatever your "it" is!
"The Joy of the LORD is your strength"
Nehemiah 8:10
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Trey Tuesday - April 3, 2012
Trey says, "Don't worry! I'm OK!"
Trey is our inspiration in so many ways!
Today's Trey Tuesday is a grown up version of how Trey lives!
Those who are blessed with the privilege of seeing Trey up close and personal know that he has a silly tendency to repeat a few phrases:
"Don't worry! Don't worry!" Trey says. "I'm OK! I'm OK!" he chants after a little slip and fall.
Oh, if we could only seize that spirit of faith and trust and joy!
Good Friday is almost upon us.
We all know what happened. (If you don't, PLEASE read Matthew 27 http://niv.scripturetext.com/
Jesus, innocent, holy Son of God, was tortured and crucified to pay for all sins for all mankind!
"They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt in front of Him and mocked Him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on Him, and took the staff and struck Him on the head again and again. After they had mocked Him, they took off the robe and put His own clothes on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him."
Matthew 27:28-31
Jesus was made to wear a crown of thorns.
Where did those thorns come from anyway?
Let's go waaaaaaaaaay back to Genesis.
Because of the sin of Adam and Eve, the first sin ever, God cursed the ground and said,
"The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you"
Genesis 3:18
for you. ouch.
But God used the thorn of sin upon His precious Son's head in order to bring forgiveness of our sin!
See....Trey is right! "Don't worry! It IS OK!". :)
Have you ever had a "thorn" in your life?
Do you think it is there to only cause you harm?
PLEASE be like Trey: "Don't worry! Don't worry! I'm OK! I'm OK!"
God can use ANYTHING ANYTIME for our good and His glory!
Please continue to pray for Trey as his next treatment plan is decided.
Please pray for God's BEST for Trey!
PRAISE God for Trey's joy and zeal and health!
And please pray for Jay and Rachel as they make decisions and trust the doctors' plans.
"For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one Man, Jesus Christ."
Romans 5:17
Trey is our inspiration in so many ways!
Today's Trey Tuesday is a grown up version of how Trey lives!
Those who are blessed with the privilege of seeing Trey up close and personal know that he has a silly tendency to repeat a few phrases:
"Don't worry! Don't worry!" Trey says. "I'm OK! I'm OK!" he chants after a little slip and fall.
Oh, if we could only seize that spirit of faith and trust and joy!
Good Friday is almost upon us.
We all know what happened. (If you don't, PLEASE read Matthew 27 http://niv.scripturetext.com/
Jesus, innocent, holy Son of God, was tortured and crucified to pay for all sins for all mankind!
"They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt in front of Him and mocked Him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on Him, and took the staff and struck Him on the head again and again. After they had mocked Him, they took off the robe and put His own clothes on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him."
Matthew 27:28-31
Jesus was made to wear a crown of thorns.
Where did those thorns come from anyway?
Let's go waaaaaaaaaay back to Genesis.
Because of the sin of Adam and Eve, the first sin ever, God cursed the ground and said,
"The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you"
Genesis 3:18
for you. ouch.
But God used the thorn of sin upon His precious Son's head in order to bring forgiveness of our sin!
See....Trey is right! "Don't worry! It IS OK!". :)
Have you ever had a "thorn" in your life?
Do you think it is there to only cause you harm?
PLEASE be like Trey: "Don't worry! Don't worry! I'm OK! I'm OK!"
God can use ANYTHING ANYTIME for our good and His glory!
Please continue to pray for Trey as his next treatment plan is decided.
Please pray for God's BEST for Trey!
PRAISE God for Trey's joy and zeal and health!
And please pray for Jay and Rachel as they make decisions and trust the doctors' plans.
"For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one Man, Jesus Christ."
Romans 5:17
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Trey Tuesday - March 27, 2012
Fool or Faith?
Palm Sunday falls on April 1st this year: April Fool's Day.
Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Easter Celebration: the Resurrection of Jesus as our Savior and Lord,
Redeemer of sin-filled man cleansing the Way to Holy God!
Outside of God, on the Easter Bunny Trail of Life, it may seem quite fitting, "Only a fool would have faith," the world seems to say.
Really?
Are you calling Trey a fool?
Our Young Warrior has wholehearted faith and trust in his father and mother
to provide for his needs, protect him, comfort him and plan for his future.
And guess what?
Trey's parents do, too!
As do many, many members of Team Mitlo One!
As believers, full of faith in Jesus Christ, we wholeheartedly trust our Heavenly Father to
provide for our needs, protect us, comfort us and plan for our future!
Don't be a fool - have faith! :)
"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."
Romans 1:16
It is with great faith we pray for Trey this Trey Tuesday:
For Trey to have continued amazing health and strength and silliness and joy!
For the perfect treatment to become available through the next study!
For God to completely heal Trey of cancer!
For Jay and Rachel to follow Trey in child-like faith!
For Joe and Bella to be blessed with much comfort and peace!
"Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
Ephesians 6:23
Palm Sunday falls on April 1st this year: April Fool's Day.
Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Easter Celebration: the Resurrection of Jesus as our Savior and Lord,
Redeemer of sin-filled man cleansing the Way to Holy God!
Outside of God, on the Easter Bunny Trail of Life, it may seem quite fitting, "Only a fool would have faith," the world seems to say.
Really?
Are you calling Trey a fool?
Our Young Warrior has wholehearted faith and trust in his father and mother
to provide for his needs, protect him, comfort him and plan for his future.
And guess what?
Trey's parents do, too!
As do many, many members of Team Mitlo One!
As believers, full of faith in Jesus Christ, we wholeheartedly trust our Heavenly Father to
provide for our needs, protect us, comfort us and plan for our future!
Don't be a fool - have faith! :)
"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."
Romans 1:16
It is with great faith we pray for Trey this Trey Tuesday:
For Trey to have continued amazing health and strength and silliness and joy!
For the perfect treatment to become available through the next study!
For God to completely heal Trey of cancer!
For Jay and Rachel to follow Trey in child-like faith!
For Joe and Bella to be blessed with much comfort and peace!
"Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
Ephesians 6:23
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