Whose Lion is it Anyway?
When I say the word, Lion, what image comes to mind?
Probably something between Lion King, National Geographic and Webkinz.
Or
perhaps Daniel in the Lions' Den (Daniel 6), Samson tearing the lion to
pieces (Judges 14) or Jesus, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root
of David! (Revelation 5)
Or maybe Jay and Rachel think of Trey and Bella and Joe - like any good parent would! :)
But would you ever consider a lion a blessing?!?!
Think of all the opportunities that came about after the encounters with lions!
Think of all the good that has come from the treacherous encounters in your life!
Think of all that God has done through Trey's journey with cancer!
Team Mitlo One and the journey of faith and hope and trust and love abound because of Trey! :)
Thank you for your faithful prayers! They are working! :)
Please continue to pray for strength and health and peace for Trey!
Please pray that Trey's current leg pain is not tumor growing, but growing pains from a healthy, vibrant boy! :)
Please also pray for Joe and Bella and all that they do and do not express in their lives.
And as always, pray for Trey's complete healing!
May God be praised!
What's Your Lion?
Whose Lion is it Anyway?
.....check out jaymitlo.com for more great perspective....
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done"
Genesis 50:20
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Trey Tuesday - February 19, 2013
Snapshot
Snapfish
Shutterfly
Snapchat
Instagram
Whatever happened to good old fashioned Kodak?!?! :)
Oh, there are so many ways to take a snapshot to capture the moment these days...
And Trey knows all too well that there are many ways to take a snapshot to capture a moment internally, too.
We praise God for each and every great report that Trey has received!
And we pray for many, many more great reports! :)
We also ask for prayer for continued great health for Trey!
And of course, for a miracle healing! :)
And for Jay and Rachel we pray for continued wisdom and guidance in every decision they make.
And for Joe and Bella we pray for peace and grace and them knowing without a doubt the unconditional love and
provision of their earthly parents and Heavenly Father!
What about you and me?
Daily we should be taking an internal, deeeeep internal, spiritual snapshot of our "condition."
And then what? What if we are suffering from a terminal condition? (pssst....we are!)
Let's check in with the Authority: God's Word:
"Finally, I confessed all my sins to You and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD."
And You forgave me! All my guilt is gone."
Psalm 32:5
Thank God, our Almighty Savior and Healer! :)
Snapfish
Shutterfly
Snapchat
Whatever happened to good old fashioned Kodak?!?! :)
Oh, there are so many ways to take a snapshot to capture the moment these days...
And Trey knows all too well that there are many ways to take a snapshot to capture a moment internally, too.
We praise God for each and every great report that Trey has received!
And we pray for many, many more great reports! :)
We also ask for prayer for continued great health for Trey!
And of course, for a miracle healing! :)
And for Jay and Rachel we pray for continued wisdom and guidance in every decision they make.
And for Joe and Bella we pray for peace and grace and them knowing without a doubt the unconditional love and
provision of their earthly parents and Heavenly Father!
What about you and me?
Daily we should be taking an internal, deeeeep internal, spiritual snapshot of our "condition."
And then what? What if we are suffering from a terminal condition? (pssst....we are!)
Let's check in with the Authority: God's Word:
"Finally, I confessed all my sins to You and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD."
And You forgave me! All my guilt is gone."
Psalm 32:5
Thank God, our Almighty Savior and Healer! :)
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Trey Tuesday - February 12, 2013
This is....it!
What comes to mind when you read that?
The finding of a long lost puzzle piece?
The rage of an exhausted parent of young children?!?
The rage of an exhausted parent of teens?!?!?
The relief of a successful tax accountant?
The Word of God?
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24
Jay and Rachel face new transitions as Trey's key doctor has changed.
Also, Trey's treatment plan will be undergoing review.
His eligibility for the study may be over soon or it may be extended.
How does Trey handle it all?
Singing, dancing, eating, drinking, playing, being a kid...LIVING! :)
Please continue to pray for continued happy, healthy days for Trey!
For good answers!
For great test results!
For peace and protection for their family!
Once again following in Trey's footsteps, won't you consider living life through his eyes?
Singing, dancing, eating, drinking, playing, being a kid = LIVING! :)
Instead of dwelling on today's trials and struggles or tomorrow's plans and worries and fears and doubts:
REJOICE!
BE GLAD!
LIVE!
DON'T WAIT!
NOW!
TODAY!
THIS IS...IT! :)
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24
What comes to mind when you read that?
The finding of a long lost puzzle piece?
The rage of an exhausted parent of young children?!?
The rage of an exhausted parent of teens?!?!?
The relief of a successful tax accountant?
The Word of God?
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24
Jay and Rachel face new transitions as Trey's key doctor has changed.
Also, Trey's treatment plan will be undergoing review.
His eligibility for the study may be over soon or it may be extended.
How does Trey handle it all?
Singing, dancing, eating, drinking, playing, being a kid...LIVING! :)
Please continue to pray for continued happy, healthy days for Trey!
For good answers!
For great test results!
For peace and protection for their family!
Once again following in Trey's footsteps, won't you consider living life through his eyes?
Singing, dancing, eating, drinking, playing, being a kid = LIVING! :)
Instead of dwelling on today's trials and struggles or tomorrow's plans and worries and fears and doubts:
REJOICE!
BE GLAD!
LIVE!
DON'T WAIT!
NOW!
TODAY!
THIS IS...IT! :)
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Trey Tuesday - February 5, 2013
Laughter and Trembling?
"Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
Psalm 126:2
I hope by now you have read Jay's most recent post entitled: It Could Happen.
Find it here: jaymitlo.com
If you haven't read it, I will give you the punch line:
"C'mon everyone, let's get naked!"
Yep! Trey, not wearing EITHER team color...or wearing anything at all...announcing it to anyone and everyone! :)
Oh, to live life through the eyes of our Young Warrior! :)
Oh, to live life through the eyes of our Young Warrior! :)
On a scale from 1-10, how are you doing with rejoicing despite your circumstances?
"Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling"
Psalm 2:11
Are you rejoicing to the point of trembling!?!
"Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling"
Psalm 2:11
Are you rejoicing to the point of trembling!?!
Likes child about to enter Disney World!?!
Or like a grand prize winner on a game show!?!
Or like a child with cancer, facing weekly treatments and endless testing and blood checks and hospital visits!?!
Set your personal agenda aside and join me in prayer for Trey this week:
- for continued AMAZING health and strength and joy!
- for peace and wisdom for Jay and Rachel!
- for a cure for this dreadful disease!
- for security and comfort for Joe and Bella!
- for God's healing hand on Trey!
Or like a child with cancer, facing weekly treatments and endless testing and blood checks and hospital visits!?!
Set your personal agenda aside and join me in prayer for Trey this week:
- for continued AMAZING health and strength and joy!
- for peace and wisdom for Jay and Rachel!
- for a cure for this dreadful disease!
- for security and comfort for Joe and Bella!
- for God's healing hand on Trey!
"Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
Psalm 126:2
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Trey Tuesday - January 29, 2013
Snow Globes
You know the snow globe scenes...pick up the heavy glass ball and shake the liquid so the white flakes sparkle and dance over the tranquil setting.
Safe and warm inside the bubble, neat and clean, preserved, controlled, contrived....
Not quite the reality of snow in our lives...cold, wet, slushy, slippery, inconvenient, unpredictable....
Yet we also know the fun, the joy, the adventure and exhilaration that comes from sledding and snow ball fights! :)
We can choose to participate in this life God has given us in one of two ways:
Trying to treat life like you live in a snow globe - seemingly pristine, composed and controlled.
Or letting God work in and around you getting your feet wet and your cheeks rosy outside the glass bubble!
(After all, isn't hot chocolate the sweetest after a day spent playing in the snow!?!?) :)
A weather broadcast the other day likened watching the falling snow outside the studio to peering into a snow globe....
That got me to thinking...as most of life does...of Trey! :) And cancer. And choosing life! :)
How? You might ask?!?!?
Trey doesn't know it, but he makes a choice every day! To live outside the bubble!
His treatment day photos scream of peace and trust and even joy! :)
Trey lives every day to its very, very fullest! :)
We praise God that Jay and Rachel exude a sense of trusting God whatever the weather!
We thank God for each and every lesson Trey and his cancer have taught us!
We ask God for continued health and strength and joy for Trey!
And we trust God for His timing in healing Trey! :)
Thank you for your steadfast, faithful prayers!
"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
John 10:10
You know the snow globe scenes...pick up the heavy glass ball and shake the liquid so the white flakes sparkle and dance over the tranquil setting.
Safe and warm inside the bubble, neat and clean, preserved, controlled, contrived....
Not quite the reality of snow in our lives...cold, wet, slushy, slippery, inconvenient, unpredictable....
Yet we also know the fun, the joy, the adventure and exhilaration that comes from sledding and snow ball fights! :)
We can choose to participate in this life God has given us in one of two ways:
Trying to treat life like you live in a snow globe - seemingly pristine, composed and controlled.
Or letting God work in and around you getting your feet wet and your cheeks rosy outside the glass bubble!
(After all, isn't hot chocolate the sweetest after a day spent playing in the snow!?!?) :)
A weather broadcast the other day likened watching the falling snow outside the studio to peering into a snow globe....
That got me to thinking...as most of life does...of Trey! :) And cancer. And choosing life! :)
How? You might ask?!?!?
Trey doesn't know it, but he makes a choice every day! To live outside the bubble!
His treatment day photos scream of peace and trust and even joy! :)
Trey lives every day to its very, very fullest! :)
We praise God that Jay and Rachel exude a sense of trusting God whatever the weather!
We thank God for each and every lesson Trey and his cancer have taught us!
We ask God for continued health and strength and joy for Trey!
And we trust God for His timing in healing Trey! :)
Thank you for your steadfast, faithful prayers!
"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
John 10:10
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Trey Tuesday - January 22, 2013
Rock Solid
Temperatures below freezing - and staying there! - ensure that the soggy, rain soaked ground is finally firm! The weeds will be dying. The bugs will be dying (except for the stink bugs that are safe in my house!)
I'm not quite ready to step out on the nearby lake, though. The puddles, yes. The lake, no.
I know if I step in/on a frozen puddle, that thin layer of water/ice is frozen rock solid.
The lake cannot be trusted.
Ever feel like life is like that?
The shallow things in life are easy to maneuver, even easy to invest a little trust.
But the deeper things? What? Risk ending up more vulnerable than an icy dip in the lake in January!??!
This Trey Tuesday I ask you to skip the rock solid analogies when it comes to relying on God.
He is Rock Solid, the Solid Rock, regardless of the weather in your neighborhood AND in your heart and life!
"For who is God except the LORD? Who but our God is a Solid Rock?"
Psalm 18:31 NLT
Throughout Trey's journey, God has been 100% Rock Solid Reliable Dependable Trustworthy...despite anything!
Trey's past, present and future are in His Reliable Hands...and pssssttttt.....yours are too! :)
So jump in with us! Both feet! As we abandon fear and doubt and uncertainty and pray for Trey's continued treatments!
We ask for many more awesome reports! And a miracle healing! :)
And for the light of Trey and Jesus to shine brightly in the hospital to a watching and needy world!
And for strength and peace for Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella and Trey!
“Jesus said, 'Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the Rock."
Matthew 7:24, 25
Temperatures below freezing - and staying there! - ensure that the soggy, rain soaked ground is finally firm! The weeds will be dying. The bugs will be dying (except for the stink bugs that are safe in my house!)
I'm not quite ready to step out on the nearby lake, though. The puddles, yes. The lake, no.
I know if I step in/on a frozen puddle, that thin layer of water/ice is frozen rock solid.
The lake cannot be trusted.
Ever feel like life is like that?
The shallow things in life are easy to maneuver, even easy to invest a little trust.
But the deeper things? What? Risk ending up more vulnerable than an icy dip in the lake in January!??!
This Trey Tuesday I ask you to skip the rock solid analogies when it comes to relying on God.
He is Rock Solid, the Solid Rock, regardless of the weather in your neighborhood AND in your heart and life!
"For who is God except the LORD? Who but our God is a Solid Rock?"
Psalm 18:31 NLT
Throughout Trey's journey, God has been 100% Rock Solid Reliable Dependable Trustworthy...despite anything!
Trey's past, present and future are in His Reliable Hands...and pssssttttt.....yours are too! :)
So jump in with us! Both feet! As we abandon fear and doubt and uncertainty and pray for Trey's continued treatments!
We ask for many more awesome reports! And a miracle healing! :)
And for the light of Trey and Jesus to shine brightly in the hospital to a watching and needy world!
And for strength and peace for Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella and Trey!
“Jesus said, 'Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the Rock."
Matthew 7:24, 25
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Trey Tuesday - January 15, 2013
The Roar or the Whisper?
No, I'm not talking about Trey's voice (although I could be!) :)
Let's take a peek into I Kings 19 when Elijah is hiding from opposing forces which were out to get him.
"Elijah was afraid and ran for his life." verse 3
Ever feel like that?
Think you can outrun your problems, stresses, fears?
"He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die." verse 4
Wow! Elijah seems hopeless/desperate...out of possibilities.
From his point of view....
"All at once an angel touched him" verse 5
Well, well, well....I guess the human perspective was trumped by an angel sent by God Himself!
Elijah gave up. Surrendered. Quit trying with his own might.
And God's messenger came near...near enough to touch him!!!
But the story doesn't end there!
Strengthened for the journey, Elijah travels to a cave at the mountain of God.
Perhaps to hide? Perhaps to rest?
God had other plans...
"The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by." verse 11
Wait! What!?!?! Stand out on the mountain?
What if something happens while I am out there?
What if it's dangerous?
'You know, God,' Elijah might say, 'the depths of the cave sure are cozy and warm and....uh....safe!'
"Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind.
After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire.
And after the fire came a gentle whisper." verses 11 and 12
Oh, Team Mitlo One, Trey has been through the wind, the earthquakes and the fires lately!
Things like the stomach bug over the course of 5 days, CT scan, with contrast!, CT report, flu shot, and weekly treatment - without getting into
sibling rivalry, typical 4 year old behavior and moods, and oh yeah - cancer!
God indeed has spoken to many of us through those trials.
But perhaps God chooses to whisper...a gentle whisper.
Are you still enough to hear Him?
Do you speak the "language?"
Would you recognize His voice?
The Mitlos have been out on the mountain and your prayers have surrounded them!
THANK YOU for lifting up Trey and Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella and Trey's team of doctors and nurses!
Thank you for rallying when the going gets tough!
And thank you for being there for the day to day! :)
We shout out praise to God for this season of a HUGE blessing of NO GROWTH on Trey's scan! :)
And yet we intimately whisper to God, pleas of continued great health and strength and joy and peace for Trey and his family!
Please continue to also boldly approach the throne of God on Trey's behalf, asking for God's mercies and richest blessings for the healing of his cancer!
"He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed."
Psalm 107:29
No, I'm not talking about Trey's voice (although I could be!) :)
Let's take a peek into I Kings 19 when Elijah is hiding from opposing forces which were out to get him.
"Elijah was afraid and ran for his life." verse 3
Ever feel like that?
Think you can outrun your problems, stresses, fears?
"He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die." verse 4
Wow! Elijah seems hopeless/desperate...out of possibilities.
From his point of view....
"All at once an angel touched him" verse 5
Well, well, well....I guess the human perspective was trumped by an angel sent by God Himself!
Elijah gave up. Surrendered. Quit trying with his own might.
And God's messenger came near...near enough to touch him!!!
But the story doesn't end there!
Strengthened for the journey, Elijah travels to a cave at the mountain of God.
Perhaps to hide? Perhaps to rest?
God had other plans...
"The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by." verse 11
Wait! What!?!?! Stand out on the mountain?
What if something happens while I am out there?
What if it's dangerous?
'You know, God,' Elijah might say, 'the depths of the cave sure are cozy and warm and....uh....safe!'
"Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind.
After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire.
And after the fire came a gentle whisper." verses 11 and 12
Oh, Team Mitlo One, Trey has been through the wind, the earthquakes and the fires lately!
Things like the stomach bug over the course of 5 days, CT scan, with contrast!, CT report, flu shot, and weekly treatment - without getting into
sibling rivalry, typical 4 year old behavior and moods, and oh yeah - cancer!
God indeed has spoken to many of us through those trials.
But perhaps God chooses to whisper...a gentle whisper.
Are you still enough to hear Him?
Do you speak the "language?"
Would you recognize His voice?
The Mitlos have been out on the mountain and your prayers have surrounded them!
THANK YOU for lifting up Trey and Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella and Trey's team of doctors and nurses!
Thank you for rallying when the going gets tough!
And thank you for being there for the day to day! :)
We shout out praise to God for this season of a HUGE blessing of NO GROWTH on Trey's scan! :)
And yet we intimately whisper to God, pleas of continued great health and strength and joy and peace for Trey and his family!
Please continue to also boldly approach the throne of God on Trey's behalf, asking for God's mercies and richest blessings for the healing of his cancer!
"He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed."
Psalm 107:29
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