Monday, November 23, 2009

My Song of Praise


Tomorrow is the anniversary of my biopsy that diagnosed breast cancer. In so many ways it seems like ages ago, and in other ways just days ago.  I wrote about that period on my page on the Faith Walkers website (http://www.faithwalkers2.com/carolyne.htm). 

God has been so faithful and His Word has proven life giving and true.  Yesterday and today I revised Samuel 22 (David’s Song of Praise) to be my own. Be encouraged. Through God, WE ARE VICTORIOUS!

Love you,
Carolyne

P.S. My new hair is curly and a different color than before (grayer and a duller sable brown).  Time will tell if it stays curly or goes back to its old self.  I think I'm my old self (in a good way).

2nd Samuel 22
Carolyne's Song of Praise

1 Carolyne sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered her from cancer and the fear of cancer. 2 She said:

"You O LORD are my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

3 my God, you are my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.
You are my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—
from disease and distress you save me.

4 I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,

and I am saved from my enemies, from cancer, from fear, from anxiety.

5 "The waves of death swirled about me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

6 The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.

7 In my distress I called to the LORD;
I called out to my God.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came to his ears.

8 "The earth trembled and quaked,
the foundations of the heavens shook;
they trembled because he was angry.

9 Smoke rose from his nostrils;
consuming fire came from his mouth,
burning coals blazed out of it.

10 He parted the heavens and came down;
dark clouds were under his feet.

11 He mounted the cherubim and flew;
he soared on the wings of the wind.

12 He made darkness his canopy around him—
the dark rain clouds of the sky.

13 Out of the brightness of his presence
bolts of lightning blazed forth.

14 The LORD thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded.

15 He shot arrows and scattered the enemies, each and every cancer cell,
bolts of lightning and routed them.

16 The valleys of the sea were exposed
and the foundations of the earth laid bare
at the rebuke of the LORD,
at the blast of breath from his nostrils.

17 "He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.

18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, Satan,
from disease that was too strong for me.

19 Satan tried to confront me in the day of my disaster,
but the LORD was my support and He makes me a victor in all things.

20 He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.

21 "The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD;
I have not done evil by turning from my God.

23 All his laws are before me;
I have not turned away from his decrees.

24 I have been blameless before him
and have kept myself from sin.

25 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to my cleanness in his sight, thanks to the covering, cleansing blood of Jesus.

26 "To the faithful you show yourself faithful, O Lord,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

27 to the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

28 You save the humble,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

29 You are my lamp, O LORD;
the LORD turns my darkness into light.

30 With your help I can advance against a troop in any battle;
with my God I can scale a wall, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

31 "As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is flawless.
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in him.

32 For who is God besides the LORD ?
And who is the Rock except our God?

33 It is you O God who arms me with strength
and makes my way perfect.

34 You make my feet like the feet of a deer;
you enable me to stand on the heights.

35 You train my hands for battle;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze and uphold all who are hurting.

36 You give me your shield of victory;
you stoop down to make me great.

37 You broaden the path beneath me,
so that my ankles do not turn.

38 "I pursued my enemies -- cancer and fear -- and crushed them;
I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

39 I crushed them completely, and they could not rise;
they fell beneath my feet.

40 You armed me with strength for battle;
you made my adversaries bow at my feet, you made cancer my slave.

41 You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
and I destroyed my foes.

42 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
to the LORD, but he did not answer. In His presence they are powerless.

43 I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth;
I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.

44 "You have delivered me from the attacks of Satan;
you have preserved me as a light to the world.
People I did not know are encouraged by me, and drawn to you,

45 and foreigners come curiously to me;
as soon as they hear me, they soften to you, O Lord.

46 They do not lose heart;
they come trembling from their strongholds, seeking you, O Lord, God of Carolyne, Creator of the Universe.

47 "The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!
48 He is the God who avenges me,
who puts Satan under me and cancer behind me,
49 who sets me free from anxiety.
You exalted me above my trial;
from deadly disease you rescued me.

50 Therefore I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name.

51 He gives his daughters great victories;
he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,
to Carolyne and her descendants forever."

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