Beautiful Women

{Rachel and her son Quinn}

I recently watched a talk that a lady named Rachel Barkey had given to a group of women.
It was a talk about her battle with cancer.
It was a talk about the bigger picture.
It was a talk about the hope we can have if we turn our lives over to GOD.


I was sent the link by a wonderful and caring friend

but I just stared at the email for a few days~
knowing how hard it would be to watch.

I finally got up the nerve to click on it and watch it

I was soon crying.



crying.....

and taking notes.

~~I was surrounded with sticky~notes by the end of the video~~




This wonderful woman has left us with a legacy of beautiful words

and excellent wisdom.


I would like to share some of the notes that are now surrounding my computer

{her words are in grey....they may not be exact quotes....but close}


We live in a sinful world. It wasn't meant to be this way.
It will not always be this way. But God has a plan....
to be in a perfect world.



and that plan is perfect....

Jesus~our Savior
and our way to that world is perfect

and Heaven is perfect


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Let not your hearts be troubled.
Believe in God;
believe also in me.

In my Father's house are many rooms.
If it were not so,
would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again and will take you to myself
that where I am
you may be also.

John 14:1-3

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My God is able to save me and will. This suffering is temporary.
He will bring me to a perfect world where HE is.

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I am dying.
But so are you.

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Jesus suffered for us to save us. God did not spare him.
If I can suffer
why would He spare me if my suffering would result in good for you.

If my suffering is the means that God uses
to bring even one person to Himself~ it is an honor to suffer.


This one took my breath away.
My dear sweet sister had said something so
very much like this to me just days before
I watched the video.

It made me so proud of her.

Her selflessness.
Her love toward others.{Shauna and her son}

And it made me so ashamed.
I don't know that I would be so strong.
So selfless.
So loving.


I am so grateful for these beautiful women.
They are a tremendous example of what faith should be.

My prayer is that I can grow in my faith

see the bigger picture~ that this life is short
and this life is temporary

and that I will turn all my worries over to Him.

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Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving
let your requests be made known unto God.

Philippians 4:6


If you are hurting or suffering....
I pray that you will look to God for strength
and answers.

He will never leave you or forsake you.