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will speak again. You don't know unforeseen side effects, inclu- ever, my voice was returning, I
how great our God is and how ding life threatening sepsis and could laugh, and I was starting to
determined I am. I will have a infections. God spoke again from smell, taste, and swallow again. It
testimony to share one day of Psalm 27:13 - “Kim, don't despair, was completely miraculous!
what God has done.” you will see My goodness in the
land of the living.” That meant Cancer and chronic illness has
As I searched the Word for now, on this earth! Miraculously I been a great teacher. I have learnt
comfort God spoke to me through survived and went on to have a that nothing takes God by sur-
Isaiah 46:4, “Even to your old age bilateral mastectomy and even- prise. I can place my trust fully in
and grey hairs, I am He, I am He tual reconstruction. During this Him, and finally, that He is a God
who will sustain you; I have made time God again gave me a verse: of restoration. He has restored my
you and I will carry you; I will Acts 15:6, “After this I will return voice, health, family, joy, relation-
sustain you and I will rescue you.” and rebuild David's fallen tent, its ships, work and ministry. I now
I clung to God's Word and to every ruins I will rebuild and I will live every moment fully and suck
promise He gave me. restore it”. God was speaking of the very marrow out of life. It has
restoration. Rob had a picture of taught me to prioritise time with
By the end of 2008 we had our family - walking out and away my Jesus, the Holy Spirit and my
reached a “new normal”. We were from this valley into a wide open heavenly Father, as well as my
fluent in sign language and had fertile, flood plain rich with life husband, children and those I
adjusted. As a family we had and vitality. God was starting to love; to set boundaries and live
decided that no matter what the speak of restoration; we just within my limits.
future held we would never lose didn't know how incredible His
our love and faith in God, our love restoration would be! In closing, you may not have had
and connection as a family, or our the same challenges I have had,
sense of humour. I am so grateful While on chemotherapy my voice but we all go through struggles.
for those decisions as they started coming back. In April 2009 Our God is so faithful! Press in to
became foundational for what lay I wrote in my journal: “I have a know Jesus personally, make that
ahead. very soft but audible voice with your main aim in this life. Psalm
intonation and expression and it 103 says, “Praise the Lord o my
In October of 2008 I discovered a sounds just like me. God, You are soul and forget not all His
lump in my breast. I was diag- so awesome.” Doctors realised benefits, Who forgives all your
nosed with stage-one breast that five and a half years earlier sins and heals all your diseases,
cancer. We were terrified and when the cancer had started in the Who redeems your life from the
overwhelmed. “I want to hold my pre-malignant phase, it had put pit and crowns you with love and
grandchildren and grow old with out proteins into my body. My compassion, Who satisfies your
you,” I sighed to my husband. body had mounted a response to desires with good things so that
“This disease chose the wrong the proteins and attacked my your youth is renewed like the
woman!” larynx and vocal cords. When eagle.” We all have one life to live;
cancer does this it destroys the live it fully to the glory of our God!
I started 16 gruelling sessions of nerve complexes completely and - Kim Ballantine, 082 683 0334

Anoniem van Ottosdal skryf:
BRIEWE adat ek die Here ongeveer vir ses weke van tyd tot tyd
gevra het om aan my bekend te maak of die volgende
Nseisoen nat of droog sal wees, het Hy op 20 Julie die
Redakteur:
volgende aan my geopenbaar: Ek het 'n vierkant met
Goeie Nuus pragtige groen gras gesien. Dit was ongeveer 20 cm hoog
met iets wit soos klippe in die vorm van 'n kruis in die
Posbus 1957 middel. Dit verander toe van vorm en lyk daarna meer soos
Potchefstroom skape.
In verlede seisoen se visioen was die gras vuil soos met
2520 modderwater oorspoel. Toe het dit uitermate baie gereën!