“Be of  good cheer, daughter, your faith has made you well!”  MATTHEW 9:22 

When she touched his garment, Jesus turned and he saw her! Then he said those words! The simple lesson to be learned is this: Jesus sees us, always! 

For 12 years she suffered an issue of blood. And all the doctors and would be healers she saw, all the lame recommendations from so-called medical experts of how to cure her came up empty. How discouraged she must have been! 

The journey through Alzheimer’s with my mom, felt like an eternity on some days! And taxing and completely depleting on others! But we can never lose heart and give up our faith. Why? Because Jesus sees us!

First of all, this woman must have heard about Jesus. Besides his eye-opening preaching, whenever he encountered a sick or lame person, Jesus healed them. She probably saw some healings in person. Or at least she talked with people who joyfully shared their story of recent healing. And in their rejoicing, hope started to form in her despondent heart. If Jesus healed all of them, is it possible that he would be willing to heal her?

 The worst part of her illness must have been her shame. A woman who had an issue of blood was officially “unclean”. Nobody could touch her; they even had to distance themselves from her. Especially a godly Rabbi. 

So what could she do?  

A plan began to form in her mind. If she could quietly get near Jesus, and touch the hem of his robe, maybe  his spiritual healing power would be transferred over to her. 

  She saw a crowd gathered, with lots of energy and excitement. Jesus was in the middle of the crowd. He looked like he was walking purposefully, as if he were on his way somewhere to do something significant. Her chance to try out her plan was moving away. She hurried along, trying to move quickly and get close to Jesus, and still manage to not be noticed. 

   She repeated to herself, “If I could only touch the fringe of Jesus’ robe, I can be healed.”   She came up behind him, reached out and touched the fringe of his garment. Immediately her discharge of blood ceased.” Luke 9:44

   The moment she was healed, Jesus stopped. He sensed that healing power had gone out from him.

Matthew says, “Jesus turned and saw her. He said, ‘Take heart, daughter, your faith has made you well.”  Matthew 9:22 (NIV)

Friends, I am a daughter too! I am a biological daughter of Linda Kay. She named me Lisa Kay after herself.  Watching her go through Alzheimer’s and feeling like she was disappearing from me made me feel like the one who had loved me most on earth and seen me best on earth could no longer wait to see me. There were days that felt lonely and sad. But when God reminded me of this beautiful story, it was like he was reaching down and comforting my hurting heart with his amazing truth: that I am his daughter, and he sees me! Even greater than that was the realization that my precious mom was his daughter, and he saw her as perfect and whole and complete, just as he always had seen her.

Another lesson that I learned on this journey was that God sees each one of us as his own precious child, no matter what condition we are in, altered state we are in, or physical condition we are in. We are his child and he sees us!

TRUTH BOMB

Reach out and touch the Savior, no matter where you are, because He sees you!

Speak Truth Love

Happy Truth Bomb Tuesday, Friends! 

I can’t begin to express the joy that fills my spirit as I am back writing and sharing God’s truth with you!

Another truth I learned through the journey of my mom‘s disease and graduation into heaven, is that God is good even when my circumstances are not!

One of the scriptures was spoken into my life when I was only a teenager and going through a very dramatic time, with my father leaving my family and me feeling broken and abandoned, was God saying to me, “ I am your Father. I will never leave you nor forsake you.“ Hebrews 13:5

God created me, who I am, just as He has all of us. I am an extrovert by nature and a people person. I am energized and built up around people! The relationship that God desires from me is so intimate and special and is my lifeline. It is the same relationship that God desires for every single one of His children.

The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s brings immediate fear of the unknown. Not only to the person diagnosed, but also to every loved one in that person‘s life. I remember the day of the diagnosis like it was today. The neurologist’s name was Dr. Tyler. I will never forget his face, his voice, his demeanor, or the truth that he spoke to my mom and all of us standing around her. Immediately my mind went to: What must she be thinking? What is she feeling? And what does she need? As the days and months and years progressed, those questions became more profound and felt unanswered. Does she know me? Is she frightened? Is she anxious? Does she know her surroundings? And worst of all, does she still know God and Jesus?  My greatest fear was that her disease would steal her relationship with God.

God‘s truth became cemented in my heart, my mind, and my spirit when I walked in to visit her one day. She reached out and took my hand, looked directly into my eyes, smiled and began to sing, “Jesus loves me.”  That was my gift from God that my mom still knew God and Jesus! And that God had her! Through all of the years that followed, my mom‘s disease progressed. Her mind went further from us, and her body grew smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker with each passing day. But never did my mom stop smiling, holding our hands, and singing, “Jesus loves me, this I know.” 

TRUTH BOMB

God is good, even when my circumstances are not! 

God demonstrated the truth that He really does never leave us nor forsake us! Even Alzheimer’s cannot steal our relationship from God!

Friends, my prayer is that in the midst of our hardest days and our worst trials, we will still cling to God and allow our weary hearts and our tired eyes to see His goodness. It is always there because He is always good!

Speak Truth Love 

I told you I wasn’t fooling. I’m back! Happy Truth Bomb Tuesday!

During this season, I have felt God piercing my heart with many TRUTHS!

The number one truth above and beyond any other is the faithfulness of God!  

My pause from my Blog began last year at Mother’s Day.

God called my Mom home to heaven on December 3rd of this last year, 2025. 

When Mother’s Day hit last year, He was preparing to take her home, and I was preparing to let her go. So many thoughts were whirling around in my head, and so many feelings were flooding my heart and my spirit that I had a hard time putting any of them into words. I had ultimate joy in knowing that my mom loved Jesus, and had accepted Him as her Lord and Savior many years before. The knowledge and the truth of this gave me joy in knowing she would be forever with Him in heaven, soon. I had fear in letting go and knowing that for the first time in my life I would have to live on this earth without her. I had peace in my spirit, knowing that she would be pain-free, and her memory would be fully restored to her when she got to heaven. I had sadness as I realized I would never again get to hold her hand, kiss her cheek, or hear her sweet voice sing Jesus loves me! Ultimately, I had grief, human grief in letting go of someone I adored and called my best friend!

For over eight years, my mother suffered from severe Alzheimer’s. And now another Mother’s Day had come, and she was closer than ever to being in heaven with her Savior, and I just didn’t know what to write or how to write it.

There are many lessons, and Truths to be shared through those eight months that followed until God did, indeed call her home, but the one that was with me, then, and with me every single moment of every single day, through all of it was God‘s faithfulness! Through every thought and every feeling, through every up and through every down, through every pain and every struggle, through every doubt, and every fear, God’s faithfulness never left my side. I was never truly alone, I was never desolate, I was never hopeless. God was always with me!

“But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.” 

2 Thessalonians 3:3.

Death was not God’s original plan, but relationship was! When we love with all of our hearts, and we are loved with all of someone’s heart, we experience the true love of God! When death separates us, it feels wrong because it is! Death was not God’s original plan for a relationship. It hurts, it causes pain, it causes grief and sorrow. and it brings great loss! The beauty of understanding God‘s love, and His design for relationship is knowing that it may not have been God‘s original plan, but because God loves us so much he made another plan. A plan that would be a final plan. A plan that would defeat any scheme of the enemy! A plan that would allow us to yes, be separated for a time by death, but then would provide us the opportunity to be in a forever relationship with those that we love who choose Jesus, and best of all with God, himself, the author and perfecter of love!

Death is the great separator. Death drops a curtain of silence between us and those we live! But praise God, it is not final! Death hurts, and it causes us, grief and loss and separation, but because of God and His faithfulness death does not have the final word! I miss my mom, and it’s been hard to put that into words. But I praise God that He has walked beside me through it all every step of the way and because of Him and His great love, I will see my mom again and be with her forever in heaven! 

TRUTH BOMB

Death is the great separator here on earth, but praise God it is not final!

I have missed being with you here on Tuesdays and I look forward to sharing more of God’s truths with you as I have walked through this season. See you next week!

Speak Truth Love

IT’S TRUTH BOMB TIME 💣 AND I’M NOT FOOLING!

Happy April Fools Day Everyone!

I’m not FOOLING when I say,

“It has been way too long and I have missed you!”

THIS HAS BEEN A ROUGH YEAR AND A LOOOOOONG SEASON  IN SO MANY WAYS! But I am telling the truth when I say, God‘s blessings far outweigh the struggles!

God promises that our struggles serve to strengthen us when we put our trust in Him!

I am a living testimony to this TRUTH!

God is faithful, God is true, He is compassionate, He is loving, and He is kind and praise Him…HE IS PATIENT!

He has waited for me to be ready and to know that I am to always continue using this gift that He gave me to,

To SPEAK His TRUTH in LOVE!