This is my friend Ramey and her family...husband John and son Judah. Some of you may have heard us share about her in the last few months, and some of you may not have heard. She is battling the aftermath of two major brain tumors. One was discovered in January and removed (leaving a small % of tumor behind). It then grew back and the 2nd one was removed a month or so ago. She is now at a local hospital and has not really woken up completely since the 2nd surgery in which the Dr. claimed 99.9% of the tumor was removed. He was actually surprised that he was able to remove almost all (could have been all but I do not think they can claim 100% removal for liability). Anyways...I am just writing to share my sadness but also to share some of her amazing story.
Ramey was the 1st person I met when we went to visit our church here in Charleston. We clicked right away and ended up hanging out and becoming good friends. I have only known her for about a year now, but I have learned how amazing of a person she is. She loves the Lord and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice which she blesses us with on Sunday's as part of the church worship team. She is creative, vibrant and beautiful inside and out. She is spunky and spontaneous, yet careful and thoughtful. I miss her liveliness and charisma recently as she rests and recovers from this surgery.
We are not sure what God has in mind for her...whether to keep her here and perform a healing miracle or to take her home to be closer to Him. It is a very dificult thing to consider the latter...but yet we know that God is sovereign and has his purpose in everything. We know that we are not spared pain and haeartache just because we call ourselves christians, we just have an assurance that there is more to this life which is here and gone compared to eternity.
I know this much, Ramey has touched the hearts and lives of many people....family, friends, and even strangers. She has especially touched our hearts in this difficult time she has been going through as she has not stopped giving God all the glory and praise despite the pain and fear of maybe not winning this battle against the cancer. If our only purpose is to worship the Lord and give Him all the glory, then I can confidently say that Ramey has done that in her life and in her struggle against this physical illness.
"Ramey, I love you and we are praying for a miracle because we want you here with us. I am selfish, I admit, in saying that I want you here with me...with us....with your family. I want you to sing more songs, paint more paintings, take more pictures and drink more tea...heaven will be there forever....it can wait a bit longer for you!"
