Fronda Bailey: God Is Good (as told to Jerry Martin)

 
Mrs. Fronda Bailey

  God is so Good! I could not have made it without the Lord!

God’s timing is always perfect. In 2020, many of my family members went to be with the Lord. The burden was hard to for me to carry, but through it all, I remembered the song “Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary.”

My niece Gail Posey died in January; my sister Jane passed in April: my daughter Tammie departed in July. My husband Robert had a large aneurysm removed in July. In 2021, I was diagnosed with cancer. I took chemotherapy treatments and 20 radiation treatments, as well as having a heart pacemaker installed that year. In 2022, my sister Frances also left for heaven. We lost four close family members, and, as well, my husband and I endured very serious health issues in a short space of time.

I know the reason for my survival was that the Lord was with me, and He provided me the strength to go on. I know he heard all the prayers going up from my pastor and church family.  Today I am cancer-free! Praise God!

Philippians 4:13 is my go-to verse: “I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me.” 

I am telling you all this so you will always trust in the Lord and NEVER give up! 

“Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul” (Psalm 66:16).

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