Moving Mountains

“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes…


“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart
but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.” Mark 11:23

Thank you for standing with me and having the kind of faith that moves mountains.
You WILL NOT believe the mountains that have moved over the last 5 days. Yes you will, because you’re expecting it. But still!
God is hearing. And he is answering. He goes before us and is working out even the smallest details.

1. Remember how I told you Thursday that we were praying I could get into Mayo Clinic ASAP? Well, I got a call Thursday afternoon and found out that one of the top neurologists in the country could see me today. The wait to see her is usually at least 6 months, but a friend (who is a surgeon at Mayo) called another friend who works in the neurology area and made it happen. Mountain moved.

2. A girlfriend who does research at Mayo called a friend who happens to be one of the top neurosurgeons in the country (notice a theme?) and asked him to look over my files as a favor. There’s an extremely long list to see him too, but he immediately said he’d take me on as a patient. He also “just happened” to be on his way home from the airport after a trip to Europe when she called and would be available to meet me today. (He’s Brazilian. They stick together. I knew marrying Anderson was a great idea!) Every time we mention him to someone in the Mayo circle they are shocked that he is now my doctor. They all say things like, “Do you know who he is?” Yep! Mountain moved.

3. After both doctors looked at my scans today they gave us a confident diagnosis. It’s not definite, but I feel like we got closer to some answers in 1 hour today than we’ve gotten in the last 5 months. My former doctor had an almost defeated, “Well, I just don’t know what this is” attitude. (I’m sure she’s amazing, but for some reason I stumped her!) And dealing with her office staff was a nightmare. But the two doctors I saw today were confident and made me feel like we WILL get to the bottom of this. It’s no small miracle that I am now in their care, and I am so grateful for the people who cared enough to help me get in. Mountain moved.

I want to share more with you about the diagnosis but feel like we need to be 100% sure first… or at least 97%. 🙂 But I will say that it’s still scary. It’s positive in some respects but will give a whole new meaning to “walking by faith.” I’ll see my new doctor again after he reviews one more scan (the one I most recently had) and am confident we will know more then. In the meantime, thank you for all the calls, texts, messages and hugs. And thank you for sharing God’s Word with us. Know that every time God puts something on your heart and you share it with us, it is EXACTLY what we need to hear at THAT TIME. We’re thankful for friends who love us enough to walk through crap with us. 🙂

175 comments

  1. I love that verse in Mark! Standing with you in love and most importantly, prayers! God is good and faithful! I look forward to seeing Him move more mountains as you walk this path He has you set on.<3

  2. God is faithful, sooo faithful!! I am not sure what time your appt was today but about 9:30 this am God put you greatly on my heart sooo I covered you in prayer sweet friend!! Love how God works

  3. What an amazing piece of joy to read today. Selfishly, it did MY heart good to read! Love love love this post! Love you and praying!

  4. Wow! Our God is awesome! Very thankful that He put you in good hands. Praying the doctors will continue to understand your condition in it’s entirety. And for you to have the strength and energy that is needed. Love you girl!:)

  5. Awesome news!!!! Things like this renews my faith (and may others I’m sure). God is definitely good. Keeping you in my prayers!

  6. I am still praying for you guys. I know He is the one in charge and taking care of all of this. I am so glad you got into this doctor. Faith in God is what sees me thru it all.

  7. Don’t you just love how God uses crap to fetilize and bring forth fruit! Praying for lots and lots of fruit and beautiful blooms for you and your family. Love you!!

  8. Wonderful news that you got in to see this doctor!! Remember that even the road is scary God has everything in his hands an he will not let you down. Your story is being made and will be for his glory. God is using this to help someone and I can tell you from experience the journey of living completely by faith is amazing. Love you and praying for you

  9. Praise the Lord. I love this picture so much it makes me want to cry. Big fat crocidile tears. Praise God for these mountains moving! I am so anxious to hear results and learn what next to be praying for! Maybe, just maybe it’ll be a prayer of thanksgiving for whatever it is NOT being there any longer. He’s in charge. We know that. And believe that. You are a strong Godly woman, Lyndsay and I have NO DOUBT big things are in store for your future! SO THRILLED for all these mountains moving on your behalf. And thankful that you have a wonderful support team along side of you, especially that husband of yours. 😉 xoxoxoxoxox

  10. So happy to hear how God moving in your life in bringing your team together. Ted & I continue to pray for you and your healing. (((Hugs)))

  11. Lyndsay, I am so sorry you are going through this but I am sure God is using this challenging trial to strengthen you and your family like nothing before. You are using this to testify and glorify God and making positives out of negatives. You are an amazing woman of God and someone I have been looking up to for the last 5 years whether you know it or not. I think you are so amazing and I know you will pull out of this perfectly healed! You are definitely in God’s favor! I will keep you and your family in my prayers. 🙂

  12. God is so good! It is so inspiring to see Him working through you! We’ll stand believing that you will only get favorable results 🙂

  13. ??????? yes. BUT it is only those who are prepared that can see and caizlatpie the chance given. The people who always blames god/?/? that there is no chance is absolutely wrong! If they haven’t prepared, work hard or think hard, how can they see the chance themselves, even if they see the opportunity is right in front of them, they wont have the skills, connection, knowledge or experience to take advantage of it.How sad!!!Bomb

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