Nick Dion
November 18, 2016 at 3:29 PM
Julia, beautiful reflection on those around you. Being able to seek the positive has always been a struggle for me, and reading your blog makes me see how simple and refreshing it is to reach for those things. We are glad to hear you are at peace and able to find comfort in GOD. We will always be praying 🙂
Love Nick and Kayla
Unknown
November 18, 2016 at 5:36 PM
dear Julia, as I read your blog it brings back memories and the same emotions when Matt was sick. As I sit here with tears running down my face, I can only hope that my girls would have the same faith and love for the Lord as you and Matt have had. Thank you for being so inspiring and uplifting throughout your courageous battle. Your family must be so proud.Â
All our Love, Nicola and Jeff Fryday
Shirley Marshall
November 18,2016 at 6:37 PM
We are going through some of this in our family Julia and your faithstrenght and courage is such an inspiration to us.
Peter Nasson
November 18, 2016 at 7:41 PM
Julia,
Thank you for sharing your journey so publicly! Your strength, faith, love and wisdom are not only inspirational but aspirational as well!
Love and prayers to you and your close ones,
Peter
chiko maclean
November 18, 2016 at 8:06 PM
I have never met you in person, Julia, but I have followed your blog for the past few months and find myself thinking of you as a precious friend I just haven’t met yet. Thank you for so transparently inviting us into your life in this season. It is a priceless gift to us all. You are helping us store up faith, hope and love in our hearts…and this gift from you is the most excellent way to help us all love, serve and live for our Saviour well. Thank you. I am in awe of how God is carrying you, Andy, your family and dear friends through this time. I am in awe that your heart sings the way it does. You have led me in worship tonight. Thank you. Love, Lorilee MacLean
Unknown
November 18, 2016 at 9:32 PM
Precious Julia and Andy,
Many hearts break with yours as you share the Dr’s news….. and yet your authenticity, your love and your faith are so genuine that it will take an eternity to plumb the depths of how the Lord is impacting others through your experience. God is not the author of cancer but He sure does not waste it. He is not surprised by it either. May you continue to know joy and the peace which passes all understanding as our Saviour who knows what it means to suffer, wraps you snugly in His nail pierced hands. With much love and respect, Brian and Heather Whitley
Anonymous
November 18,2016 at 11:16 PM
I’m believing for you to overcome. Joshua and Caleb were in the minority when they believed they could overcome the giants in their land but they saw God’s unlimited power. I read your blog and believe you are seeing God, all His love that He is marinating you in and I’m reminded that faith works by love (Gal 5:6). Speak to your mountain Julia (Mark 11:23). I believe He is waiting for you to start. He has more good works, planned before the foundation of the world, for you to do yet.
Anonymous
November 19, 2016 at 6:23 AM
Praying for you and your family julia.God Bless.
Andrew
jillian
November 19, 2016 at 10:24 AM
God bless your joy! And may He give you more! As I’ve been praying for you,romans 4 is very real. “Against all hope, Abraham, in hope, believed.”Im putting your name in there! Against all hope, Julia, in hope, believed!Â
Praying for your body to be completely restored, Julia!
Unknown
November 19, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Julia, I’m glad you are home.
You have such a positive attitude that pervades your posts and writing. As Nick Dion said in an earlier comment, your writing is always a beautiful reflection on those around you. All my best goes to you and your family.
You’ve got another lanky blond kid here praying for you.
– Everett
Andrea Turcotte
November 19, 2016 at 7:31 PM
Thank you for your courageous and honest updates. You are an amazing woman of faith whom I wish I had had the opportunity to meet. Please know that I pray for you often and always think of you when I hear Hillary Scott’s sing ‘Thy Will Be Done’ on the radio. May God’s peace, love and comfort surround you, Andy and your family through these tough and uncertain days. Still believing in God for a miracle….your sister in Christ Andrea
Patti McNeice
November 20, 2016 at 7:43 AM
Thank you Julia, for the incredible lessons and inspiration we gather from reading your words of courage, joy, resilience and praise. So glad that you are feeling better and able to enjoy some of the small things that you love. Praying, ( personally and our small group) for your comfort and strength for all who love you so dearly.
robert muir
November 20, 2016 at 8:01 AM
Dear Andy and Julia,
Just want you to know that we are praying for you and your families, and that you are prayed for regularly in the assembly prayer meetings as well as at the recent Bible conference here in Montreal. Praying for you this morning reminded me of Daniel’s three friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who said “Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us…”. AND HE DID! And He is no less powerful today! And He will deliver you! To HIM be all the glory!
With deepest love in HIM,
Robert and Sigrid
Carine Payette
November 20, 2016 at 1:53 PM
Dear Julia, we have never met but I have been following your posts through some common friends over the last year and I wanted to tell you that you have touched me so many times! Thanks for being real and so eloquent throughout this journey. You are so beautiful! You have challenged me so many times to be closer to God, you are a true inspiration and you have been so encouraging to me. I continue to pray for you and your family in these circumstances. Your friend in Jesus, Carine
Liz Massarelli
November 20,2016 at 9:07 PM
Praying for your whole circle of loved ones- which is a lot of people. Praising God for your testimony and faith under the hardest things in life on this earth. Know your faith has touched so many and will continue to as no one thatknow you will forget your struggle and your commitment to Christ!
Anonymous
November 20,2016 at 11:14 PM
Julia and Andy,Â
I’ve just come across your blog. While I, like many other’s heart breaks for both Andy and you.m it’s is so full of hope, grace and inspiration as you go through the roughest time with such a steadfast spirit.Â
I will keep your family and you both in my prayers, thank you for being such a rockstar.
Anonymous
November 21, 2016 at 4:51 PM
Hi Julia ! I am a student of the PSW program and I discovered your blog while investigating the Virtual Palliative care site during one of our reading assignments. I am a mother of 5 grown children and also my husband is a Pastor. I cannot find adequate enough words to describe how brave, insightful and beautiful you seem to me. Thank you for sharing your journey in such an inspirational and gracious way. I see God has great plans for you and has already enabled you in so many ways to touch many people and share the glory of what a life walking with Him is really like. May God continue to bless you and your loving family with the joy and peace that fills all of your hearts and your home this day.
JPengelly
November 22, 2016 at 11:03 AM
Witnessing your journey has changed me, Julia. Thank you. <3
Donna Jansens
November 22, 2016 at 5:27 PM
Hi Julia. I am friends with Karen Scott and I have been reading your blogs for a number of months. Your faith and evident reliance on God is so special. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Spals
November 24,2016 at 8:49 AMJulia
Many thanks for writing this blog.i have sent you afb message, check your other inbox 🙂
Katie
November 26, 2016 at 5:03 PM
Hi Mrs. Bayer,
This is Katie Brewer from West Oak.Â
I don’t know any otherway to get a hold of you.Â
I sent you a email to your school email. Read it if you can or somehow give me another way to talk to you.Â
~Katie
Lisa Nyland
November 26, 2016 at 9:17 PM
Dear Julia, I want to echo what so many have said beautifully in the comments above. We haven’t crossed paths, but I agree with the many others that genuinely say how much I think of you as a friend I have not yet met! I’ve only been introduced to your story and blog a few months ago from a close friend of mine and then realized you looked familiar as I was roommates with Amy Macleod 10yrs ago at Summit and she had pictures of your summer at camp together that she had shared with me so long ago! Thank you so much Julia for being a beautiful light, shedding so much wisdom on the tough things, and living out true faith in our amazing God we call saviour. I find myself often in my day drawing true encouragement from you and your steadfast love for God. A simple thank you doesn’t seem to suffice. Praying for you and your family!Â
Always, Lisa
Angela Cunningham
November 29, 2016 at 6:33 PM
Dear Julia, we haven’t met but a friend showed me your blog and I have prayed for you and Andy many times these last few months. Please know that I will continue to uphold you both, and your families before the throne of our great and good God. Thank you for such inspiring faith and for relentlessly testifying to the faithfulness and love of the Lord. Ps 68:19 ‘Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.’ With much love in Christ, Angela
Jacquie
December 11, 2016 at 5:24 PM
Julia, I’m rereading this blog post – having run into your mom at NoFrills just last week and hearing her speak lovingly of the ways your courage and faith are shaping those around you…and having just come home from a weekend grieving and celebrating the life of a dear uncle called Home. Your words were a healing balm today like they were when I first read them shortly after you posted them. As the veil between earth and heaven thins so powerfully in the way you describe the presence and peace of God you feel, may it continue to be so every moment of every day. I will continue to pray for you and your family. In this special Advent season too, that there would be constant assurance of the HOPE ushered in by our Immanuel…God with us, God with you. – Jacquie DeRaaf (Trinity CS)
MissZehairi
December 17, 2016 at 2:45 AM
Hi Mrs. Bayer! I hope you’re doing well. Alia says hi and misses you very much! We are always thinking about you and praying for you and your family. You’re such a beautiful person and a wonderful teacher to my sister. Please get well soon. Merry Christmas!! XOXO