Light in the Unknown Places

By Erika Wedemeyer

I faced many uncertainties without knowing what the outcome may be for my health. The impacts were great. My family faced the unknown challenges right along with me. Experiencing pain and struggling with fear. Through it all, the Lord kept His gentle hand upon us. Through it all His faithful love guided us, helped us and saved us. This is the life story of God’s glory in our lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Dec 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664212978

Erika Wedemeyer

Erika Wedemeyer lover of God Most High. Wife to a loving husband. Mother of four daughters.

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Contents

Appreciation

Author’s Note

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

To my loving husband, William, who stood with me in

the storm and in faith for the unseen to become possible,

and our joyous daughters, Katie, Kayla, Carlee, and

Camella, who didn’t allow fear to grip them but believed

in the Lord Jesus Christ to save us in the midst of the

unseen, and to many dear family and friends who prayed

fervently, flooded us with their love, and blessed us with

kindness throughout the journey of unknowns we faced.

Praise the Lord! He is still a God of miracles!

Appreciation

Thank You, Lord, for providing a way for me to share about this time in my life and the great things You did in the midst of those painful unknowns and hardships. Thank You for Your faithfulness! Suzanne, thank you for encouraging me with boldness to write about all the Lord has done in that time. Heather, I am so grateful you came alongside me and helped me in the inspiration of writing about these precious times in my and my family’s lives.

Author’s Note

I have something to tell you. God is amazing! I would like you to grab your arms and thank God for the ability to reach, touch, and hold them. Move your head around. Thank God, who fashioned you and made you so well that you have the strength and ability to move your head. This body is a gift, given to each one of us by the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Every inch of it has been handmade and blessed by God! He formed it and said, "This is good!" We are made good! I am about to tell you of a time in my life that took my family and me into some uncertain times we did not expect. How good and how gracious our God was to me and my family in those hard times with the miracles He did! Praise the Lord!

Chapter

One

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I want to go back quickly to February 2014, Valentine’s weekend to be exact. Up to this time, I’d been an avid runner. I enjoyed running with God! It offered me a time-out to regroup, pray, and enjoy breathing life. The previous six months, I had enjoyed running four to eight miles a day, with the exception of one day off in the week to rest. These moments of running were very precious to me and allowed me to have time with God. This was a very busy season of my life, and the distractions of the household made it difficult to keep a quiet place with the Lord. So, these times of running became my quiet place with the Lord. I very much enjoyed spending time with the Lord as I ran.

He was always teaching me and showing me new things, which I would have overlooked without Him. My running also gave me the opportunity to pray over my city and the families who resided there. I remember one early morning while on my run feeling so compelled to pray for the blessing and protection of finances for the people in our city. What joy it brought to my heart to pray as I covered ground running through my city. Often, my run would take me into different areas, and I got to look over much of the land. To hear the Lord’s heart for every life living here was amazing! Being able to partner with Him and pray in faith knowing He is mighty to do great things is both humbling and joyous!

The Lord has so much desire and love for cities and the people in them. The many things He showed me on my runs and what He had me partner with Him on in prayer for these people and this city often brought tears to my eyes. He has so much love! He taught me just some of His ways and thinking at a time when I desperately needed His perspective and desired to know His heart for the area I lived in. It’s all too easy to get so caught up in what you see and the daily goings-on of life that you miss what the Lord is saying about a place. These were truly precious times that swelled my heart with gratitude and praise! I always returned home refreshed and full of peace.

When I woke up on Valentine’s Day, I was feeling pretty lousy. I knew something wasn’t right. I’d never woken up feeling like I’d already run a marathon before. Just the day before, I’d gone for an eight-mile run and was feeling great! So what was this? Frustration welled up with the exhaustion I was feeling. And the day had just begun! Despite not knowing what was going on, I felt peace.

I calmly told my husband that I needed to see a doctor, realizing this was not a good or normal feeling for me. It was a surprising comment for both of us, as I do not like being a patient. I don’t have anything against modern medicine, doctors, or help of this kind. I just preferred being the helper and caregiver rather than the one needing the help. My husband was very concerned that I had brought up the need for medical help. He wanted to drop everything and get me to a doctor at that very moment. Internally, I was still not thrilled with my own suggestion, but I was beginning to realize that the lousy feeling I was enduring might well indicate the need for some type of assistance.

I continued on with my day. Yes, I was feeling lousy, but I thought maybe the feelings would just go away. Maybe it’s a fluke. I went to the prayer group that gathered every week to pray for our children and local schools. I returned home and noticed I was not doing any better. As the day wore on, it was getting even harder to push through. I probably looked like a sloth. But I felt like I was running uphill with at least fifty extra pounds.

During my husband’s lunch break, he said a great thing: We are going now to see a doctor.

I was feeling so lousy. I finally figured out that this was not something I would be able to push through. I agreed to see a doctor. Strangely, I felt peace, even though this change in my body was alarming. And I was thankful for it.

I also decided to tell the Lord before leaving the house, I trust You. Thank You for giving this world medical knowledge and having mercy on us to learn about our bodies. Thank You for individuals willing to sacrifice time to learn medicine. Help me help my family. In Jesus’s name, amen.

So we went to see an old friend of mine, a doctor I had spent a couple of years