05/27/2026
Prayers are needed. Posted earlier to my Lori Joy Music page. Please read what I wrote, and then pray for me and my Husband accordingly. The enemy has been attacking us hard this year in many areas, especially with our health. This Lori Joy Music post tells all about the latest attack, how it is affecting us, and the production of our Album. Please feel free to share this post and call out to ask the prayer warriors that you know to pray for us. Thank you. God Bless you!
Amen! I have a story to share about this. Please read as there is a prayer request at the end.
I scheduled this meme a month ago to post on today's date, not knowing that events of this time would result in my needing the very words from this meme to encourage ME today.
Confession... It's been a very difficult week. My husband (who is also my album/music producer) has been experiencing ear pain the past couple weeks which has been getting progressively worse. It is to the point now where he has lost most of his hearing in one of his ears, but also has very loud ringing in that ear. Yesterday we made the trip in to see the doctor, and she has prescribed steroids as part of the treatment to deal with the inflamation, and she made a referral to an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist for more accurate diagnosis of the problem. Honestly, it was hard for me to contend with the "if, buts and maybe's"... and to be honest I cried. Now one might think I cried because if my husband loses his hearing then I won't be able to finish my album because he will no longer be able to hear well enough to mix. Nope, that was not at all why I cried. We will still get the album done somehow. I cried because I understand as a fellow life-long musician that, for my husband, music is like air that he breathes... it helps to sustain his life... it helps him to stay focused on God, it helps him keep his equilibrium when life gets overly stressful, it gives him joy, it has been one of his greatest talents for nearly all of his life as he started drumming at age 3... and music has been a large part of his identity ever since. It has been the same for me all my life too. When Jamie learned to mix/master music... it filled an even greater creative area in his life. He is so passionate about it. He dives into every new music project with fire, excitement, passion, and with all the thrill and joy of a kid who got his very first bike for Christmas. And every new piece of gear he gets is akin to the excitement of getting your very first car. I really love seeing my husband that happy. So when we got the prognosis about his hearing loss, I cried because I know that to lose all that would be utterly and devastatingly heartbreaking to him. No woman who loves their husband wants for him to experience that kind of loss. And the uncertainty right now of "will he heal and hearing be restored?" or "will the hearing loss be permanent?"... the news really hit both of us hard like an earthquake. Our little world is shaking and trying to bring us down. It is just one of many attacks of the enemy we have faced ever since we started this recording project last year. One thing after another and it felt overwhelming.
This morning I woke up a couple hours early, and as I sat tearfully praying to the Lord concerning it all, and feeling so utterly discouraged... my spirit started singing... and in a moment lyrics and music of a Chorus came to my mind... and I cried even more because I knew the Lord was speaking to me to encourage me...
Chorus 1:
"My hope is in Jesus, my hope is in Jesus
I won't let go of him!
So I put my trust in Jesus, My trust in Jesus
I won't let go of Him!
Tho the mountains tremble, I won't let go of Him!"
Chorus 2:
"My hope is in Jesus, my hope is in Jesus
He won't let go of me!
My trust is in Jesus, my trust is in Jesus
He won't let go of me!
My life is in His hands, and He won't let go of me!"
I got those two chorus' and the first verse written this morning, but then had to get ready to head to work. But now I felt encouraged rather than discouraged. God is a work... I'm not sure exactly all that He is doing with all this, but I know God will work it all out... I just have to put my trust in Him.
Then when I get home from work and check the latest from facebook... I see this post in my feeds which I had scheduled a month ago. The world and it's problems had been getting me down... and all I could do was lift my voice up to God and pray... and this meme was like a confirmation that I was on the right track... but mind also blown at the odds that this would have been the meme that was scheduled so perfectly timed and suited to my (and my husband's) life's events today.
So now I ask the Prayer Warriors out there to please pray for my husband, Jamie, that the Lord would heal his ears and restore his hearing, in Jesus name. This would be the desired outcome.
If God has other plans, then I pray that the Lord would prepare our hearts and minds to accept it and trust that God has another greater plan in mind for Jamie that would bring him even greater joy. Putting our trust in the Lord our God. God's will be done.
Now for those who have been eagerly awaiting the release of my song... sorry this has created an unavoidable delay. But we are not giving up. We just need God's direction concerning this. So stay tuned. I will keep you posted as soon as I am able.
