The Choice Is Up to Us There are bad times. But rather than despair about whether this is the way it is always going to be, I choose to live with the hope of the better days to come. Better ones in this life and forever. The passage in 2 Read more…
God knows just what we need long before we need it Every morning we follow a read through the Bible in a year plan. In our reading this morning we came to Romans 11:33-36 ‘Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us Read more…
Some thoughts come late at night It is about midnight. We had a real good time at Thanksgiving dinner today. Only two couples were able to attend but that worked out well For eating the women were downstairs and men upstairs. That allowed for some real in depth conversations regarding Read more…
I learned an important truth and a little update I have often used the expression ‘there is good news and bad news’. It is handy for humor and irony, but I am thinking it is really not accurate when we are talking about God’s role in our lives. Everything that Read more…
Thanksgiving So, at church today the Pastor started his sermon by asking what we are thankful for. I did not know if he really wanted an answer or was just using the question to get us thinking. Anyway, I did not say anything because my answer would have needed a Read more…
I’m not the only one with needs It is 6:45 on a cold dark morning and I am on my way home from another blood test. Blood tests have become a normal and frequent part of my life as doctors have to monitor cancer activity and medicine levels for two Read more…
Sometimes you have to think weird I listened to a song about survivors missing a loved one. Don’t know the name, didn’t really care for it. It was no where as good as Angel’s Calling. Anyway, it started me to think about how hard it would be for me if Read more…
An answer to prayer We met with the urologist today to discuss the results of the MRI. They were three main points in the report. He started off very upbeat talking about points number one and three. But he became much more sober as we talked about the second point. Read more…
Just when we thought we knew what was happening… The initial reading of the MRI shows that there is NO cancer spread into the lymph nodes or the bone. There is a big spot where the tumor is intruding on a muscle. We have not had the consultation with the Read more…
The story keeps getting better? I visited the urologist and he confirmed there was reason to be concerned and scheduled me for a biopsy. Today I received the biopsy report on my prostate and out of 12 samples 11 indicated cancer. 3 different kinds, the most prevalent one was advanced Read more…