Just happened upon your blog entry while trying to...

2009-12-07T18:51:33.800-08:00

Just happened upon your blog entry while trying to find a citation for something I was talking about online. ... I have dysauto as well and it really struck me because my mother has expressed similar sentiments at times; every one of us with dysautonomia that has a parent to fight with us for a diagnosis and for better treatment is so very fortunate. :-D

My wife is battling her second bout with cancer. T...

2009-11-22T15:23:27.445-08:00

My wife is battling her second bout with cancer. The first time...I prayed for healing and she had her entire colon removed. This time I also prayed for healing and she has had a radical bilateral masectomy. She has had more body parts removed than I have fingers on both hands.

I have often wished I could switch places with my dear wife....I can only imagine what it must be like with children.

Although "we" are christians....we are still human beings. The Lord understands your gamut of emotions. Whether "we" see it or not.....He is still sovereign.....and someday it will make sense.

You and your family will be in "our" prayers!!

> Hebrews 13.14 ~ For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that
> is to come.
> 2 Corinthians 4.17-18 ~ For this light momentary affliction is preparing for
> us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the
> things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that
> are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
> Colossians 3.1-3 ~ If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things
> that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your
> minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you
> have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
> 2 Corinthians 12.10 ~ For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with
> weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am
> weak, then I am strong.
>
> The common thread through each of these passages is this: we hope in the
> gospel, not in our circumstances. We hope in Jesus, not people. The end of
> our hope is not that our suffering is going away in this life necessarily
> (although it might); the end of our hope is being with Jesus in heaven. We
> ought to rejoice even in the suffering that God brings into our lives
> because we know that it will all work for our benefit by bringing us closer
> to Him!
>
> Both pain and pleasure are meant to point us to the same reality; namely,
> that Jesus Christ is infinitely beautiful and so much more than enough for
> our every need. Living for Him, even suffering for Him, is worth every
> moment of affliction! Why? Because Jesus shows you such beauty in pain,
> because He is there and He is carrying us through. C.S. Lewis said, “God
> whispers in our pleasure and screams in our pain.” That is so true.
>
> The sovereignty of God gives my wife's second battle with cancer a purpose.
> If God were not sovereign, disability and suffering would be pointless.
> So we cling to the hope that the God who spoke the universe into existence
> spoke these “slight, momentary afflictions” into "our" life for our good.
> Disability and suffering and me and my wife exist for the glory of God. We
> pray that in times of suffering and times of pleasure, our lives would
> magnify the One who “died for all, that those who live might no longer live
> for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised (2
> Corinthians 5:15).”

Cyberhugs coming your way! One of these days, I t...

2009-11-16T14:40:00.777-08:00

Cyberhugs coming your way!

One of these days, I truly hope someone comes up with a bio bed like they had in Star Trek. At least then, the guesses will be at least SWAGs. Maybe it will stop most of the sneering and condescention, too.

Miracles DO happen. :D

Again, cyberhugs!

My heart is breaking. I too am in awe. Your fait...

2009-11-15T14:14:43.373-08:00

My heart is breaking. I too am in awe. Your faith is amazing and your courage an inspiration.

I love you, Mom.

2009-11-14T18:12:05.637-08:00

I love you, Mom.

Ah, Sonya. I'm in awe of your strength. (((hug...

2009-11-14T17:01:02.164-08:00

Ah, Sonya. I'm in awe of your strength. (((hugs))

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My wife is battling her second bout with cancer. T...

Cyberhugs coming your way! One of these days, I t...

My heart is breaking. I too am in awe. Your fait...

I love you, Mom.

Ah, Sonya. I'm in awe of your strength. (((hug...