"Life is fragile....handle with prayer." This is my daily reminder thanks to the gift of the Mothers' Day coffee mug I received from our son and daughter-in-law. Not only does the mug hold a giant dose of caffeine, it gives me my giant dose of the reminder that this ride on earth will not last forever and I need all the help I can get from the Giver of Life as I hold on. Thanks, Chris and Alyssa!.
Streams in The Desert tells a little story this morning of an ancient knight whose horse lost a shoe while fleeing an enemy who was not far behind. The knight was faced with the dilemma of whether to keep running or to stop to have his horse re-shod. The decision was made to stop at the blacksmith's shop to have the shoe replaced. Not only did this pause enable the horse to carry its rider more efficiently, it gave the rider time to stop and reassess his challenges. The knight mounted his horse, ran again and outpaced his enemy, thanks to his decision to wait.
This short story brings home again to me that at times in my life God has asked me to forge ahead and at times such as now He has asked me to pause, reflect and learn from Him.
"So often God bids us tarry ere we go, and fully recover ourselves for the next stage of the journey and work."-Days of Heaven upon Earth ( Streams in the Desert).
"Life is fragile...."
"O God,
This is my heaven on earth,
But I need the force, energy, impulses of Thy Spirit
To carry me on the way to my Jerusalem.
Here, it is my duty
To be as Christ in this world, to do what He would do,
To live as He would live,
To walk in love and meekness,
Then would He be known,
Then I would have peace in death."-The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions.
On the health front:
Just squeaked by for treatment yesterday. I have rejoined the Neutropenic crowd. (Too bad we can't meet each other but we have to stay away from other people.)
Bottom line...Neupogen injections for sure today and Monday, then my blood test on Tuesday morning to ascertain whether or not more will be needed in order to keep me on track for chemo.
Please pray specifically for those white cells to regenerate.
my brother use to say, "life is short, play hard" so he did the whole 19 months he went through chemo. he had a bucket list and he got most of them done before he went to our Fathers Kingdom. he did have a cancer that he would not survive though even though he tried to beat it. thank God the research dr's have done has come a long way in survival-ship. people with the kind of cancer david had now survive it.
ReplyDeletethe fact that you even survived the first surgery to start you on your CA journey i give kudos to your doctors and to your strength and to our God. guess he has work for you still to do, my cookie friend.
cathy e
Cathy,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds as if David had a very positive outlook despite his dismal prognosis. Nineteen months of chemo deserves a medal!
Thanks for your continual encouragement, my friend.
Love,
Barb