Cancer is pure meanness. It is relentless. It does not follow Queensbury's rules. It attacks your body and your mind. And when it's done with you for the day it reaches out and attacks the family. Nobody is safe. It sucks your resources and your emotions and your strength. It steals your time and tries to run your life. And when it has tried to do all this, then it gets really ugly: it tries to get you to fight each other, even the ones you love.
I have only this to say about that, "Gal 6:9 NKJV - And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart."
God wins. Every time. There is nothing beyond His knowledge nor His understanding nor His resources.
When you have no more strength to fight one more day. Get up in His strength and fight one more time.
You can do it because He can do it.
Jack
Forever Hope
9 years ago
Powerful!
ReplyDeleteHi, Jack. Sue here. After reading today's entry, I found myself thinking back one year to the day I took Debbie to chemo. It was my 54th birthday and I was doing exactly what I wanted to do on that day. As Debbie drifted off to sleep, I stole a glance at her reflection in the picture window across the room from us. There she was, quietly leaning to one side with goose bumps now covering the head which used to be covered with her beautiful hair. I watched her closed eyelids flutter as she dreamed something which only she will ever know. I was so proud of her...on her lap was the journal she carried faithfully, writing down her thoughts and concerns. Today, in the midst of all the chaos called daily life at the Swaton's, Debbie was not only journaling, but she was planning the girls' birthday parties as well. Two daughters, born the same day five years apart. Two parties, held the same day, hours apart. Every year, like clockwork. That year, despite cancer, the parties would go on. Just like you, and just like Debbie, despite everything in your lives, the two of you somehow manage to be certain the "parties" of daily living will go on. I'm very proud of both of you and love you both dearly.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jack, I needed to read that today. "God wins. Every time." I can do it.
ReplyDeleteI'm praying for you all.