Doing Well

Hello on this beautiful Saturday afternoon!

Today has been a busy day with my youngest son, Jason. He and I and together (he doing more than me) cleaned up the house. Doing some much needed cleaning that had been ignored or barely touched in the last six to nine months. It feels good to be able to go and do things again and be exhausted in just a few hours. I'm still adjusting though because I still have a day here and there where the energy level isn't 100% but God through his grace has and is giving me more and more energy for each day.

To back up a little bit earlier in the month, I had my last treatment and that same week I went to our Ladies Retreat which was amazing! I'm so thankful I was able to go and enjoy the relaxation, the fun, the fellowship, the time with church family and with one of our missionary wives who was in town at the time. Since then I've been a little under the weather, as I told my hubby, I believe the brick wall that hit me was 13 months of sickness that I hadn't had during chemo, surgery and radiation. Planning to be in my place tomorrow at church and do what needs to be done. Below are a few pictures from the Ladies Retreat I mentioned.

 Several of the ladies enjoying games, and the lake we looked out across from the cabin. Dunn's camp is a beautiful place!

As the last couple of weeks have passed I've thought a lot on certain days, what had happened that date just a year ago and you know, I've found that though we didn't and in some ways don't know why things happened the way they did, whether it was a year ago, two years ago or yesterday, God is still the same. He still loves me no matter what. He took care of me before I had cancer, while I had cancer and so far since being deemed cancer free. Of course I know he will continue to care for me. See, the Lord cares for the Sparrow, if he eats, where he fly's, where he sleeps, he even sees and knows when the sparrow falls. Since God cares that much for the sparrow I know he cares even more me! His eye is on the sparrow and I know he watches me!

So as I continue my journey, yes this journey continues even after being told I'm cancer free. See, there are still appointments, and an out patient surgery. There are still things that most be watched and things I must be careful of BUT I have a God in heaven who's brought me this far and he'll see me through the rest of this journey caused by cancer.

If you have a journey that you are going through, don't worry and fret about it. Turn it over to the Lord, he watches over you just as he does the Sparrow. The greatest thing you can do, in your journey, is stay close to God! Read your Bible, Pray, be in church as much as you can, go out soul winning and telling others about Christ. Share the gospel with your nurses, doctors, co-workers etc. Don't let your journey get you down.

Bill and I are doing great! We serve a might King that still reigns on high. So as you go through your day, do as we do, look for something to "Make Today Amazing!" 

Blessed Beyond Measure

Make Today Amazing

Cancer Free 5/23/18

Cancer Free giving God the glory!

Proverbs 8:32-35 "Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hear instruction, and be wise,  and refuse it not.
Blessed is the man that hearth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

You are probably wondering what do these verses have to do with being cancer free. Well, I'm going to share several things and I think you'll see how it all ties together.

See back on May 9, 2017 when I heard, "you have stage 3 possibly stage 4 breast cancer I was devasted. I didn't really ask why, I was more in shock than anything. I could only think of my husband, children, grandchildren, future daughter in laws and my son in law as well as my dear parents. What was I to tell them? How was I going to get my youngest through his Senior yr? Just thousands of thoughts.

Well, we knew the key was to stay close to God and he would carry us through our journey. As I went through each stage of me having cancer, I had different verses, songs, sayings that I would strongly lean on.

This passage wasn't one of them, but today as I was reading it really spoke to me.

So I'm going to take a few thoughts of this passage and share my thoughts with you:

Vr 32 "....Blessed are they that keep my ways."
I personally believe that because we kept faithful, we didn't give up, we continued to love the Lord, serve him and do as he tells in His word: that is why I'm now Cancer free.
It would have been easy to say nope, I'm sick, I have to many appointments and to much to worry about to not keep His ways. I continued piano lessons until I had to stop. Which I hope to pick back up really soon. Every church service I could be in I was there, even some I probably should have been home.

Vr 33 "Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not."
As you sit in church take and heed the instruction your pastor gives. As you sit in ladies meetings take heed to the instruction the speaker gives. Don't refuse it, be wise and use it.

Vr. 35 "For whoso findeth me findeth life..." if you are saved you have the life that is mentioned here. If you aren't this is something God wants you to have life in Him.
John 3:16 " For For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Wow! Everlasting life! You not only find life in Christ but you receive everlasting life. Understanding that your a sinner, that God loves you so much he gave his son for you and he wants you to have eternal life. Salvation is plus nothing an minus nothing it's simply trusting in Christ not your good works. Friend if you are reading this back in May of 1988, I settled it, nailed it down that I was saved and going to heaven. Today, June 8, 2018 you can do the same!

I am Blessed Beyond Measure all because i trusted, I kept in the way, and God in return cured me of a very aggressive cancer. I'll to the best of my ability continue to do as I've been doing.

Blessed Beyond Measure
Make Today Amazing
Cancer Free 5/23/18