“I bear willing witness that I owe more to the fire, and the hammer, and the file, than to anything else in the Lord’s workshop. I sometimes question whether I have learned anything except through the rod. When my schoolroom is darkened, I see most” -Charles Spurgeon I have added When Your World Falls Apart by David […]
Accepting a Different Kind of Christmas
Today is day 7 post-chemotherapy, and this is the point where everything that goes in my mouth has a burnt taste to it. My strength is slowly returning and I look forward to enjoying a week and a half or so of feeling pretty good before my 6th and final treatment on January 11th. I […]
The Wasting of Our Earthly Tents
This has been of week of reminders that outwardly (our bodies) are wasting away. It started last Tuesday when my dear friend, Sara ended up at the Bowie Health Center with excruciating pain in her right side that turned out to be a dermoid cyst on her ovary. Then I got news that my neighbor […]
A Mother’s Love
I remember her saying it so many times as I was growing up. “You won’t understand until you have kids of your own.” This week I have been talking a lot with my mom about their annual Christmas letter since it will no doubt have to include sharing about my journey. I have been thinking […]
God’s Intimate Concern
It continues to amaze me how the words of my devotional in Jesus Calling and my reading in The Land Between seem to echo each other as if there is a very specific message that I need to hear. The scripture reading in the devotional was one that I have come to love, Ephesians 3:17-18 “And I pray […]
The Wind in my Sails-Part 2
My reading in The Life Between continues and I really love something I read in it this morning. “With each discomfort we experience, our responses both reveal the person we are and set the trajectory for the person we are becoming.” It doesn’t seem like a profound point being made but then I started thinking about how […]
Manna in my Wilderness
I must confess that this week began with a bit of grumbling and complaining on my part. It wasn’t until I started reading The Land Between by Jeff Manion that I even realized the condition of my heart earlier this week. Perhaps it is the shorter days (I love being outside) or the overall yuck feeling I […]
Almost Halfway There!
Wednesday was my third Chemotherapy treatment and I am excited to say that I am almost halfway through all of my chemo. I say “almost” because I am still struggling through the side effects of this most recent treatment and feel like once I get through the next few days, I can honestly say I […]
God’s Response for Me
I have received wonderful feedback regarding my last journal entry and would appreciate more. However, I wanted to share how the Lord answered my last journal entry. Forgive me for quoting it again but on Sunday morning, Jesus Calling said “Quietness is the classroom where you learn to hear my voice….When you step back into […]
Deeply Rutted Paths
As I have mentioned before I like to try to start my day or at least spend some portion of it reading a devotional entitled Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. On Thursday, I read something that I cannot seem to get out of my head. It spoke about how we can lose our conscious awareness of how […]
Race for the Cure
It is hard to put into words the experience of Sunday’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. As I think about all the people that were represented there (and that was just in Maryland), I realize there are so many people affected by Breast Cancer and I am not alone. But as I reflect […]
His Compassions Are New Every Morning
“Yet I call this to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3: 21-23 I have grown up hearing Lamentations 3:21-23 because it is one of my mom’s favorite verses. Since […]
Quicker Showers
Yesterday was a big day. A day that could have been full of such agony and yet my Faithful God made it a day of joy. It began with church and a trip to Target-my first big outing wearing a scarf on my head. My hair had been falling out quite a bit and I […]
In Christ Alone
Today was another good hair day. I don’t know how many more of them I will have, but today I got to go see Megan (my hairstylist) again. The plan had always been to get one more really short cut before my hair falls out. So I walked in with a picture of a cute […]
Life As Usual, Just More Precious
Your prayers have been felt! The last few days have been so incredible for me. It all began on Thursday evening when I was able to go on a pretty lengthy walk with one of my best girlfriends through our neighborhood. Then in the wee hours of the morning I was able to […]