Early on in my journey, Blake had pink bracelets made that say “Hope That Never Fails”. When he asked me what I thought the bracelets should say I kept coming back to the two things I felt would get me through everything I was about to walk through: God’s Unfailing Love for me and the […]
Never Once
Toward the beginning of my journey I had a few friends send me a song by Matt Redman called Never Once. I listened to it then and was brought to tears, of course. This weekend I listened to it again and was brought to tears again but I was also incredibly inspired. It made me think […]
Making My Way Through “Normal”
Well life as “normal” has resumed. Although my hours are short, I have really enjoyed the last two weeks of working again. I have found my way back to the gym and am feeling the burn of some good workouts. Work and exercise have also helped me get back to sleeping without the help of […]
Fearing “Normal”
August 24th was a very sad day for me. Not just because I knew that the next day I would undergo major surgery and my body would forever be different but because I had to say goodbye to my work as a physical therapist for a time. For the last nine years, I have thoroughly […]
A Bend in the Road
“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 […]
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