Made it to the youth Group Pancake Party! Even (wait for it) managed a glass of wine when I got home – this was the first time I’ve fancied a drink in two weeks. Must confess that a lack of desire for a glass of vino was one of the most worrying symptoms…he, he..
I mentioned yesterday a great little book I’d been sent by the guys at ‘Word of Life’ Church Great Barford called ‘What Cancer Cannot Do’. It’s brill. When it arrived I thought ‘Oh no, here goes death by a thousand cuts by Patience Strong’. I was wrong. No platitudes, just lots of stories of hope and encouragement. The chapter headings are:
Cancer is so limited…
It cannot cripple Love
It cannot shatter Hope
It cannot corrode Faith
It cannot kill Friendship
It cannot suppress Memories
It cannot silence Courage
It cannot invade the Soul
It cannot steal eternal Life
It cannot conquer the Spirit
All this is spot on. Since this little nasty was diagnosed we have felt more loved by friends and family than ever, since that point our faith in God and hope for a future have grown, we have seen friendships restored with those we love but had drifted apart from. We have realised that we have been so blessed in the past with a great marriage and fantastic kids, we hope we can continue to be brave, our souls are strong, we are 100% certain that God has a home for us after this life no matter what and feel the presence of the Holy Spirit each day.
If the worse cancer can do is kill you and death is defeated in Jesus then it is really VERY limited and so can bog off to where it came from.
Oops – once a preacher, always a preacher. Must behave!
Life does, must, and should go on regardless of a daft disease.
Health wise – feeling very well this morning – 48 hours now without chemo injections and the tablets. The nasty (but good for me) stuff must be working its way through my system. We are really looking forward to a week at the cottage in France for half term with little Carys. James is starting to get excited about his week in Denver with school – he’s practicing his skiing at the indoor snow dome in Milton Keynes each Thursday and hasn’t broken anything yet.
See ya all...
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What? Another holiday?
Never mind "Piggy Redfern" More like "Gad about Redfern"
Hope you have a great time in La Francaise......best stay off the Escargot though, although it would appear that you will eat just about ANYTHING at the moment!
We loved the photos, you are blessed to have such a great and suppotive family.
The dog looks really cute. We have a motley crew of animals here...two beautiful dogs (both from local rescue centres), one is Ben the husky (very naughty, so far eaten two sofas, an armchair and Jacobs school bag!!!!!) and the other is Collie, the guess what? yes a collie!!!!
We have three shetland ponies (from the Blue Cross), and six chickens which we rescued as hatchlings from the local school. So if your looking for stuff to do, there is always plenty of "mucking out", as the kids always seem to wriggle out of that particular part of animal care>
Well, you continue to be an inspiration to us all, dear Dovid.
What a brave man you are, and how wonderful to witness your complete and utter faith in our Lord.
The "nasty blighter"can never change that, or how much God loves you.
I better go now, starting to get repetitive use syndrome!!!!!Oops, had to use the spollcheck then.
Praying like stink,
Every blessing,
Sian and Co, and all the other animals.xxxx
Hi Dave,
I bought that book for my mum and her husband, Chris, both have suffered cancer and had all the chemo stuff.
Sian hasn't told you all the other things that 'naughty' Ben has eaten!! It used to be 'Tucker done it' but now Ben gets blamed for everything - good excuse for when the children haven't done their homework - The dog ate it!!!
Your mut looks lovely and wouldn't do any of those things, would he??
Hope you have a good day,
Love,
Jean
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