Category Archives: Hope

Removing the Cancer

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The removal of a skin cancer is not a pleasant task.

A year ago the 19th of this month I had to have a basal cell carcinoma removed.  I went in today to have  my 1 year cancer check.  I know that this type of skin cancer is the best to have…it doesn’t even own it’s own ribbon, but none the less…it had to be removed. I don’t have t go back for a year, and I am so thankful.  I know others don’t always get that news.

Webster’s defines cancer as:  1.) a serious disease caused by cells that are not normal and that can spread to one or many parts of the body  2.)something bad or dangerous that causes other bad things to happen 3.) A zodiac sign

Interesting.  The first two definitions require the removal of the cancer in some way.  It cannot stay present in your body or anywhere because it causes bad things to happen and it can spread.  So, mine had to be cut out. Continue reading Removing the Cancer →

Gunsmoke and Redemption?

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Gunsmoke and Redemption?

My husband and I love to watch old episodes of Gunsmoke when we eat dinner.  Yep, we are getting old enough that we eat our dinner in front of the television.  This empty nest has caused us to do all kinds of crazy things!!

It is just plain ‘ole good T.V.  Marshall Dillon had such a kind heart and wanted to give everyone a fair shake.  I still wish he and Kitty had gotten together before the end of the show, but that is another blog.

This particular episode starred Claude Akins as an old “gunfighter” who had led a gang.  A member of his gang had literally “shot him in the back” and he wanted revenge.  It took a year for him to heal, then four years to find the man. Continue reading Gunsmoke and Redemption? →

I Am Just Passing Through….

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Just Passing Through

I write today with a heavy heart for so many. A young youth pastor was killed in an automobile accident last night with his group coming home from doing mission work. Although I do not know him personally, my heart aches for his family. He had a little one and wife. Tragic. Yet, these things are happening all around us.

People are going through severe personal issues, loss of jobs, cancer, emotional pain…the list goes on and on. And these things have gone on as long as I have been alive to remember, and they will continue to do so. I cannot fix any of it. I want to….I so hurt for them. So I pray.

The hard questions come from others. Why? Shouldn’t we pray harder? I don’t have answers for those questions, nor do I even understand what it means to pray “harder”. But I do know one thing….Jesus gets it, and my home is really not here anyway, this is indeed my temporary residence. Continue reading I Am Just Passing Through…. →