Coming to the Still Waters

     Sunday I couldn't contain myself and had to run around the pulpit, I was so full of joy over the energy that God has given me over the last week.  I'm still wearing diapers and packed with gauze that is changed every day but my head is clear.  I hate to think that will change again for a little while when I enter that infusion clinic tomorrow morning.  So today is a free day and I have taken advantage of it and a clear mind to hammer out my sermon on a Monday!!!      We go into 2 John this Sunday.  It looks like a one Sunday sermon to cover the 13 verses in this book.  The topic will be speaking the truth in love.  What is the value of truth?  What is the value of love?  We will mesh these together as the Scripture does.  You can't have one without the other.        If there is something that has come out of this time, there are many, but one is that I definitely study more than eve...

      Well, I drove to town and back yesterday.  I have to sit a little sideways on one hip but it is doable.  I am sleeping through the night and feeling the best I have since the surgery.  Oh, it makes me not want to go back to the infusion lab on Tuesday.  I am practicing with my bow and am able to pull it back more times each day.  Needless to say, life is really good for me right now.  I am still having my wound changed every day but the cavity is getting smaller and looking better with new cells forming.  Stephanie and I purchased a juicer to add to our transformation of more healthy living.  I have always felt that we have done well in this area with very little fast food, no pop in the house, meals made from scratch, and very little red meat concentrating on chicken and fish so now we will add additional veggie and fruit to the diet.        I feel I am ahead of the game with the sermon this week. ...

     This is my good week when it comes to chemo weeks and it is also the opening week of bow season.  I was able to pull back the bow once this weekend so I hope to build back up my arm muscles that I have lost.  It would be good to spend some time in the woods.  A good friend who is also walking through cancer and I talked yesterday after church about how God is touching us and it was great to remind each other of "little" ways that God has moved in our lives and not forget when we were crying out to God for the "littlest" things.  God is good.      We end 1 John this Sunday.  It has been a great summer study that has spilled out into the fall.  We will tackle the avenue of prayer; what to do when we see a brother sinning; living a holy life; and keeping our worship of God pure.  Last words are so important and John gives us these last instructions before ending this letter.        A point on pr...