When I received the portal message last week that no trace of leukemia was found in my body, of course I cried, but I wasn’t quite sure what to do next? In a way, it was anticlimactic in the sense that I wasn’t in a doctor’s office, celebrating with my doctor. Dan wasn’t home, and…
John Piper once said after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, “Don’t waste your cancer.” I have been chewing on that idea for awhile now, especially after being told I’m in complete remission from my leukemia. I don’t want to waste my cancer either. This past summer, I remember at one point, my feet were swollen,…
Do you know someone who is going through a difficult time in life? I don’t know about you, but it seems like every which way I turn, someone is struggling. It just doesn’t seem fair. I thought about this idea and kind of a “why bad things happen to good people” thought and the more…
2022 has been quite a year. But isn’t every year? Each year brings it’s own joys and challenges. John 16:33 says, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Proof that each year there will be trials,…
I made my way to the cancer center to get my blood drawn to test my blood levels. It was an ordinary drive, though this time the sun was finally peeking through the clouds. For Michigan, this is an oddity in the winter! As I let the sun hit my face, God gently reminded me…
What battle are you currently fighting? Is it a physical one? Mental? Emotional? Spiritual? Relational? We all have our battles and I believe no battle is necessarily worse than another in the sense that each battle carries often the same emotions of defeat, loss, grief, pain, frustration, etc., just the circumstances look different. The journeys,…
