Energy…

 

Energy…

Cancer takes a lot of energy…

Just the word in people’s mouths when talking about you…or a loved one zaps your energy level…then you get busy finding out everything these people are talking about…a whole new language…

Do they really mean me?

What are the next steps?

Whom do I see next?

What tests?

What medications?

What treatments or are there any?

What about family?

What about estate planning(key) it needs to done, tweaked so less confusion later?

Where is God in all of this?

Where am I in all this?

When we first heard that 6 letter word with my husband’s terminal diagnosis, shock kicked in…”this couldn’t be true, not us! That happens to others “…

“what do we do now?” Reverberated in our minds, ears and souls…

He was given 12-18 months, he got 5…we focused on a plan of action and the sooner the better as we didn’t know how long he would be able to function, both mentally and physically…(his physical part slowly deteriorated, mentally function was to the very end)….

He started radiation and chemotherapy as soon as possible…we met with lawyers, doctors of all kinds…and went forward…there was no turning back the clock…

People prayed, we prayed…people gave advice that we sifted through, we maintained friendships, we maintained family, the most important part…we maintained church attendance for as long as possible, fellowship…we read the Word…

Then, to get a cancer diagnosis 12 years later  was another blow…our family went through the same emotions…and asked the same questions, had the same list…did the same things…

Moses went on the mountain to God and never returned…

 Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years. Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Gen.35.28-29

 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. 

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.

Heb.11.21-22

The book of 1 Chronicles expands on the end of David’s life: “David son of Jesse was king over all Israel. He ruled over Israel forty years—seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king” (1 Chronicles 29:26–28).

Before he died, King David gave a charge to Solomon, telling his son to “acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever” (1 Chronicles 28:9). Then David left Solomon with detailed instructions for building the temple in Jerusalem, organizing its priests and Levites, and finishing all the work needing to be done in the Lord’s house of worship (verses 11–19).got questions.org…

Jesus…

 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

Luke.23.44-46

BUT…

 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

Matt.28.1-10 …

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

John.11.25-26

 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

John.3.16-18

Thank YOU…

He arose…

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