Hope From The Lord

It keeps me alive

Slightly blurry photo taken by my mother

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit — Romans 15:13

I was diagnosed with metastatic brain, liver, and lung cancer in April of 2021. I was given 6 months to live. It’s now been 2 years and 7 months and I am still alive.

I am fragile, particularly after my last round of chemo. They didn’t have the drug that my body responded well to so they substituted something else that my body hated. I ended up in the ER for three days recently partly due to this. I will not take this drug again.

Yet I am filled with hope thanks to the Lord of joy and peace. He makes my cup run over.

To be honest, while I love my medical team, ultimately I give credit to the Divine for my life. The doctors predicted I had very little time left despite their best efforts. But God did not publish an expiration date.

To be fair, not every faithful person is healed. We can ask for what we need, but we have to trust His will for our lives. Yet Christ did perform miraculous healing and

The blessings that God grants us are gifts of the Spirit. Yes, He sometimes does bless us materially, but often those most richly blessed do not receive earthly riches but spiritual…