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Time Hop. Dad Update 3/22/2016

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Recently I read a little quote: "Suffering is not the absence of God, if anything, it's the total opposite."  Combine that little quote with my recent look at my "time hop" on Facebook, and I couldn't help but realize how incredibly true those words have been these last (almost) 30 months.  Time Hop has a way of reminding you what you were doing exactly one year, two years, heck even seven years for some of my memories, from today. And Time Hop reminded me how far we've come in these last 30 months of Dad's diagnosis, and reminded me of the incredible amount of suffering we've endured, suffering that has completely been filled with God's grace. One year ago I wrote the following (March 2015): "I am so desperately trying to find the silver lining, the good in this situation, but I'm without a doubt struggling right now. Dad's cancer has once again attempted to test my faith and my determination to win this battle. I received a cal...

"Rest in My radiant presence." Dad Update 3/9/2016

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Today, I turned to my devotional and read the following: "Rest in My radiant presence. The world around you seems to spin faster and faster, till everything is a blur. Yet there is a cushion of calm at the center of your life, where you live in union with Me...Learn to depend on Me alone, and your weakness will become saturated with My Power...Life in the Light of My Presence, and your light will shine brightly into the lives of others." Oh how it seems that sometimes the world is truly spinning faster and faster, leaving me exhausted- physically and emotionally exhausted.  Days at the Cancer Clinic have the tendency to do just that, and I'm usually left exhausted. I think it's because I work myself up so much, thinking of all the questions I may have for Dr. Fleener, stressing about the next time she will want an MRI- as it always seems to fall around a time where I would prefer to not have an MRI, but then again when is a good time?- and mentally preparing myself to...