Sometimes Life is Hard to Live I bet you aren’t surprised you haven’t read anything new from me in nearly three months. Yeah, I have posted updates and comments from time to time on my Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/LivingLife2theFullestSeries), but when it came to putting something down on paper here, I kept hitting a wall. No, … Read more
The Cost of Loving Another I can tell Brad’s time is growing short. He is much weaker and now struggles to hold up his arms. This morning the doctor shared that his digestive system has grown quiet as his body saves its reserves to keep his lungs breathing and his heart beating. He sleeps almost … Read more
Death as a Transition As I look out of Trillium Woods’ window from Brad’s room, it is peaceful. This same word would currently apply to him. He has been very quiet and at peace the past fourteen hours as he sleeps nearly around the clock. Yesterday, during one of his brief periods of alertness, he … Read more
Feeling Loved by the Followers of Christ It was just ten days ago when my husband was wheeled out an operating room. His digestive system had been dissected and reconstructed to remove the growing cancerous mass. Once a strong man, now Brad easily tires. Until yesterday, standing, walking, and taking care of his own basic … Read more
My Life is Coming Apart with this Change Right now I am sitting beside the hospital bed of my beloved husband, Brad. He was re-admitted a few days ago when the growing tumor in his duodenum made drinking thin liquids impossible. Today a feeding tube was inserted which has created a whole new set of … Read more
When Life Takes an Unexpected Turn For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our … Read more
Making Sense of “Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People” Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17 The first draft of my latest devotional, Pain as a Starting Point, is currently being read by several different pastors … Read more
God is all our circumstances, especially our hardships A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels; on his legs … Read more
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