past few weeks have been torturous - treatments had to halt for a time. New Doctor. I cry to God day and night in prayer. God’s will be done.
prayers needed
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May God grant you the comfort to know that you are walking with Him right now.
Courage.
We're all headed for where you are now.
My deepest sympathy to you as a FELLOW HUMAN BEING.
4-4-3
I hope none of our friends, nor others, have to suffer this disease. I know that is pie in the sky thinking, but it is nevertheless a hope for all of you.
4-4-3
too bad you and I never had an opportunity to have a real life sit down cup of coffee chat. I think it would have been very interesting. The things we could have discussed and the exchanges of ideas would have been forever memorable. I think I would have made a friend for life.
Very sorry to hear this I’ve been praying. There’s not much good news anywhere lately. This sux.
I wish you a fourth quarter comeback. God bless
Thx Ski, if all else fail, I will put in a good word for you to The Big Guy! In meantime ski, you be an encourager to those of the ole timers still aboard! check frequently on Ara and keep him and his wife in prayer. If the ID LuckyGreen id’s himself to you, you tell him I thank him for his friendship here, I never forgot him.
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Thank you for the GOOD WISH, my friend, in your time of suffering. That's generosity!
Yes, we grew up in the same area and knew/of people each other knew. And while you're a man of faith and I'm an agnostic, I will always try to have an OPEN MIND. Plus, our view of the STATE OF THE WORLD is about the same. We KNOW the wheels are coming off in ways many do not wish to admit. And that's NOT doomsaying as I remain an OPTIMIST.
I also want to thank you for your concern and encouragement during COVID. We were able to provide each other with mutual support without having to WRANGLE over where the damn bug came from. It was an existential moment we all faced. My lawyer was gone, three days into the pandemic.
No, we didn't meet, but think of me as a FRIEND NOW. If this is your VIGIL, I'm on it. Your COURAGE right now is a BLESSING and an EXAMPLE to us all.
Wishing you the best and hoping you can still beat this thing in whatever way you can.
We're with you.
Prayers your way brother. I could use them as well. I somewhat understand.
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IB: of course, I will have you in prayer, We have an occupied throne in Heaven! We make our requests known and God’s will be done. I always like to go to psalms about David in his later years, when he says all his bone ache and he seems as if everyone has forgotten him as if he were dead, but then he goes into praise and thanks to God! I would like to meet David, Enoch, Daniel, Paul, Ruth (I wonder if she knew she was instrumental in starting the Davidic line?); there are others of course (Rockne, lol) … maybe they will be at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb!
I will count you as a friend. (and if you do not mind, I will pray for you to come to Jesus)
Thank you.
And pray away as if there's one thing about FREE-THINKING, it's that NO POSSIBILITIES ARE RULED OUT.
Plus, I APPRECIATE it.
Peace.
ty IJ. God is good!
’Some trust in chariots, some trust in horses. But we will remember the name of the Lord our God’
They never stopped! D1042, I have you covered every day; but that’s just for the courage and strength you show in your daily struggle. As for the salvation bit, I know you have your place reserved, and this is just part of the prep.
Thank you for that. I count you, and always have among those forum friends whom I respect deeply. I mention our prayer warriors here in my prayers always!
(i assume you are in the SW, as is Ara, if anyone hears from Ara, please send him my regards and tell him I think and pray for him and his wife!)
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death
I love the LORD, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
Then I called upon the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
The LORD preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
I will walk before the LORD
In the land of the living.
I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”
What shall I render to the LORD
For all His benefits toward me?
I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the LORD.
I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people.
Precious in the sight of the LORD
Is the death of His saints.
O LORD, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.
I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people,
In the courts of the LORD’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD!
I love the LORD, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
Then I called upon the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
The LORD preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
I will walk before the LORD
In the land of the living.
I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”
What shall I render to the LORD
For all His benefits toward me?
I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the LORD.
I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people.
Precious in the sight of the LORD
Is the death of His saints.
O LORD, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.
I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people,
In the courts of the LORD’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD!
Nope, Henderson, Nevada. Transplant from Northern Calif. Ara took up a bet that was directed at Bodi, and lost. One of those stupid bets where the loser commits not to post during the season, or until next season. Not sure he’s been here since. And thank you for your kind words. I was hoping Spring football would bring Bodi and Ara and DIP and several other long time posters back to posting. I’m VERY thankful to still see your witty and insightful posts.
Prayers have continued for you. I have not experienced your battle, but I know your battle. My beautiful, talented, and smart niece was diagnosed with Leiomyosarcoma back in the Spring of 2010. She was only 24 years old and told that she only had six months to live. She informed everyone in the room that day
" no way in hell I am dying." And she didn't for over eight years. She fought that cancer with every breath in her body, she lost her hair three times, the cancer spread to her liver and lungs, towards the end she developed breast cancer, and when told there was no other treatment for her...she was mad. She just wanted one more chance of beating this rare and deadly cancer.
Why am I telling you this? Because in those eight years of treatment..she earned her AS, BS, and Masters in Nursing (she already had her BS in heath management, AS in Pharmacy, and was a licensed xray tec). She married and through a dear friend being a surrogate became a mama. She lived her life to the fullest with the time she had left and she fought hard to live. She put herself in God's hands and left this life peacefully, but not before holding court for about a week in hospice. Her hospital room was always full of family and friends. She was one of a kind!
I think a key to beating cancer is in attitude faith, and trying to live your best life under difficult circumstances. I wish this for you. Prayers for healing will continue.
Yes. she was a big Irish fan!
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Thank you for sharing this. Inspirational for all aspects of life. Simply an incredible story.
Wow. Your niece was a bad ass. Thanks for sharing.
To paraphrase an old Irish saying,' May the road rise up to me you, may the sun shine warm on your face and the wind be at your back and a closet full of 4 Roses.'
She would have loved being called a bad ass!
Back in elementary school one of the boys in her grade told her that they didn't like her. She gave him a forearm shiver and penned him against the playground fence until he changed his mind about liking her.
In her brief time on this earth she was a warrior in all aspects of her life.
TY Tbon, and I have enjoyed your contributions. We have a great core group here! even when we disagree, it is interesting.
Our pastor would come out to visit Pops and give him communion...as her cancer progressed Alicia would take communion with Pops.
After Alicia passed he would sadly tell folks that he had two granddaughters, but only one (my Abby) now. He never understood why he outlived Alicia.
The thought of outliving your child is excruciating, but outliving one’s grandchild challenges one’s faith. Our 40 yr old son was born 3 1/2 months premature and weighed 1lb 8oz at birth. He had a stroke in his first 24 hrs and has cerebral palsy as a result. My wife and I embraced his Birth and complications as testament that we were mentally and emotionally equipped to thrive as a family, while our parents tended to question the why of it all. Our folks have long passed, but our son is triplegic, ambulatory, independent living college grad with a great career in public finance, whose grandparents loved him to death and marveled at his resilience. We’re simply blessed.
Yes, very blessed! Thank you for sharing your story. My Abby has a Pituitary Gland Tumor that has turned her life and health upside down. Sometimes it takes hearing others have lived through difficult heath issues with a child with positive end results to boost the spirits.
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