Blog Host … Bernie Webb
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Recent Posts
- cancer related fatigue and other cancer updates
- fond memories of sinful moments
- sowing (and removing) the seeds of discontent
- struggling with contentment
- why the blog has been silent
- figuring out my strengths, passions and sweet spots
- the sweet spot
- earthly pains reveals heavenly hope
- What a confident faith!
- profound insight on Christian growth
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living with a colostomy bag
Just a little warning … if the thought of this topic makes you a little squeamish, I’d skip today’s post. May just be TMI for most. But somewhere out there in the blogosphere is someone just like me, a few months … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer & Medicine, Faith, Humor, Reflections, Surgery
Tagged adjustable shower stool, cancer, colostomy, colostomy bags, ostomy, peace, Senekot-S
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For cancer is so limited …. a poem
Came across this poem yesterday and personally found it very encouraging and thought I’d share it here … For cancer is so limited – It cannot cripple love, It cannot shatter hope, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot destroy peace, … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer & Medicine, Faith, Reflections
Tagged cancer, faith, hope, Jesus Christ, love, peace, poem, poetry, resurrection, salvation
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“Why me?”
Throughout the ages and even today saints when faced with unexpected and undesired disruptions, trials and tribulations in their lives have posed the question “Why me?” Some of my friends have asked me if I have wrestled with or am … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Reflections, Surgery
Tagged God-focused, hope, Jesus, joy, love, others-focused, peace, Why Jesus?, Why me?, Why not me?
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“Your faith has made you well”
Yesterday we looked at Scripture that revealed how healing was sometimes dependent upon the faith of another. At the same time there are also instances in Scripture that reveal how personal faith sometimes draws the healing touch of Jesus. Consider … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Surgery
Tagged daughter, doctors, garment, healing, hemorrhage, peace, personal faith, rock bottom, Scripture, touch
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The peace of God will guard your heart …
Typically when the Bible talks about peace, it is talking about it from one of two perspectives … an outer peace or an inner peace. For the sake of this post, let’s focus on inner peace. Scripture passages addressing inner … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Surgery
Tagged anxiety, cancer, fruit of the Spirit, Jesus, Lord God Almighty, peace, Scripture, the Lord of peace, understanding, worry
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God … not cancer nor doctors … has numbered all my days
Yesterday I turned 58 years old. A few weeks ago I entered into a routine colectomy surgery that resulted in a colostomy instead and the verdict that I have cancer … a cancer that is quite advanced. In the journey … Continue reading
‘Faith is the refusal to panic’
The above quote, attributable to Martyn Lloyd-Jones came across my radar earlier this week. The timing couldn’t have been better. This past Friday I had a four-month follow-up colonoscopy because my doctor had encountered some precancerous tissue four months ago … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged adversity, cancer, colectomy, colon cancer, colonoscopy, faith, God, peace, surgery
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