Journal Entry-December 31, 2009
"For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard." Isaiah 52:12
"At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise from remembering yesterdays. Our present enjoyment of God's grace is apt to be checked by our memory of yesterday's sins and blunders. But God is the God of our yesterdays, and He allows the memory of them in order to turn the past into a ministry of spiritual culture for the future. God reminds us of the past lest we get into a shallow security of the present.
"For the Lord will go before you". This is a gracious revelation, that God will garrison where we have failed to. He will watch lest things trip us up again into like failure, as they assuredly would do if He were not our "rear guard". God's hand reaches back to the past and makes a clearing house for the conscience...Our yesterdays present irreparable things to us; it is true that we have lost opportunities which will never return, but God can transform this destructive anxiety into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future. Let the past sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ.
Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him!"
Taken from My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
"O Come, Thou Dayspring"
Journal Entry-December 22, 2009
"O Come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thy coming here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Isreal!"
This is one of my favorite Christmas songs. I enjoyed being able to go to the the cantata at church and sing it on Sunday night. I am enjoying my first few days off from work, although it is very busy with tying up loose ends for gifts and shopping. We visited my Nana yesterday at her nursing home. Joey and Anna played and sang for them. They were so appreciative and truly enjoyed singing with us! They were making requests for Joey! He did some pretty good sight reading!
We will enjoy our Christmas visits with family here in town later this week. Joe will have knee surgery on Tuesday, December 29, to repair a torn meniscus. I have my first Herceptin treatment with my port on Monday, December 28.
We wish everyone a blessed and merry Christmas with your families!
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:11-14
"O Come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thy coming here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Isreal!"
This is one of my favorite Christmas songs. I enjoyed being able to go to the the cantata at church and sing it on Sunday night. I am enjoying my first few days off from work, although it is very busy with tying up loose ends for gifts and shopping. We visited my Nana yesterday at her nursing home. Joey and Anna played and sang for them. They were so appreciative and truly enjoyed singing with us! They were making requests for Joey! He did some pretty good sight reading!
We will enjoy our Christmas visits with family here in town later this week. Joe will have knee surgery on Tuesday, December 29, to repair a torn meniscus. I have my first Herceptin treatment with my port on Monday, December 28.
We wish everyone a blessed and merry Christmas with your families!
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:11-14
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
One Year Ago
Journal Entry-December 8, 2009
"But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the knowledge of Him everywhere." 2 Cor. 2:14
It was one year ago this week that my doctor found my tumor and sent me for further testing. It hardly seems possible that it has been one year. Sometimes I feel like I've aged many years in this year and other times I feel like I've stood still. I can hardly remember what life was like before this cancer. But before I knew anything, God knew it all and He still does!
I will be having outpatient surgery this Thursday at 2:00 to have my port put in. I wanted to wait until closer to Christmas break, but this was the only time Dr. Young could do it. I would appreciate your prayers as I prepare for this at home and at work. Anna's birthday party is Friday, so especially pray that I will not be sick from the anesthesia and feel like doing all I need to do to prepare for her party! Anna had her Christmas Voice Recital last night. Joey will have exams next week for the first time and has his piano recital and first basketball game Saturday. This month is always is a blur of activities! I have to pray daily for help in focusing on the real reason for it all!
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
Isaiah 9:6
"But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the knowledge of Him everywhere." 2 Cor. 2:14
It was one year ago this week that my doctor found my tumor and sent me for further testing. It hardly seems possible that it has been one year. Sometimes I feel like I've aged many years in this year and other times I feel like I've stood still. I can hardly remember what life was like before this cancer. But before I knew anything, God knew it all and He still does!
I will be having outpatient surgery this Thursday at 2:00 to have my port put in. I wanted to wait until closer to Christmas break, but this was the only time Dr. Young could do it. I would appreciate your prayers as I prepare for this at home and at work. Anna's birthday party is Friday, so especially pray that I will not be sick from the anesthesia and feel like doing all I need to do to prepare for her party! Anna had her Christmas Voice Recital last night. Joey will have exams next week for the first time and has his piano recital and first basketball game Saturday. This month is always is a blur of activities! I have to pray daily for help in focusing on the real reason for it all!
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
Isaiah 9:6
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