What’s Brewing – Time
I’ve been feeling hard pressed for TIME lately. My schedule is packed to the brim. I 
wake up in the morning with all my ‘to do’s’ hovering over me, like spoiled bosses, waiting for me to rise up and do their bidding. Then, I re-read an email from a precious friend . . .
TIME – The word stands alone.. It can mean so many things.
April 10th, 2015, will be my last Chemo, Number 8, Lord willing. I started on Jan 2, 2015. Two weeks apart.
As I started this journey, a few weeks before Christmas with my diagnosis, my life as I understood it before, changed in three words… “I have cancer”
A flurry of words, diagnosis, tests, biopsy’s, tears, insurance, HER, Estrogen, Progesterone, Lobular, Surgeon, Plastic Surgeon, Radiologist, Oncologist, Lab work, Surgery of Port, IV, Oncologist IV Nurses, Tears, Shaving off my hair, Wigs, How can this be happening, Questions, Digging deep in Gods word, Tears, and More digging deep…… and building a community of people I had never been in the circle with. My heart is deeply connected to those struggling with any disease that they have come up against. All ages, all sorts of disease.
We don’t sign up for this, but it somehow enlisted me, and TIME became even more precious. I use to think about what it would feel like to grow old, and the fear of the aging process, now I look at growing old as a Blessing and Privilege should the Lord allow me to walk on this earth that long. Meantime, I will appreciate today, and bundle you all close to my heart as your prayers and kindness has been the wind to my back.
I face surgery on May 6th, just weeks away. The chemo is Phase 1, Surgery will be Phase 2. I leave you with this thought:
“Jesus is NO security against the storm
He is the perfect security “In” the storm
Never an easy passage, but safe landing”
Annie Flint”
TIME, is a sobering thing. It’s a gift given by Giver of Life. An open door of opportunities. A blank page. A game changer. A reason to begin again. A mercy waiting to grasped. A breath of fresh air. A word that matters.
I pray as you ponder the meaning of TIME with me today, that you will join me in praying for Bonnie’s continuing journey as we listen to a song she wrote in a TIME when she had no idea how much we would all need it today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJDqfVbJ6Xc
Thank you Bonnie, for sharing your story with us. Your love for God, your kindness, your mercy, your beautiful voice, and that smile that warms a thousand hearts, has blessed our hearts today.
Love and joy, Sandy
What’s Brewing – Time was first posted on April 12, 2015 at 7:59 am.
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