Our Journey - "Endure and Let Your Light Shine"

In April 2006 I was diagnosed with a likely terminal cancer. Through all of this I believed that God has given me this challenge for a reason and that reason is to provide an example to others on how God is guiding my family and me through this journey and how He continues to bless us as we continue our battle. This Blog is intended to share my thoughts, prayers, and ramblings with the hope that at least one person, as a result of my posting, takes at least one step closer to God...

October 22, 2010

Medical Update: Back Into the Fight – Finally

I was finally able to receive the second chemo infusion of the second round of my treatment yesterday. Blood counts have returned to near normal so my oncologist gave it the go-ahead. I am scheduled to receive the first treatment of my third round in two weeks. I pray that I will be able to receive it so that we can stay in the fight.

Dear and mighty Lord. Thank you for providing the opportunity to continue battling this disease. Thank You for the life extending drugs and for the doctors and nurses with the skill to administer them. A ask You Lord to continue to provide me with life. You are a great and merciful God. I trust You and will follow You wherever You lead me.

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AnonymousOctober 22, 2010 at 7:58 AM
That's great news, Paul! Near normal blood counts!
I will repeat your prayer, above, often today.
We love you,
Ann, Clyde and Mom
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Jack n PatOctober 23, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Fight the Good Fight!
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Endure and Let Your Light Shine

1 Corinthians 10:13 -- No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.

Hebrews 10:36 -- For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Proverbs 13:9 -- The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

Matthew 5:14-16 -- let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:32-33 -- ‘Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.”

The Great Commission

After Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection He returned in the flesh one last time to His apostles and instructed them in the Great Commission. These are Christ’s last words of instruction to us, as recorded by Matthew, before his final ascension to the spirit world.

Matthew 28:18-20 -- And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’*

Padre Pio

The Way to Heaven
What does it matter to you whether Jesus wishes to guide you to Heaven by way of the desert or by the fields, so long as you get there by one way or the other? Put away any excessive worrying which results from the trials by which the good God has desired to test you; and if this is not possible, resign yourself to the Divine will.

Make Yourself at Home
It is just as well to make yourself at home with the sufferings that Jesus is pleased to send you as you must always live with them. In this way, when you are least expecting to be liberated from them, Jesus, who cannot bear to keep you long in affliction, will come and relieve you and comfort you, giving you new courage.