I can’t speak for other cancer warriors but I think the enemy often tries to make us feel invisible. This war is a series of battles stretched over a long time. In my case, according to medical experts, it’s a battle for the rest of my life. Of course I know the God that heals me so I stand with Him. The enemy I speak of isn’t cancer, that is just a physical disease. The enemy is satan. As with all of us in any battle we face he tries to get our focus on ourselves and our sym

Recently I was watching an episode of The Chosen and there was a moment that struck me and God stirred my heart to share it. The scene is when, at the Last Supper Jesus drapes a towel around his waist and one by one washes the disciples feet. Of course there were a myriad of reactions from the disciples because they didn’t understand why Jesus was doing something some humble. At that time they wore sandals and walked many miles on any given day which means that their feet wer

I am sitting here awake so I am reading about healing. (Christ Our Healer by F.F. Booth.) As I was reading the phrase the faith of a child came to me. So I asked God what was the significance of this phrase. I felt Him say that often we look down on something when we say it is childish or child like. We often think of it is small and dismissible. We treat it as something simple or cute but that is not how God sees its. God calls us to have such faith: “Then Jesus called a lit

I I was spending time with God and reflecting back on my life journey so far. I cringed at some of the attitudes and actions I saw in my past. I spent so many years controlled by expectations and the need to always have an answer for everything and anything. If I didn’t have an answer I did everything I could to find out. Now none of these seems truly terrible, it’s not like looking back at a sinful life… or is it? What made me cringe is how long I carried a burden that God n

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I have been so blessed by the many people who have messaged me saying they have been encouraged by my posts. It is so humbling to  see...

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