Rhonda. I sure relate. Pain is pain no matter how you cut it. But God... He is with us just as he promised to be no matter our feelings.
Keep us posted.

Hugs and prayers coming your way.


----- Original Message -----
From: Rhonda Partain <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 6:46 am
Subject: Anywhere But Here

>
>
> Pray for us today as my brother and I go with our Dad to a cancer doctor; they think he may need radical surgery after all. Dad gets confused and can't remember all the doctors tell him so we are going with him today.
> Here are some thoughts I wrote:
>         There are lots of places I've been with my Dad. I've been out in his shop while he sanded a car getting it ready to paint, I've been to car races at a dirt track, I have walked with him through museums as he described what was behind the glass.  We've climbed mountains, rode in a glass bottomed boat in a cold dark cave. . But there is one place I never imagined going, one place I never dreamed I would ever have to think of. Tomorrow I'll go with my Dad to a cancer doctor to discuss treatment needed after chemo for colon cancer. Cancer isn't like a cold; it can't be made better with a bowl of homemade chicken soup; it can't be wished away, no drugs that will make it leave. It seems to come out of nowhere, as though it had been laying in wait ready to pounce just when no one expected it.  
>         What does one say at a cancer doctor visit? How can a positive spin be made for this? There are no guarantees, no sure fire proof treatments; but we hold on to faith, hope and love. Even cancer and the awful side effects of chemo therapy can't diminish these. Faith gives us strength to make it one more day; hope helps us believe things will be better, and love, love endures it all never failing, never leaving. 
>         And so, as I prepare to go with my Dad to the cancer doctor, I whisper a prayer to my Heavenly Father asking him for strength, for that peace that is greater than all I can't figure out or comprehend, and for love that endures I hold tightly to the promise that though I walk through hard times, God walks with me. .

As Always, Vicki
To get information on how to purchase my CD write me at:
[log in to unmask]