“Rejoice and Be Glad”
Happy Friday!!! Hope your week has gone well and you are ready for the weekend. I want to share a thought with you and get it written before the weekend gets started.
I felt like this was important and something beneficial for me to share. Last post I shared about my workouts last week. I had made some progress and was happy about that. I got my third one in today and will have to see what happens tomorrow and may get 4 in this week. The last two weeks have not been near as much about working out as how that process is a way I create some healthy distraction to where my brain tends to go lately.
When we left on our special vacation last month I was feeling so much better. I was grateful for two main reasons. Special time with my wonderful wife and I thought for the first time, this brain tumor was still not active…I was going to be around for awhile. That second thought was new. This was the first time since my surgery the last day March, 2021 that I honestly thought I was doing well and had time.
Fast forward to July 5th, 2022 and I started to feel poorly. July 6th, I found out I had Covid and since that day I have not felt well. That next week Covid kicked my butt and then my recovery has put me back into most of how I had felt the previous 14 months. I was so discouraged and in many ways that has had an effect on me that I have had to fight.
The switch from, I am going to be around for a while and to, my time is limited and the cancer has kicked in was not what I needed or wanted. This last month has caused some frustration and probably some depression. It has honestly hit me in a different way than I have ever experienced. I am disappointed, not crazy about sharing that but have felt like I need to be honest.
Honesty has a unique way to make me feel better. Sharing this will also help get me back on track. I have made progress but still not where I want to be.
This morning I had a verse hit me. It was this sweet reminder of thoughts and truths that have given me comfort through this entire process.
“This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
I believe and have tried to walk in this truth through my entire journey. All I have is today. I did not chose this brain tumor, I am not being punished, I am loved by the God of creation. I find great comfort in this truth. The last few days have reminded me, I have today! I am grateful for that and want to enjoy each day until I take my last breath.
Wanted to share that and maybe encourage one of you!
Never, never forget,,,,, “You are Loved and of Great Value.”