Light Shines in the Darkness

Listening to: Round and Around by Kolohe Kai I'm starting this journal to have a place to document my feelings about this journey I have set before me, to share prayer requests so that I can look back and see everywhere God was when I wasn't seeing Him clearly and to share all of the But God moments--everywhere I do see God--as I climb this mountain. My flesh and my heart may fail,  but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - Psalm 73:26 A PERSONAL HISTORY Thursday, August 24, 2023 I have had a history with cysts in my breasts for the past 12 years. My family doctor was monitoring them with ultrasounds every 6 months. When we moved to Alberta and finally got a new family doctor, I told him about my cystory 🤣 and booked an ultrasound. I received an ultrasound and a mammogram, both were apparently normal. Tuesday, February 27, 2024 I had a follow-up ultrasound. The nodule in my left breast had grown and two lymph nodes on the left side were enlarged. Protocol ...

Listening to: Diamonds by Johnnyswim I completed my first treatment today--immunotherapy, steroids, chemotherapy one, chemotherapy two. I had no reactions to any of the infusions, praise the Lord. I am feeling good. The nurse gave me a lot of hope for getting through the next few days. God blessed me with a sweet nurse who talked me through every step of the process, even cried with me, and whose name is Janine! Treatment 1 out of 16 is complete, only 15 more to go.

Listening to: Come Thou Fount by Celtic Worship I asked God to give me assurance that I was going to be okay. He gave me a dream about Luke planning a trip for me because a special occasion was coming up. Then, all of a sudden, I was in a pasture with a fence all around the perimeter. I saw my good friend Patsy and she spritely jumped over the fence, but clumsily got her pant's waistband stuck on a fence post. As she was struggling to unhook herself and get down from the post, we looked at each other and we laughed at her clumsiness together. Once she was free, she told me she had to go and started walking away down a dirt road. I wanted to join her and when I started walking after her, she told me, "Not yet." I felt like I was being kept inside the fence and she had her freedom, becuase her side had the road on it and my side was just a field.  I feel God was telling me that Patsy is free from this mortal coil and I will remain here a while longer. I feel God was also te...