Walking with God with cancer …
Reality has set in. I could die with brain cancer. The thought of what lies ahead scares my wife and me to … death. Death becomes a different picture when you are face to face with it every day, every time you look in the mirror, every time you have a conversation with someone, and every time someone looks at your scar.
This last summer my wife found a plaque in California that read:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; but by the number of moments that take your breath away.
These twelve years on staff at SBC I have been honored to witness some breath-taking moments that only GOD could have orchestrated. Working with the tireless Team Kid staff we would stand back after working so hard to bring together an event … then see what God would do with it. That is what I long to see again. That is what I miss. The presence of God working among and through His people and staff at SBC … that truly takes my breath away!
As a child of four years old, I found myself at Youth Camp at a Baptist camp called Camp Lebanon. There I found that I loved being with all of the youth laughing , playing, singing, and worshiping the Lord. One day in front of everyone I walked on the stage, asked for a microphone, and sang without fear the song “He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands.” Never in a million years did I dream that the Big God that I was singing about at four would still have me in His BIG hands at age 63 … while I have cancer. And, never did I dream that BIG GOD would be so faithful all these years walking beside me, walking in front of me, walking for me all the way through. HE certainly has exceeded my expectations.
But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold and a refuge in the day of my distress. (Psalm 59:16 NASB)