"Uh, Barb? Could you feel along my windpipe?" PLEASE, say you don't feel anything.
"Sure." Eyes squinted, concentration.
"Well..?" PLEASE!
"I feel a big lump. Does it hurt?"
"Yeah" Oh, crap.
"Oh, crap."
Who says great minds don't think alike?
When you held the tumour
in your hands,
pray tell, what did you feel?
Did this help you understand
that death is close, and
real,
or did you ken this fact
already,
knowing what had gone
before?
Will this help you hold
and steady
the jumper standing ‘fore
the door,
the man who does not
want to go,
but knows that fate just
will not wait?
The man who wav’ring,
wants to know
what lies beyond that
gate?
Can you tell, and channel
grace
to the soul who fears
what he must face?
Music from Guster, with Do You Love Me (click here if your device doesn't bring up the video).
This song has a history for us...every Christmas, Albuquerque puts on the River of Lights, a twinkle-light display at the botanical gardens (nope, didn't happen in 2020). The last one I was well enough to attend, I head this song over the speakers. Caught some lyrics, looked it up, and absolutely loved it.
Oh Andrew I am sorry this is not fun for you. I pray that God's peace will rise up in you and bring comfort. Praying for you and Barbara
ReplyDeleteLoretta, we thank you so much for your prayers...prayer is really the vital thing now.
DeleteMay God bring you relief from pain today. Praying for Him to bring you and Barb all the encouragement and strength you each need.
ReplyDeleteJoanne, without God's constant presence, we' be o lost...and with it, though things are bad, we're OK.
DeleteUgh - so sorry to read this. Praying for peace and comfort today.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much...it's hard, but life is still worthwhile.
DeleteSorry to hear that brother. I pray peace for you and for Barb as she travels this road with you.
ReplyDeleteDuane, thank you somuch for your kind words, and especially for your prayers!
DeleteNever in all my life have I known someone like you.
ReplyDeleteNor have I know anyone like you, dear Susan.
DeleteMay God continue to be with both of you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Anita!
DeleteAndrew, I can't even imagine . . . I'm praying for you and for Barb, my friend.
ReplyDeleteJeanne, you prayers and love mean the world to us. Thank you.
DeletePraying for you both.
ReplyDeleteLove the song and video.
DeleteLeon, thank you so much...and I'm so glad you enjoyed the music!
DeleteI'm channeling all the grace I can your way.
ReplyDeleteAmie, FMF #25
Amie, that channel of grace is a treaure. Thank you.
DeletePraying for peace and comfort for you, dear Andrew, and praying for Barb as well.
ReplyDeleteGrams, we're so very, very grateful for your prayers!
DeleteMy first time here, Andrew and I cannot but be moved by your situation. Please be assured of my prayers!
ReplyDeleteCorinne, thank you so much...prayers are very important to us, and treasured.
DeleteDear Andrew, I "feel" blessed to have met you here on FMF, I feel blessed at the new friends here in the blogosphere of Christ followers that I have made as Jesus leads us all to cross path for his Glory and purpose. I bring my continued paryers to you and Barb. Blessings to you my friend.
ReplyDeleteVisiting from FMF#12
Paula, thank you...I feel the blesing of your riendship, an am grateul to God that we could meet in this way.
DeleteAnd we thank you so much for your prayers!
Seeing the grace of God,
ReplyDeleteWe all want to give Him a nod.
We wonder when our time will be,
Is He sitting there just watching me?
Grace extends from our loved ones hands,
The strength more than wedding bands.
May we greet this day with pause,
As we all wear a bit of gauze.
Oh, Jennifer, this poem is so lovely! Thank you!
DeleteI didn't mean to go MIA last year but it sort of happened anyway! What a mixture of joy and sorrow to find myself back here in your corner of the interwebs! Praying for you and Barb! Much love!
ReplyDeleteKarrilee, it is WONDERFUL to see you! I missed you!
DeleteWe're so grateful for your prayers.
May God give you some relief this week. 🙏
ReplyDeleteBarb, thank you...it's been a rough week (and it's a rough 'right now'!), but I'm still here.
DeleteSending love and prayers to both of you.
ReplyDeletePaula, thank you so much!
DeleteLord, please meet Andrew and Barb in their deepest needs right now, providing Your all-sufficient grace for each moment of their grueling battle. Give Andrew relief from the pain and cover them with peace and comfort as the time draws nearer for Andrew to be ushered into his glory. You are good and faithful. In Jesus' name, Amen!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this lovely, loving prayer!
DeleteLord, please meet Andrew and Barb in their deepest needs right now, providing Your all-sufficient grace for each moment of their grueling battle. Give Andrew relief from the pain and cover them with peace and comfort as the time draws nearer for Andrew to be ushered into his glory. You are good and faithful. In Jesus' name, Amen!
ReplyDeleteJulie, I apologise...I was replying sequentially and id not see your name attached to the prayer...and reading it again, I love it even more.
DeleteThank you!
Walking with you both from afar ...
ReplyDeleteLinda,we so appreciate your company!
DeleteDear Andrew & Barb, praying for you both, my faraway, never-met friends in New Mexico. Love in His bonds,
ReplyDeleteKathryn Z.
PS I'm going to send a link to a beautiful new song from Sovereign Grace Music, "All of Our Tomorrows". Hope it will bless & encourage all who listen!
Kathryn...I have no words, but thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
Deletehttps://youtu.be/isxS9Oxhx_I
ReplyDelete"All of Our Tomorrows"
Kathryn, thank you for this...it's such a lovely song!
DeletePraying for wisdom and peace.
ReplyDeleteTheresa, thank you so much for your prayers. Prayers now mean the world to us.
DeleteMarie, I do feel God's love...that and the fear form a kind of odd symbiosis, a chiaroscuro.
ReplyDeleteWeird.
Praying for grace and strength you Andrew x
ReplyDeleteWemi, thank you so much...prayers are everything.
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