| | Hi everyone,
No news is good news. I saw the doctor yesterday and got a clean bill. I have gained back most of my weight and people comment that I look healthy. I can eat a lot of foods now. My family went to the Hilton at Universal City and ate their all you can eat Asian buffet. The draw for the Chinese is their Sharks Fin Soup and Ginger Sauce Steamed Crab. There were over 20 of us and we just pigged out. Cost about $42.00 for each of us and it was just as good as any Vegas buffet. I was even able to drink a couple of glasses of coke. I still have the dry mouth and tire easily, but I am very much thankful for being where I am. Last year at this time, I didn't even want to think about July 2008.
I have been studying the book of Job in the Bible. Its a classic on the topic of "bad things happening to good people." Allow me to share just a bit about what I have learned from a commentary by theologian Bruce Waltke. He discusses how this guy Job had four options in how to respond to his suffering state. (1) Stoicism, where he could suppress any emotions and bravely "grin and bear it." Or (2) Denial - pretend it doesn't exist and proclaim, "All is well." Or (3) False optimism - think that everything will be fine on its own, saying "I will be happy." While all these responses I think have some element of helpfulness, Waltke points out a different path that Job followed. Job responded with (4) Honest perseverance - seeing the evil for what it was and calling out to God for help.
I want to leave you with two well known quotes that I think are inspiring:
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
--Randy Pausch
"There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still."
-- Corrie Ten Boom
Randy Pausch is battling terminal cancer and is well known for "The Last Lecture."
http://www.thelastlecture.com/
Corrie Ten Boom was imprisoned for hiding Jews and others from the Nazis during WWII.
http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2001/02/daily-02-28-2001.shtml
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