Where am I going?

I like this quote that I found in a book of questions that Gracie and I have.  I, too, am comforted.

"There are parts of a ship which taken by themselves would sink.  The engine would sink.  The propeller would sink.  But when the parts of a ship are built together, they float.  So with the events of my life.  Some have been tragic.  Some have been happy.  But when they are built together, they form a craft that floats and is going someplace.  And I am comforted."

Sockman. Ralph W. We’re Finally Alone – Now What Do We Do?: More than 500 Thought-Provoking Questions to Energize Your Marriage. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Wheaton, Illinois. 1996. Page 96.

Cancer is limited

When we were at the UNC NICU, another preemie parent said, "Everything is going to be okay."  I'm not sure what he meant by that, but I thought about it a lot afterward, and decided that he was right, regardless of what the hospital moniters were saying about our son.


On the halls of the Mayo Clinic, someone else agrees with me:

"Cancer is so limited. . .It cannot cripple love,It cannot shatter hope,It cannot corrode faith,It cannot eat away peace,It cannot kill friendship,It cannot silence courage,It cannot invade the soul,It cannot reduce eternal life,It cannot destroy confidence,It cannot shut out memories,It cannot quench the spirit,It cannot lessen the power of the resurrection. 

Though the physical body may be destroyed by disease, the spirit can remain triumphant. If disease has invaded your body, refuse to let it touch your spirit. Your body can be severely afflicted, and you may have a struggle, But if you keep trusting God's love, your spirit will remain strong. 

Why must I bear this pain? I cannot tell;I only know my Lord does all things well.And so I trust in God, my all in all.For He will bring me through, whatever befall. 

Our greatest enemy is not disease, but despair."