Hi All, I used these songs to end my day on Monday. I was lead to them after prayer and decided that they would be nice to share in this moment. Enjoy this beautiful Day. 🙂
Beautiful songs just enjoy. God is so good.
Yesterday: by , Mary / Mary
Laren Hill and Tanya Blount
This song reminds me of a lovely women that went to the Lord . God Bless you . C
I will not get into my day yesterday, in too much depth . Let me just say this. We are Blessed with so much. Through connections that only God can create. My story made its way through different health professionals and lay people prior to even starting this blog. It culminated with my being picked up at my home by a new friend that I knew only by voice. C, and she took me to Dana Farber because a very dear of friend of hers has been diagnosed with Glio Blastoma , brain cancer and she asked me to support her. My Dr. R, as God would have it is treating her/ my new friend as well. A is a very lovely lady with a beautiful family to support her.
God is connecting all the dots all the time. Connecting us all in a web of Mercy with relationship to oneanother. When I was not with A today while she had her scan etc, I found myself just sitting there. I thought to myself what are you doing? I began to pray for her and every person that crossed my path. I asked God to heal them from Cancer and all these deseases.
Sometimes we feel powerless, blue and like life is a non stop stuggle but I will tell you one thing. We are all so powerful because of our prayers. God answers everyone one of them. Life is once again in control. We have hope.
The woman today, A. her daughter C, and friend C were so lovely, I had never met anyone of them in person prior to today. But that is God for you ! They were all wonderful. I even had the pleasure of speaking to A’s husband on the phone for quite a while. What a wonderful man.
So in closing keep looking up and look for the opportunities that God sends you. In my responding to a request to support another human being, I was the one who was truely Blessed.
The doctors were informed that I had an incident in Radiation with the equipment malfunction and left the room quickly, I had said to the doctors that I was okay and could see from my left eye again. Although, like I said to my wife, brother and the few who have heard about this account over the last year or so .I had to complain 🙂 I said hey God, my vision returned in my left eye to what it was before I was blinded, you think that you would make it perfect when vision was restored.:) I have told you before God must be rolling his eyes all the time over me. LOL Father said that God has a sense of humor , So, I choose to believe him 🙂
Going home in the car my wife was like, Danny we need to know what happened, my brother tried to just say it would be a good thing to know even for others. My feeling was at that time, Its fine, it happened and it is over. They know how firmly God has placed me into a peace that is not of this world. In my mind I hear all ll the time like a whisper. “Be Still and Know, I Am God”. So, I understand why people have a hard time understanding me. But ,know in their hearts it is true. So that night was filled with every living family member of my family calling me to say Dan, you have to ask them what happened. My brother B and my wife were taking me the next day for treatment.
We got up the next morning, my brother was in our driveway here at around 5:30a.m. as usual. And off we went to Dana Farber, we went to the radiology unit at Brigham and Williams, that is where my radiation treatment was done, and checked in. My wife said again, Dan find out what happened when you go in. Bob said the same thing. They were ganging up 🙂 lol
Just kidding, again no one was wrong in their comments that I should find out what happened. I just announced to them it is not about me everything is happening as it should. I just had peace. You will see and read why shortly. I was the only one allowed in the radiology treatment area so the staff came and got me again the Spirit was right their to great them. Big smile as always, I gave the staff my as I called it my golden ticket like Willy Wonda, it was a red card actually that would allow my program to run on the radiation equipment. They took me to the treatment vault by the massive solid door and rolled me around the corner in view was the treatment bed and the 3 or so staff members that were normally there. They all greated me with smiles as normal. No one mentioned the day befores event. And what the Holy Spirit did in this moment was just astounding. When I say in my writings that I am merely a passenger on the bus watching God work his Miracles it is very true! I am so serious about that fact, and it is not because of me, I am, justme. God used what the devil was attempting to do to me which was to silence me so that I could not continue my ministry and giving Gods good news. God can do anthing! It as plain as day to me. And when God wants me and my witness for him is done. I will be taken to him. I will then be judged too for my shortcomings. Just a plain and simple fact of life.
So anyways, I am sitting in my wheelchair facing all of these people. There was a new face that I never seen standing there before. In a second, God took over and The Holy Spirit emerged. Out of my mouth came. Hello, to the new worman in the lab coat , This is the Holy Spirit everyone in the room was polarized and staring at me. I saw tears in the eyes of the believers that had been treating me over the last 5 or so weeks daily. He said you are in charge of the equipment correct? She said yes. The Holy Spirit said then you know what happened to Dan yesterday when the equipment malfunctioned and he was blinded in his left eye. She was so stunned, He said Dans doctors came right down to check the equipment to see what happened, again she said yes. The final question he asked was this, Dan should not be able to see with the amount of radation that he received is this true, he is a miracle she hesitated, he said, it is true isn’t it? She said yes, I saw the faithful in the room just totally wrapped up in Gods amazement and glory.
There was a young person working in that room as well that was an intern finishing up her studies in college. Everyday during my treatment she was generally there. Her name was L and she reminded me of my daughters very sweet. Everyday when my treatment was done before I left the vault as I call it. They would grab my treatment card and hand it to me. Then, away they would take me to my family in the wheelchair. Well everyday, I would say, God Bless You as I was leaving that area and I could tell she hated it, never said a word to me but she would turn away.
Well, God healed this situation in about 10 seconds one of the most breathe taking things I have ever witnessed and guess what it was not about me, all of the radiation staff were still there including the women responsible for the machine. God established that I was a Miracle and then turned directly towards the young lady L. I felt the Holy Spirit through me lock eyes with her and God reached out with such love,
L you are not a believer. Just a simple loving statement made by a father, she responded softly yes, I do. Again, God through the Holy Spirit was talking to her with such love all the faces in the room were locked on my eyes. God said, you don’t and thats okay. Dan tells you everyday, God Bless You and that is only because he is thankful to you for your helping him. With that her face lit up and you could see joy. Hear heart melted and her presence was light and she now believed in God. This is only the tip of the iceberg on what God is doing in this time through many people. Love heals, truth breaks deception, God triumphs over everything with Love. He is the just Judge. He knows all, like psalm #139 say’s We cannot hide from him, he knew that in this second before I ever came to be that I would be declaring his victory. His God News! today right now ! And, you would be here reading it. We are all connected.
I then layed on the treatment table and was strapped in. I had no concern based on what happened the day before, I had my job and that was to offer up everything for whatever God wanted. It was simple. Treatment went well and I as always felt great and thankful.
The Bottom Line :
You see my appointment with my doctor that was scheduled for the day before was switched to the day of the incident. So, God new that in that day this malfunction would happen, he also knew that I would be seeing my doctor on that afternoon. He also knew that L would be in my treatment room as a student and witnessing the whole thing. And, then the next day God declared Victory to the staff in Radiology that I was a Miracle building all of their faith. He then turned around and saved L. right before our eyes. She saw the truth, so her eyes open to Heaven and God. As the bible says the Scales fell from her eyes. If that’s not magnificent then, what is? God handles everyone of our lives everday, I am having a hard time with typing and dictating so, you know where I stand. 🙂
By the way L’s last day as a student ended on my last day of threatments in June 2012.No coincidence either. She always said God Bless Me with a big smile on her face, she rolled me out of the room that day and hugged me. I introduced her to my wife and brother and my doctor was in his office so, the fog horn(me) opened my mouth and I yelled hey Dr. A. LOl He came out and greeted me, what a great guy! 🙂 I said, L here is finishing her studies when she comes for a job please help her out, she’s great !They all laughed. I often wonder how she is. Like the bible say’s, Jesus will go after the one lost sheep to protect it. And, he did 🙂 Also, I cannot imagine the wonderful things that L will do in her life. Just beautiful. Amen !
Back some years ago I was working in a home of a lovely couple in their late 70’s. He was a barber his entire life after getting out of the service, and she was a wonderful homemaker who raised her beautiful family. She at the time was worried that her home would not be completed before Easter. I assured her there was no problem. During that time, there were no cell phones so I needed to answer a page that I received. They had one phone in their house located in the kitchen to use. So, I asked to use her phone she said of course. So, I called my wife and I must have answered a question about birthday plans, she heard the conversation. I hung up and just said thank you for the use of her phone she was in another room. She apparently pulled my brother B asside when he walked by the room and Bob told her yes my bithday was tomorrow. The next day as we were working , they called me into the kitchen and had a italian rum cake from a bakery with candles lit and sang Happy Birthday to me with my brother joining in.. Now, is that a God moment or what ?
God bless the Maraglia’s they were angels on Earth. Salt of the Earth.
For them , in their memory.
Etta James
I know they are dancing to this right now in Heaven
Just a quick post on this one, Life as we all know is challenging. Lets please pray for those people young and old who are discouraged and are suffering from depresson, loneliness and are showing signs of fatigue. They may need a helping hand over a bump in life etc. Churches have healing ministers who can help.They also generally offer counseling in some cases. If they do have it available they know where to find help. It seems to be a trend with people just giving up. And we are hearing about these tragidies not just for the people down the street by people who are higly acclaimed. It crosses all barriers into every segment of society. Every life is precious.
We are all eachothers keepers so we need to try and be viligent in watching our loved one, friends and neighbors to make sure they are all okay and to give hope. We are Love in action through Jesus Christ. Amen.
I was talking to my brother tonight and told him how uncomfortable I am with all of the I’s in my blog.
As I have stated before I am not a career writer, I don’t have that kind of finesse. This blog is Gods Victory that we all share and is being put pen to paper which so many people said that I needed to do. I am personally grateful to be here in this moment to write this account, but at times with the use of all of the I’s as I said to my brother, it feels very gratatuitous and anyone who know me knows that I cannot stand that stuff. I am not computer savy and did not even know what a blog was until a couple of days before my first post.
While speaking to my brother tonight we spoke about a topic that is very real that we all deal with whether it is a illness or a death. The people , sometimes the ones you would think of when something happens to be there for you , run for the hills and never look back at you (or so it feels) like you did something wrong.
This happened to us years ago when we lost our son Brad Michael. Again, we were younger and so were those individuals. We were really young kids back then by todays standard. So, we just figured they were not our friends.
I am older now and, I am getting a little wiser as I go 🙂
When cancer came barreling down the road a few of my friends just plain disappereared from our lives. It has taken a long while for me to work through my feelings on this issue. Through a lot of prayer, assistance from my family including my conversation tonight with my older brother, I have come to understand what I knew anyway, that I had done nothing wrong. It is funny how our minds will deceive us sometimes.(devil) Everyone as I have written in my blog before is a summ of all of our life experiences and shapes who we are as people. So, some people aren’t able to cope with certain life experiences especially if it includes death or the possibility of losing a friend.Some people look at me and let’s face it say, God this couldbe me ! It scares them.Some people have felt death so close to them before that they just cannot bare it again.They could not deal with another loss. I don’t judge that. I am also so glad that I now have an understanding of that situation. Life is a healing experience in so many ways. Everyday, if you choose can be a day of getting your thoughts in a place where you are stronger and healthier. Prayer plays an essential roll in that process for me. With prayer comes peace, understanding,wisdom and healing from God.
Another very important thing that I really need to say is how many people who are too numerous to count ran to our sides in that moment and are still with us today, so we count them as our friends and blessings in our lives today too. God has been extremely good to us. Amen.
In closing on this issue, I am putting this behind me and for any of us that have had this experience, like my brother said what would Jesus do? How right he is! I will say that I for one still love them all very much, and pray for them thats what friends do 🙂
Friends Michael W. Smith
Casting Crowns Prayer for a friend. Just beautiful
Thats how my next account begins. Dan as you are part of the experimental study with Saha or the actual name Veronistat we would like you to visit our Oncology Phychiatrist. I said all right. Never been to one but, if I had to go, then God wanted this appointment to take place. Plus the study info will help others out too.
So, we booked an appt with Dr. V for Dana F. the assistant came to get me and the Riley clan all went into this large office. 🙂
The doctor was quite lovely, she turned in her chair and smiled very softly, her hand grasped her glasses and said something like Oh, is it okay for them to be here with you and I said they are always with me. like the bible my witnesses and smiled, she said, I see. And she wrote something down on the clipboard. I will not pretend to know what 🙂
She looked a little puzzled like what is this? She began to ask are you depressed? I said no, I feel great, Gods got it. Again, a puzzled look was on her face she was looking at my families faces and they were like this is his natural state.( Thanks be to God) Dr V nodded at them. She bagan a series of cognative tests and I completed them and one highlight was when she gave me a list of items from different catagories and said remember these words. A while later I was asked okay Dan can you give me the list of words that I gave you to remember? Well, I began the list the best that I could and word after word came out she finally said there is one more word do you know what it is ? Very pleasently. I sat there and said, out loud , God ,what is that last word? I sat there and the word daisy came into my head. The Dr. Just looked at me and I said oh, he just said Daisy. She honestly looked shocked. That was the word. My family and I laughed and marveled at God’s being in every moment. That was the end of Session One.
She asked to see me again so I said sure. Gods knows the reason. The next Session Two, meeting with Dr. V was close up to me chair to chair and she asked me more questions a whole lot.. Her eyes were on me like a hawk trying to access where I am at and why. She was very kind, professional and was really working to see that my needs may be met and to measure the effect of the brain cancer on my body and thinking process. She was wonderful and one of these days If I bump into her again, I will be sure to thank her for her wonderful devotion to her patients including me. I just witnessed God and his glory to Dr V. and told her that God loves US all the same. She had watery eyes at times during my witness and I felt her humanity. God Bless her as well. That was my last visit and again God was showing her that he is right here in the moment and always will be.
For All Of Our Doctors, May God Direct Their Hands, minds,and medicines through the Holy Spirit to help all of us that suffer in any way with a medical or mental illness of any sort to be healed. Amen !
Just Danny Speaks 