This is the time of year that I favor. I love the change of the Seasons and the Holiday/ Christmas Season so much. It ushers in a freshness of air , an abundance and light. It culminates with the Calander change into a New Year with new opportunities. Sounds great doesn’t it?

Well, there is one  thing that keeps on going even during this period. It’s called sorrow. Sorrow for things past and most importantly in the present moment.

This Season is no different. I am in contact with many people weekly who are living their own cancer journeys or have friends and relatives who are and I spend a lot of time supporting and loving them through it.

I would please ask you to pray for the following people and their families and caretakers this day.

Stevie.  Terrible emotional turmoil and medication issues. We pray to the Lord.

For Paul S. Who is a fight for his life with pancreatic cancer / liver. We pray to the Lord.

For all of the people suffering from any type of medical situations whether they be emotional , or physical I pray that God will reach down and remove their afflictions.  We pray to the Lord.

Last  evening late one of my children’s friends who is home on school break popped  in to visit and he found himself in my family room and my wife and I had the opportunity to speak to him . He is a great kid and we spoke of his recent loss of his grandfather and the feelings surrounding that life event. I was honored to witness the words spoken by him in regards to his grandfather and the legacy of love that he lived. I also understood the loss that his grandmother and the entire family was feeling.

This thing called life is very real. We here have a very dear family friend Paul S and family who are fighting the good fight against cancer. As I said last night to the young man Ryan in my family room. They are witnessing the strength and faith in God to so many. They are showing love faith and trust in their God.

3 blocks away from me in this moment is my beautiful nephew Stevie who is battling the most oppressive of all mania caused by medication issues. My nephew is a Saint living a difficult life walking head first into a raging strong. Stevie is not lost because he has a family circling the carriages around him and supporting him from the total onslaught of the storms fury. In this moment there in their home is my brother, his wife, their two daughters, their son in law and mother in law riding out the storm with him. They have been in this hurricane for 25 years.

Guess what, he is counted as our families most beautiful members, a young man who sees only good, who’s heart is pure. He is love personified.

My brother and his wife and family have a journey that not many could have lived with daily. But you see the one thing and perhaps the most important thing is that they know God he is their refuge. He is the reason.

So, there are 3 examples of why we need one another, Paul. S, Ryan and family and Stevie, our families angel.

Please pray for them all this day. And, let us all keep the small stuff in its place and praise God for his love and goodness in this thing called life. Amen.

So, please listen to and read the lyrics for the following song and then say a prayer for the people mentioned in this writing. I also will pray for your needs as well. God knows who you are and what you need.

God Bless us all. Amen.

Danny

Praise You In This Storm – Casting Crowns – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5bLvVjJ4MA