I started a new regimen of chemotherapy the week after Christmas, and I finished my last treatment on Wednesday, June 2. Yay! My last bloodwork showed that the tumor markers continued to go down, so that is a praise and answer to many prayers. I will have another CAT scan and bloodwork on June 21, and then we will get the results on June 23 and find out whether I will have short-term or long-term radiation (as long as nothing else has changed). I already do not miss the chemo and look forward to regaining my energy. God has provided me with such wonderful medical care. The doctors and the nurses are amazing, and my infusion nurse Paige is such an amazing nurse who takes such good care of me. What a blessing she is! We continue to pray for all of our medical professionals, and we tell them we do. It's my desire that they will see Jesus in me and hopefully see how I respond as a believer to my cancer. My beloved husband has been so caring and loving through all of our journey together and has been Jesus to me.
We continue to feel so blessed to be lifted up in prayer by family and friends around the world. Thank you so much for making us feel so very loved!
I have found some wonderful songs that have encouraged me during my most tired and weary times. One is by Keith and Kristyn Getty, "He Will Hold Me Fast." Oh, what deep and real comfort that no matter what happens to me in my life, Christ my Savior will hold me fast. If you've not heard it, you can listen to it here. It originated from an old hymn by Charles M. Alexander in 1906 based on Psalm 139:10. Psalm 139 is such a rich and wonderful Psalm of David.
What confidence we can have knowing that God is always with those who love Him -- and He is available to anyone who will ask for His help -- no matter how unworthy you feel. Jesus paid the price to make us right with God the Father. This verse should encourage us all as we encounter difficult times that He will hold us in His mighty hand. Everyone has hard times eventually, and God is available to all for strength to endure, comfort in our grief, and assurance of His love....even there Your hand shall lead me,and Your right hand shall hold me.Psalm 139:10
I have begun to color again, and it's been so relaxing and a blessing. I love to think about and pray for someone as I make a card, and the card below is a 50th birthday card for a precious friend at church. She is beautiful inside and outside, and I love her dearly. She loves peonies, so I enjoyed using different colors for the bouquet of flowers. I decided to stencil "wallpaper" behind the flowers and added a bold sentiment. It's a large image, so I am thankful for a set of A7-size dies so I could mat it with Purely Pomegranate and place on a white card base. Inside on the left, I stamped Proverbs 31:30.
Tools/Accessories: Copic markers, A7 Layers dies (Waffle Flower), Woodblock Prints stencil (PTI), Mini MISTI, Gemini Junior die-cutting machine, Tombow Mono Liquid Glue
Card Size: A-7