Romans 8:9 - 11

Alive by the Spirit

But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God dwells in you.But if anyone has not the Spirit of Messiah, he is none of His. And if Messiah is in you, indeed the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of the One who raised up Yeshua from the dead dwells in you, the One who raised up Messiah from the dead shall also make your mortal bodies alive by His Spirit who dwells in you.

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I am enjoying a quiet weekend, had a wonderful time yesterday at fellowship singing, reading, praying and having a meal together. Today is sunny and warmer; my daughter Adrienne left this morning to drive home to Colorado. Radiation treatments, on hold for a couple of days, resume tomorrow. They are short, and praise the Lord, I've noticed no ill effects other than some fatigue.

Today, I've been contemplating reckoning my self dead to sin, but alive to the Messiah...purposing  anew to put to death the deeds of the flesh, all the while choosing life through the Creator of all life...I confess, it's an enigma to me, this life/death balance, but it is time for me to confront it, and learn what God has for me to learn from it, hopefully taking something that will be an encouragement to others around me.

First

On February 25th, 2010, I was sent to a surgeon for a biopsy and a couple of days later was given a diagnosis of aggressive and invasive advanced breast cancer; by the end of the following week I was told it had also spread to some of the bones in my back. Today, March 23, I went for my 6th of 13 planned radiation treatments. I've been fitted with a back brace and am currently using a walker to get around because of the weakness right now in my spine (I love walkers with wheels! - they've been calling me "Speed Racer" at the radiation treatment center).

I don't want this blog to be all about cancer; nor do I want it to be all about my battle with cancer; but I do want it to be about what God is doing in the midst of my situation.

This blog is networked to Facebook, and they had me add a widget for that purpose. Apparently, Facebook needs 9 people to verify that they know I am the author of this blog, and after that, I can remove the widget and make my site a little neater.