Have you ever known the grace in God’s silence? I have. Several years ago I had surgery for cancer deep in my abdomen. It was the third surgery for cancer in that area. So, it was decided that I would receive five weeks of daily doses of radiation prior to inter-operative radiation. “Because of the difficult location of the tumor and the radiation, there’s a possibility that the nerve to your leg may be damaged affecting your ability to walk,” the surgeon at Mayo Clinic said, quietly. Since I like to walk three miles a day, I tried to project Read More
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When Your Hut is on Fire
He fell to his knees on the hot sand and wept bitterly. ” Why didn’t You just let me die in the shipwreck?”
Shoes with Soul
This post-Christmas story from an unknown man touched my heart, and I thought it may touch yours as well. I showered and shaved – I adjusted my tie. I got there and sat in a pew just in time. Bowing my head in prayer as I closed my eyes, I saw the shoe of the man next to me touching my own. I sighed. With plenty of room on either side, I thought, Why must our soles touch? It bothered me; his shoe touching mine. But it didn’t bother him much. A prayer began: “Our Father…” I thought, This man Read More