Overcoming Pancreatic Cancer

Dear friends, Psalm 23 has taken renewed meaning for me these days. It is a great joy to be out in the country--"he makes me lie down in green pastures." In the face of pessimistic predictions, I am doing well. My cheeks, once so hollow and gaunt, are slowly filling back in. I find reason to sing: "he restores my soul." Yet the battle does seem to last much longer than I wanted it to. I wanted a speedy, instant miracle of full recovery. This is one taking lots of prayer and patience. And yet I do see miracle after miracle. It is a strange feeling, having come close to death many times this last year. I know life is a bountiful gift of pure grace. I need not fear. The one who has spared me so many times is the one I can trust with everything: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me." It is a great joy to eat again after being NPO so many times and on ve...

Today is a wonderful day to celebrate.  I was discharged from the hospital a week ago today after a stay of nearly three weeks. It was one of the more challenging hospital visits, with post-surgical recovery more painful and prolonged than I expected. It was also challenging facing the expectation by some medical staff that my days are very limited. But I am grateful for the world-class care provided by medical staff. I also trust my healing and the number of my days into God's hands and seek to obey his command to choose life and serve God, my family, and the many other dear people he has put in my life or will bring into my life in the future.  "And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Gal. 2:20 ESV May God bless and encourage each one of you today! Much love, Tim