Crisis does have a way of focusing attention and realigning priorities.
It seems that more living gets crowded into every minute because the appreciation quotient zooms. What gets crowded out is the frivolous (like TV) and the minor (is it really important to argue over that?) Affirmation of each other zooms too. Kisses, hugs and “I love you”s are way, way up in our home. (And outside too.) Cy, our little 7 year old, is very attuned to my situation. Without solicitation he tells me, “I love you Daddy” or “You’re the best!” many times a day. Lonni and I have never been more in love and I thank God we are in such unity as we face the battle together. As many of you know Lonni is an amazing woman and the true substance of our little family. I’ve never met someone of higher character that Lonni. There are not words to express how fortunate I am.
How does it better than this? Before I got sick I had rewatched the movie “Saving Private Ryan”. The bonds created in a life/death struggle are like no other. I am blessed by so many who have joined with me as brothers and sisters in prayer, advice, resources, etc. It is a rich and humbling experience that comes no other way. Few-of those men would have chosen Normandy and to liberate France, yet the bonds they built transformed their lives.
I’m 95% certain my insurance issues are resolved and we will soon know for sure.
On the 22nd we leave Chicago for the rest of the year to be together as a family out in the woods . I am guessing this will be our most memorable Christmas ever. With no internet I think this will be my last post for a while.
I pray the same for you. Have a blessed Christmas and enjoy all that blesses your life.
glen
Glen,
ReplyDeleteI just read on facebook about you having stage 4 colon cancer. I ache for you and your family and weep for you all while writing this. After all the losses and pain you've been through, and now to have your health attacked by disease, it seems like God is letting you go through an experience like Job - way beyond what would be the breaking point for most people. I'm so sorry. I pray earnestly that God will give you wisdom and emotional and spiritual and physical strength. And the same for Lonni and your family. And I pray that your team of family and friends will hold eachother up with strength and love and courage.
Your younger brother in Christ,
Philip (Bubba) Berg