March 17th Update from Greg

Hi Friends,

Peace and blessings to you all.

Today I have a video clip I want to share with you, but first a brief update.

There is not really any "new" news to report at this time. I go to MD Anderson this week for more tests. Then, next week Jeane and I will go back to review the results with the oncologist and talk about any possible options for treatment. Other than that, things are pretty status quo. I am eating better and sleeping better. I am walking through my days in a posture of healing and faith in the One who knows me and calls me by my name.

Every night I go on "victory walks" with Jazz, our Husky. On those walks I pray healing and blessing upon my body and curse the mutant cancer cells. I remind myself that Jesus always came down on the side of life, and to quote from Francis MacNutt's book, Healing, " I think it is fair to say that every time Jesus met with evil, spiritual or physical, he treated it as an enemy. Jesus was typically Hebrew in his view of humanity: he did not divide them into body and soul, but he saw them as whole persons. Sickness of the body was part of that kingdom of Satan he had come to destroy."

I am feeling really good, working full-time as well as trying to keep up my commitments to Life Discovery. This schedule gets to be quite a challenge to juggle, so in addition to prayers for my continued healing I would ask for prayers for strength, energy and focus. I know I am more distracted than usual, and that slows me down so everything I do takes a little longer.

I want to invite you to look at the interesting YouTube clip below. This video clip, taken from a sermon by Louie Giglio, has gone around the email loop a couple of times in the last year, so maybe you've seen it. But given my new challenges in life, it is pretty impacting to me. First, a scripture from Colossians 1:13-17:

"For he has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or principalities or authorities; all things were created through him and for him.
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together."

Many times I have spoken about this particular portion of scripture. It is especially meaningful to me, particularly verse 17 where the writer says, "...he [meaning Jesus] is before all things, and in him all things hold together." It is one of my favorite passages because I believe God whispered to me at one point about my kidney and my body being held together by him.

So maybe this video is coincidental. Certainly my faith doesn't depend upon the shape of a molecular structure. But once in a while something comes along that makes me shake my head and say, "Wow!" This is one of those things. Enjoy it!

 

 A final note: Jeane googled "laminin" and found two rather long scientific/medical articles about the study of this particular molecule and its role in preventing cancer development. Interesting.

Blessings, 

Greg