Thursday, September 18, 2008

Dad

What better person to blog about than my Dad? It's been such a joy to be around him. It took me a long time to catch up to that. The stories. The limburger. Right now, he's going through a bout with some lung cancer. I should have fallen to pieces about him over this but the Lord has kept me strong. And ONLY God. Yes, I've had a lot of people pray for me and encourage me and don't get me wrong, that is awesome. I appreciate every single one of them. But, God's Word tells us that He is bigger than any calamity.
But, I'm getting away from my Dad. He is dealing with a bit of lung cancer. It started out with a slight bout with pnuemonia. Through antibiotics, he was able to get over it, since it was such a minor case of it. In the check up x-ray, doctors found a spot in the lower lobe of the right lung. Well, at first, they thought it was scar tissue, but it turned out to be a cancerous tumor. Hopefully it didn't spread past the lung. No matter what, he's being positive about the whole thing. That positive has kept my Mom and brother positive. Hearing me being positive is helpful as well. As I said, this is all God. And I am eternally grateful for that.