I had my first nightmare about cancer in the three and a half years since I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. And it was the day before getting radiation treatment results. At least, it seems like it should be called a nightmare. I mean, it was about cancer. And yet, like this entire time, it wasn't scary.
My nightmare the day before getting radiation treatment results is article #29 in the series: Do not waste your cancer. Click this button to view all titles for the entire series
It was kind of weird.
Very unexpected.
Incredibly short.
Way more detailed than normal for my dreams.
Almost surreal.
But was it a premonition of things to come?
Or a picture of what I was going to be avoiding,
either short-term or long-term?
The world goes on, regardless of ... whatever happens in our lives ...
I can't believe this is the 29th segment of this series! It's been just over three and a half years since I was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
COVID has come and pretty much gone.
One of our dogs is no longer with us. Donny, our (probably) Havanese lost his battle with kidney failure, but loved life right up to the end. The hospital staff all came to say goodbye to him. Neighbors left flowers. People cried. I still haven't been able to write about his passing, after two years. He was the last one that knew my first two dogs - a combined run of about 30 years.
We have a new dog, Mikey, a very wild rescue. He was scared of literally everything and everyone. His bio was that he hated everything and bit everyone. But one of my oncologists said we (I) should get a dog. That was just after I found out the surgery didn't remove all of the cancer cells. Now, Mikey's not an angel. Yet. But he's come so far! He's my therapy dog and I'm his therapy person.
And God's been with us the whole way. If you've read much of the series at all, you know this has been so incredibly peaceful. It's amazing. Unreal. As we Christians say, beyond understanding. See the underlined portion below.
Exhortations
Peace I Leave You – My Peace I Give You.
Peace I leave you – My peace I give you. That’s what Jesus said to His disciples. Sounds like an odd thing to say while He’s also telling them that He’s going to leave them soon. The disciples had to wonder, how can Jesus leave us His peace when He’s leaving us (alone)?
I’ve had issues with anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember. I also remember hearing this verse even as a little kid when my parents dragged me, probably kicking and screaming, to church. I’ve wanted that peace for so many years.
Phil 4:2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. 3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Phil 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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