Thursday Update April 16th, 2015

“The Exact Opposite of Job!”

Poor Job! It seems that Job had more problems than he could count.  One of the verses that has always struck me as being sad is found in Job 19:14. There Job bemoans his losses and says, “My kinsfolks have failed and my familiar friends have forgotten me.” Those who came to comfort him should have stayed home and his familiar friends somehow allowed Job’s sorrow and calamities to slip from the forefront of their minds.

Karen and I cannot begin to identify with Job. Our family has surrounded us and our friends have rallied. Everyday hundreds come to the website to check on Karen.  We receive telephone calls, cards, emails, private messages and precious reminders of the love and friendship of so many dear folks.

Our testimony would be just the opposite. In the present difficult through which Karen and I are walking our “kinsfolk” succeed in their love and support and our friends have remembered us in practical and helpful ways. We have been the recipients of what we would call the “lavish encouragement” of our dear friends.

It’s a good day. Karen is feeling better this morning. She is doing well enough that she hasn’t taken the anti-nausea medicine since last night. The pain in her joints is starting to let up. Her blood pressure has been a little higher because of one of the medicines in her chemo therapy. However even that is doing better today. When my Sweetheart is having a better day, it’s a great day for me. Thank you for being such wonderful friends to us. I’m glad that you aren’t distant cousins to Job’s friends!