tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post114114475838472339..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: Joy and SorrowAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1141351388873149572006-03-02T21:03:00.000-05:002006-03-02T21:03:00.000-05:00Andy,Yes...you described how I have felt many time...Andy,<BR/>Yes...you described how I have felt many times over this. As one who watched both of my dad's brothers suffer long, arduous endings with cancer, I would never attempt to explain what or why or how...but I'll be praying with you.amy paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700547674497350013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1141314132095649492006-03-02T10:42:00.000-05:002006-03-02T10:42:00.000-05:00Andy,Regarding your friend Joyce, I'm curious as t...Andy,<BR/>Regarding your friend Joyce, I'm curious as to what the doctors say will be the probable outcome of the various chemotherapies vs. forgoing them. One of the blessings and curses of any form of cancer is that you, the patient, are constantly offered options. My own take on this is, if chemo offers the chance of a significant increase in expected lifespan, she should consider doing it. If it offers a few extra weeks, don't bother. My guess is that there is very little valid research supporting the vitamins, nutrients, and carrot juice approach, other than as a supplement to real medicine. However, it's her decision, as it should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1141235093248610732006-03-01T12:44:00.000-05:002006-03-01T12:44:00.000-05:00andy,thanks for reminding me and so clearly explai...andy,<BR/>thanks for reminding me and so clearly explaining that we all have joy and sorrow to deal with...and that often times, the sorrow overshadows the joy. i, too, must often fight the urge to bang my head into the wall!nikkiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873866086259084252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1141228403535049902006-03-01T10:53:00.000-05:002006-03-01T10:53:00.000-05:00Jeffrey beat me to it. I'm sorry."All the glory th...Jeffrey beat me to it. I'm sorry.<BR/><BR/>"All the glory that the Lord has made,<BR/>and the complications when I see His face,<BR/>in the morning in the window.<BR/><BR/>"All the glory when he took our place,<BR/>but he took my shoulders and he shook my face,<BR/>and he takes and he takes and he takes."ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13724389911456722864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1141177407942002962006-02-28T20:43:00.000-05:002006-02-28T20:43:00.000-05:00Andy,Once again you have captured in words what, I...Andy,<BR/><BR/>Once again you have captured in words what, I think, we all so often feel...in other times and lives this was called a Psalm. Selah. <BR/>I had a soul ache today too. I ache with you for those in your prayers and hope that with them you might say, "though he slay me, yet I will trust him."---JOBjboydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616953872405857557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1141155723253965502006-02-28T14:42:00.000-05:002006-02-28T14:42:00.000-05:00Andy,I'll be praying for Paula this week, and for ...Andy,<BR/><BR/>I'll be praying for Paula this week, and for Don and Joyce. <BR/><BR/>I just met with my co-workers here in the office for a prayer time, and learned that almost half of the office is dealing with cancer cases in their families right now. So these pleas are becoming a daily ritual... and I will include them in my prayers.<BR/><BR/>"But we know that the sufferings of this present time are nothing compared to the glory to be revealed..." <BR/><BR/>"And he takes, and he takes, and he takes..."Jeffrey Overstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715376140228118442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1141154917629577242006-02-28T14:28:00.000-05:002006-02-28T14:28:00.000-05:00andythanks for the post. life is a paradox of joy...andy<BR/><BR/>thanks for the post. life is a paradox of joy and sorrow. <BR/><BR/>in a woddy allen movie, husbands&wives, a man quotes the famous einstein line "god does not play dice with the universe" for allen to only say he plays hide and seek. in times like john and kori's or your friends from out of town, we can only cling to the God who is there and is not silent<BR/><BR/>mattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com