Organ donation

I was moved to tears by Helene Campbell's story, the 20 year old who is waiting for lung transplant.
http://www.alungstory.ca/a-lung-story-blog/
Helene has a lot to offer the world. I pray she would get new lungs soon and be able to dance again.

Lots of people ask how they can help, well there's an answer, sign up to be an organ donor and give other people a second chance. God bless you as you do so.

Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

P-I-L-A-T-E-S

I just joined the local PILATES class, yes, Pilates. I have to keep my muscles going, exercising them gently without causing more injury to my lungs and heart, so I signed up for Pilates. One hour a week for now feels like medicine. The breathing exercise is helping my lungs, a little profit!

1 Timothy 4
⁸ For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
⁹ This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance.
¹⁰ For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Steam and cold

My lung capacity and diffusion rate increased by about 2% through plasmapheresis, better than it was 10 months ago. However, I found out the hard way that my lungs can't stand the exteme cold winter conditions here (-20 and below), my lungs also can't stand too much humidity (aka steam room).

Knowing what works and what doesn't helps. I am now learning and gaining new knowledge in this journey. My prayer is that we all gain knowledge and wisdom to cope with our daily challenges.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Life goes on, so do I

The very cold snap, -37˚C for two days and nights, was very trying.
Alas! I survived through prayers.

Matthew 26:
⁴² Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

Let your will be done Lord!!

New year, new hope, new strength

The beginning of the year is always a good time to reflect. Last year was rough, I hope and pray this year would be better. Meds have not changed, prognosis still the same. The winter weather is not helping. One thing that is helping is a positive attitude.
Thankfully, people don't look at me and feel sorry for me - they tell me they are always happy to see my smiley face. My daughters tell me that my happiness is a source of joy for them. One said "You have every reason to be sad, yet you are always happy. It makes me look bad sometimes because I'm not always as happy as you".
Regardless of anything and everything, I press forward!

Hebrews 12
¹ Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
²² But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
²³ to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
²⁴ to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

Remember to have fun!

To all my friends and fellow bloggers, I wish you all a season filled with happiness, joy, peace, and fun. A merry heart is the best medicine. Go out and do something fun, have a good laugh and be merry!!

Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance,
But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:15 
All the days of the afflicted are evil,
But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.

The Heavens remain the same

I have taken more drugs in the past year than in my entire life. Unfortunately the side effects of some of this drugs can lead to other things. In addition to ongoing monitoring of all my organs, I'm also being tested for other types of diseases which may be drug induced. Despite the changes in my body and in my health, nothing has changed in the Heavenlies. God is still God. His word and His promises remain yea and amen.

Isaiah 55

 ^8"For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.

⁹For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

¹⁰For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,

¹¹So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

¹²For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.


Be encouraged! God is still God