After the first two cancer surgeries I kept a journal.  Blogging is kind of like keeping a public journal.  Now that I am off the narcotics I may look back on some of the blogs I wrote and think, “Oh, my!”

For those of you who have read the blogs consistently you have had insights into my heart that you wouldn’t normally have.  Hopefully, seeing some of the things I have been feeling has helped some others.

Just a gem or two out of life for today:

1.) Strawberry ice cream is far better in the healing process that chicken broth.

2.) You know you are beginning to move around a bit more when you’ve sweat enough that you think, “Do I smell that bad?” 

3.) Showers are a great thing in the healing process, especially in light of 2.)

I had a really good friend stop by yesterday.  He’s a pastor of a church Daybreak helped start in Northern Kentucky.  I firmly believe in the priesthood of all believers.  We all have access to God and none of us has any better access.  I also believe we have different callings.  To have another pastor warrior take your hand and pray for you is a great thing.  He was able to pray like no one else yet.  Not because of a better connection, but because of a better understanding.

I think I have just coined a new phrase: pastor warrior.  I wanna be a pastor warrior—a loving shepherd who guards and protects his sheep.  That's the picture I have of Jesus and I wanna be like Jesus.

I have a feeling you want to be like Him, too.

Thanks for standing with me in this battle.