Day 131 I'm Painting Today!

I just had to stop to share that I'm up painting today.  Yesterday was bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.  Nausea and diarrhea were back with a vengeance.  After I got back from the lab, I hit the couch and stayed there until I moved to the bedroom.  Hardly could pray, no meditation, no uplifting videos online.  Nothing much but just wallowing in my own misery.

"This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it."  Psalm 118:24

And then the Lord gave me today.  Well worth the laydown yesterday to be up and in the studio today.  So many other things I need to do today while I'm feeling up to it but, no!, I am going to paint.  That's it.  Thank You Jesus!

Friend Janice sent me a precious book that was given to her and she passed it on to me with the instruction that when I am finished with it, I should pass it on to whomever God places in my heart.  Today's reading instructs us to stop regretting yesterday and quit rehearsing tomorrow.  It reminds us that the Apostle Paul said,

"....for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances."  Philippians 4:11

What a great reminder for me.  I have suffered but nothing in comparison to Paul or to Jesus.  Mine is like a thorn in my thumb in comparison.  I have so much to be grateful for...a precious family, friends both old and new ones I've made through this blog, my art family that is growing all the time, my Church family that supports me spiritually in ways they don't even know.   I know that once I'm done with chemo, that my life will be so much richer than it ever would have been otherwise and I say,

 "Thank You, Lord.  Thank You."

So I'm about to have my second little breakfast.  Then back into the studio.  Oh, I don't want to forget to tell you that friend Frank went through his chemo fine yesterday.  He's been in the car business here locally for as long as I've known him and he's off to help someone buy a new car.  Awesome.

Precious Lord, Jehovah Rapha,
I don't even know how to thank You enough for all You've done for me through this journey, for all You've given me and for all You've blessed me with.  My heart is overflowing right now with gratitude.
I thank You for this incredible day, for my being able to spend time in the studio and for Your healing spirit that is moving mightily within me right now.  Lord, I ask for that same healing in everyone of Your children fighting this enemy.  Only through You, Father, can it be obliterated so completely that it will never return. 
In the name of Jesus Christ, the one true Messiah.
Amen