Reflections 1/30/21: I feel a little sheepish to keep chronicling my cancer journey when it is such a downer right now! AND really not THAT different from the struggles others are going through in their own lives. But I also want to be true to the process… as a sort of travel guide to others experiencing suffering, in whatever form it takes. My Reflections’ vantage point is often shot from the chewed up side of this apple picture, in a commitment to be vulnerable and honest. BUT there IS an other side! What You see God! Wholeness, health, restoration! The very teeth marks that are gouging out my tender flesh are also strangling out the cancer cells! Hopefully for forever! So when I groan from another bite of pain, shift my eyes to the other side… Your perspective, Lord. Healing and wholeness! Let’s make this apple a symbol of victory and trust in You… (unlike Eve’s jumping ship on trusting Your goodness by believing the serpent’s treacherous lies! “God doesn’t have your best interests in mind!”) Hogwash!