I have a very close friend who is trying desperately to tolerate the chemo that is necessary for her pancreatic cancer. \u00a0She came to visit me for a few days and was pretty sick while she was here. \u00a0She is back up in Minnesota and continues to be sick. \u00a0I chose this for a topic today because I believe in the power of prayer and I’d like to ask that all of you who happen to be reading this to pray for Joy. \u00a0Further, I ask you to pass this request on to your friends too. \u00a0I’d appreciate this very much. \u00a0A world-wide prayer chain would be pretty formidable.<\/p>\n
Her name is so fitting, or was, until she got cancer. \u00a0She always had a smile and a great sense of humor. \u00a0Unfortunately, there’s not a lot to smile about right now. \u00a0She retired from her job a year ago in December and was diagnosed with cancer in January, less than a month later. \u00a0She has gone through chemo twice and radiation too. \u00a0But right now, at this very moment, she is quite ill. \u00a0What this means only God knows for sure but prayers can work miracles. \u00a0I think that prayer chain I mentioned could be the solution. \u00a0At the very least, she’d be fully at peace and that’s the next best thing.<\/p>\n
Illness is such a mysterious things. \u00a0Some say the more we focus on it, the more it’s exacerbated. \u00a0And yet, when you feel ill all over, like \u00a0Joy, it’s hard to put your thoughts any where else. \u00a0Prayer has been scientifically proven to effect the outcome of people’s illnesses. \u00a0I remember reading about a miraculous experiment that was done by Dr. Larry Dossey, an Internist who is internationally known, a few years ago. \u00a0He assigned a group of people to anonymously pray for some of his patients who were recovering from surgery. \u00a0Another group of patients were simply receiving the best care the hospital could give. \u00a0Not surprisingly to him, those who had been prayed for recovered more quickly. \u00a0He has a fascinating web site. \u00a0Check it out if interested.<\/p>\n
Any way, at the very least, prayer allows us to feel like we are doing some thing when a loved one is ill. \u00a0And when we let them know we are holding them in our prayers, \u00a0they feel a special sense of comfort and closeness too. \u00a0Comforting others is a worthy undertaking every day of our lives, and we don’t have to comfort only the ill. Any one who crosses our path is deserving of an extension of comfort. \u00a0Try this and see how changed you feel inside.<\/p>\n
I love how it has changed me.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have a very close friend who is trying desperately to tolerate the chemo that is necessary for her pancreatic cancer. \u00a0She came to visit me for a few days and was pretty sick while she was here. \u00a0She is back up in Minnesota and continues to be sick. \u00a0I chose this for a topic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-circle-of-family-and-friends-you-and-your-personal-community"],"yoast_head":"\n