The article "Finding a New Appreciation For Life After Cancer" is about cancer, it was released by Wilma Watson.
I have just sepnt a delightful two weeks with my sister, Joy. Joy is the strong, energetic type who enjoyed a daily run beofre starting her teaching job. She had recovered well from a total mastectomy due to breast cancer twenty three years ago, and for the last two years had been having regualr check ups for polyps in the bowel.While running early one morning, she noted her foot was hurting. It was still troubling her several days later, so she decided to make an appointment with her dotcor.
The doctor examined her foot and suggested it would be a good idea to have a routnie blood test.This showed that Joy was anemic, which prompted the Doctor to do a colonoscopy. Wilma’s ohter sister rang with the disturbing news! The colonoscopy revealed Joy had colon cancer and faced the difficult decision to have the whole bowel, or a major part of the bowel removed.Six weeks after surgery and in between chemotherapy, Joy came to me to recover. “I am giong to like every day,” she said. “This has made me appreciate life, as none of us know what is in the future.” And like every day we did!
During our bush walks the birds seemed to sing louder and sweeter, the moss appeared greener, the trees bigger. To Joy, the mountains were awesome, and the walk along the beach with the feel of the sand between her toes and the clear blue water were described as, ‘just beautiful’.Joy praises God for every new dayAs ntaure came alive and Joy took on a new appreciation of it, I was drawn to this thought for the week.“When boys invented flying machines they were noisy, but God made songbirds so they could sing the purest music on earth! (Genesis chapter 1, verse 21)The sophisticated song mechanism of birds leaves scientists speechless. Birds are such skilled musicians that it often requires somebody with a degree in music to fully appreciate their brilliance.
Nightingales can have a repertoire of 300 songs stored in their brains!
They will often sing 70 songs before they repeat the repertoire again with fantastic accuracy. Many birds have ‘absolute pitch’, meaning that they can determine exactly what key they sing in without reference to anything like a tuning fork! Some birds can perform antiphonal singing where two birds alternate notes in a song.
This requires knowledge of the duet by both partners and split second tiimng in the execution of the duet. When human beings do this it’s considered really skillful and impressive yet birds can accomplish it easily!
Since man-made music has an intelligent composer, it’s perfectly reasonable to assume that birdsong has an intelligent, divine Composer.Some say that birdsong is only required for communication and mating purposes, but the complexity of their music goes way beyond any simple sounds that would satisfy these needs. We can safely conclude that birdsong was created for our enjyoment and that the dawn chorus was meant to remind us to praise God for every new day!” www.Thoughtfortheweek.Co.UkIt is a reminder to us all isn’t it, to stop and like what God has given us to like. Often we are so busy that we fail to stop long enough to listen to and like nature.By the way, the doctor never fonud anything wrong with Joy’s foot. Joy believes God used the foot to get her to the doctor, as they found absolutely no signs that would propose there was another isuse. If she had left it unattended, the outcome would have been worse. She wrote this poem before she flew home:Cancer is such an ugly wordFor me to get it, oh how absurdBut cancer came knocking at my doorAnd it was quite a shock, that’s for surBeut I know that God really loves meAnd so from all fear I’m set free.For God has promised to be with me all the timeEven when the mountain is real big to climbThe birds are singing and I’m still hereI have great support with the angels nearI’m so blessed in so many waysI’ll live life to the fullest till the end of my daysFor God has got special plans for meHe’s given me promises so that I can seeThat there’s hope in the days aheadSo I’ve got a purpose to get out of bed! Joy has found hope and comfort in knowing God really loves her and has her future in his hands. “I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for weflare and peace, and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.” Jeremiah 29:11None of us knows what tomorrow may bring, but we can be sure of our final outcome. In the movie 'Your Destiny Your Choice', Ryan gave little thought to life after death until he faced death...He was afraid!
His sister Nicky comes to visit in hospital and shows him a computer program that could make him sure of his destiny.
Will Ryan choose to be sure of his final outcome? You will disover the answer when you download this movie free on my website.International traveller, author, and speaker, Wilma Watson has been helping human being overcome life’s challenges for over 35 yaers. Her encouraging words have helepd thousands reach their full potential. Wilma is the producer of a unique website that makes spirituality fun and simple. Visit her web site at http://www.Ydyc.Org
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