Phone calls are interesting things.  There are those calls that bring a sense of instant joy – like when one of my children call.  Then there are those calls you dread, the kind that change everything.  I had one of those calls yesterday and it has the potential to change my life.  Yesterday I heard the words that no one wants to hear; you have cancer.  I’m not sure what the future holds for me.  I do know that there are many people in this world who are far worse off than I am. I have been blessed. 

Since my life has taken this unexpected turn I thought that I would share my  journey with you.  I’m not sure why; I’m not normally someone who needs to vent their feelings.  Maybe now I need to, perhaps there will be a therapeutic value in it for me. However I want it to be more than that.  I want to offer something to those of you who are on your own difficult journey.  What I want to offer you is hope.  I believe that there is hope, both for today and for eternity. 

So I begin my journey not knowing where it will take me or what will happen along the way.  All I know for certain is that it is a journey of hope.  Feel free to travel with me and along the way I pray that your hope will be renewed.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.  Psalm 42:5