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"I Believe in You!"
A message of Hope, stories from the
road.
By Bob Perks
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Hello, my friend!
It is a glorious day in Pennsylvania! I pray you are
well and happy.
Marianne had not wanted to recognize the one year
anniversary of her cancer discovery.
Still I had roses waiting for her the day
before.
"What are these for?" she asked me.
"I almost lost you!" I said. We hugged and the
weekend went on. That is until late in the
afternoon on Saturday. We were in Lowe's playing
with our dream room plans, "Marianne's Room"
as many of you have declared.
It costs nothing to "choose" a floor. No money lost
on holding dreams in your
hand as you look at pictures of what it might look like in
reality. No time wasted touching paint cans
and asking for estimates. One needs to feed a dream
to keep it alive.
We were there nearly four hours when I turned and asked,
"What time is it?"
Looking exhausted and worn from all of the
excitement, Marianne lifted her hand, looked at me and said,
"In five minutes it will be one year ago the doctor told
me I had cancer."
In the middle of Lowe's...We hugged. We cried.
We smiled and went home.
She will have that room.
I believe in dreams...I believe in You!
Bob and Marianne
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Today's Message:
"No More Miracles"
By Bob Perks
"God spoke to me today. He told me there were no
more miracles marked George Kersting."
I will never forget those moments. He cried, I cried
more, he cried, we cried together.
After that evening, he seemed at peace with the fact that
he knew he would never recover
from his last round with lung cancer."
Words pierce through me. At times they bounce off,
float by, pass through without any
real commitment to linger awhile in my soul.
"God spoke to me today..." clipped my heart as I tried to
understand the next words spoken.
"He told me there were no more miracles marked
George."
Did God stop making miracles? Or did George just
quit?
I could tell by the way they were spoken that these
weren't the words of a quitter. I knew the
woman who loved George. She told me of the long
battle they fought together on all sides
of this challenge. There was no way they would ever
just give up on life.
But, I believe there is a time when we must give in,
slowly let go and settle down for the journey home.
Simply put, everybody loved George. He gained many
friends through the years of treatment,
nursing facilities, doctors visits, home stay, and the
everyday, matter-of-fact dealings of an
otherwise normal life.
Wanda told me, "George had surgery for
lung cancer in April 1997.
He had been scheduled to have all the tests/surgery in
February 1997 but his father died on
Feb. 23 1997. We had to deal with his funeral,
getting what things we wanted to keep from
his house, putting his house on the market to sell,
etc. This part was all easy - a few phone
calls - bam it was done!"
But they also had their own home up for sale for almost a
year. Two houses sold, one house to buy would
be a challenge for anyone let alone someone facing
cancer.
He went through heavy treatment over nine months.
His recovery was remarkable.
Then in July, 2000, he had a stroke.
He went through rehab...6 hours every day. He fought
long and hard and began once
again to return to his life.
Then pneumonia. He needed to go to a nursing
facility.
It was then his lung cancer returned.
"We went through chemo from August till December 2001 but
nothing his doctor did
seemed to affect the growth of it. It became way too
much and even we realized nothing
short of a miracle was going to save George this
time. And it was just after we admitted
this to each other that I walked in and George told me
that God and spoken to him that day
and that there were no miracles marked George
left."
George and Wanda started dating on her 12th
birthday. They married in September after she turned 16.
"You will never make it!" everyone told them. "Too
young."
They were married for over 37 years when the miracles
marked George ended.
But did they?
"No more miracles marked "George."
I believe George misunderstood what God had said to
him. It appears to me that George
was the miracle. "There were no more miracles marked
George" simply meant that George
was one of a kind. George lived a life of challenge,
one after another and always won. George
lived a life of love dedicated to his childhood
sweetheart. In his pain George touched the lives
of all who knew him.
Now, even in his passing the miracle lives on. Who
he was, how he lived, the way he fought
and won time after time, serves each of us.
God spoke to George that day. He told him he was one
of a kind, never to be forgotten.
No, George didn't give up on living. Miracles never
die.
He just gave into God's will and the miracle went
home.
There were no more miracles marked
George.
Just like there are no more miracles
marked....________________ (fill in your name)
"I believe in You!"
Bob Perks
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RE: "Be the gift"
Dear Bob,
My sister Mona was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer about two months before your wife's diagnoses. She had read your request for letters to be sent to your wife and she responded. She followed your wife's progress through your messages and rejoiced when you had good news, all while she was fighting and struggling to keep her head above water with her own illness. She loved your newsletter and how you spoke with such love about your family and friends and the animals in your life. Sadly, we lost her last week. I was always amazed at how she was the gift to everyone else. Even though she was tremendously ill, she would be the one giving and praying. I just wanted to thank you for being a light to her during some of her darkest hours. Sincerely, Holly Girard Dear Bob,
Here's wishing the best for you and your wife, from
all us here in India. Been reading all your stories and we thank God for people
like you.
God bless you,
affly
Shaji Verghese
Dear Bob & Marianne,
I can't believe it's been a year already.
What changes you both have gone through. I know, I had overian cancer 8
yers ago now. Up untill that time I knew my family & friends loved me,
but it was at that time I really knew how much. If it wasn't for
them I don't think my outlook & strength would have been so
great, I know that it happened to you also. It was such a life
changing & strengthing experience.
Bless you both,
Theresa
Dear Bob,
I have something to add to the
above which is also true. One of the guys in our church choir earlier this year,
relocated to Wiscon- sin. He wasn't one of the in-group, always sort of a
'loner'. He was always searching for more, a deeper relationship with people as
well as with God. He didn't seem the type to just pick up & leave his
'comfort zone' at all. He had requested that as many as would, to call him
& talk with him, but the thing was, we didn't even do that when he was here
among us.
Shortly after he left, I found a
humorous picture book in Wal-mart, filled with all sorts of pictures of animals
in funny poses w/hilarious expressions on their many faces, for a nominal
cost. It was entitled, 'Friends to the End' & showed two elephants
walking away from the camera. I bought it, took it to choir with me &
had everyone sign it so I could send it to him to let him know that he was
missed by his 'church family' back home, so he'd know he was still loved &
it would help to stave off his loneliness so far away from his church
home. However, I left it on my dresser, with all good intentions to mail
it, but kept passing it by, promising myself, I'd get it out 'the next time' I
went by the post office.
I guess you already know the end
of this story, I just recently learned that he died. Nobody knows how, or why -
but I think he died of a broken heart, & I could have been one of the ones
to help mend it before he had to feel so helpless, & so lonely that he just
came to his own end.
Sincerely, E.
Johnson Dear Bob and Marianne,
For you to say that everyone helped so much when Marianne was diagosed with
breast cancer was kind. Actually, to be able to give back a little for all
you have given us, the friends you've never met, was a wonderful thing.
And our prayers were answered! What an awsome thing.
You have helped us to grow, think, feel and so much more. I know I'm a
better person for what you have given.
Thank you again so much. You remain in my prayers always.
Love to you both,
Kas **************************************************
"I wish you enough!"
Bob Bob Perks is a professional speaker, author and vocalist. Member National Speakers Association. Visit http://www.BobPerks.com Visit Bob's story site: http://www.IWishYouEnough.com Sign up to receive Bob's free stories sent three times weekly. "I wish you enough!" written by Bob Perks (c) 2001 "I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye." |
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