IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS TODAY...LINDSAY OSTREM ROACH

Twenty years today our Lindsay, 26, crossed over from the "land of the leaving" to the "Land of the Living" with Jesus the Christ, Son of the Living God. 

Resting in the loving arms the Lord Jesus we have rejoiced in Lindsay"s deep faith that carried her home. We have lived with the painful "Pangs of Loss " as we remember her and miss her. 

Friends and family have held us and helped us grow in our faith and lives. We are grateful for the multitudes of prayers poured out over the year by so many.

Yesterday had my 4th treatment and no side effects. Amazing treatment. I now begin cycle 2 where every 21 days I return to Mayo for another injection. The Journey Toward Healing continues with deep gratitude and confidence in God's goodness and mercy that has followed all the days of our lives. 

"Joy is the Echo of God's Life within us."       SO BE IT. 

Cycle One of Four is complete.

“The Lord’s kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed. The Lord can always be trusted to show mercy each morning. Deep in my heart I say, ‘The Lord is all I need; I can depend on him!’”

Lamentations 3:22-24 (CEV)

The first cycle of the bi-specific antibody was very tolerable. No side effects. Thank you for all the prayers and gracious comments. God's goodness and mercy was poured out again. Thanks be to God!

Next cycle resumes Thursday-Saturday. 

"In His Nail Pierced Healing Hands" we lay our days and nights. Blessings dear friends. Tedd and Lois

 

The Journey Continues with a new season of treatment

Tomorrow I will begin the process of pre-trial testing to join a drug study for my recurent Mantle Cell lymphoma. It will be a bi-specific antibody therapy which is proving to be quite effective in treating my type of lymphoma. I am blessed to able to receive the opportunity to be a part of this research study at the Mayo Clinic.

Our small group at church this morning laid hands on Lois and me as they prayed for journey toward healing. Prayer is powerful. Jesus the Healer hears our prayers and answers them according to His will. He answers our pleas but not always the way we desire. His peace comes with His presence as we lay our lives before Him in humility and trust. I have no fear for I know whose I am...I am a child of God.  Father, Son and Holy Spirit comfort me. The Scriptures come alive in a unique way at times like these. They are truly the Living Word of God that meet us in our need.

 No matter the outcome of this season, I am good. If I have complete remission I good. If not, I am good. Jesus holds this journey in His hands and I am secure in His presence. Thanks be to God the Father for His goodness and mercy that has followed us all the days of our lives.

Psalm 18 is one of my go to Psalms at times like this...What an amazing, loving, powerful God we serve!

 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
² The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
    my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
    my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
³ I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
    and I am saved from my enemies.

⁴ The cords of death encompassed me;
    the torrents of destruction assailed me;
⁵ the cords of Sheol entangled me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

⁶ In my distress I called upon the Lord;
    to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
    and my cry to him reached his ears.

⁷ Then the earth reeled and rocked;
    the foundations also of the mountains trembled
    and quaked, because he was angry.
⁸ Smoke went up from his nostrils,
    and devouring fire from his mouth;
    glowing coals flamed forth from him.
⁹ He bowed the heavens and came down;
    thick darkness was under his feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a cherub and flew;
    he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
    thick clouds dark with water.
¹² Out of the brightness before him
    hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

¹³ The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
    and the Most High uttered his voice,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
¹⁵ Then the channels of the sea were seen,
    and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
    at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁶ He sent from on high, he took me;
    he drew me out of many waters.
¹⁷ He rescued me from my strong enemy
    and from those who hated me,
    for they were too mighty for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He brought me out into a broad place;
    he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

 

If I had only known this 26 years ago!!!

 

Orison Marden, who told that story in an old book, said, “Laughter begins in the lungs and diaphragm, setting the liver, stomach, and other internal organs into a quick, jelly-like vibration, which gives a pleasant sensation and exercise, almost equal to that of horseback riding.”[1] 

Most of us worry more than we laugh. But remember, “A merry heart does good, like medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). In Luke 6:21, Jesus promised laughter to the weeping. We’ll enjoy many good laughs in the cheerfulness of heaven, but don’t wait until then. Cultivate a merry heart now. Instead of focusing on what might be, focus on what will be.

[1] Orison Marden, Wisdom and Empowerment (Chicago, IL: Musaicum Books, 2017).

 

I might have written Junior off as... a physical therapy/emotional support animal!

He gave me 24 years of wonderful memories...Thank you, Junior