For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 ahhhh my fave verse.
Yesterday we celebrated Cancer Survivor's Day :) today, we celebrate my 36th birthday! I use to fret over growing older. I wanted to hang on to my youth and worried about getting "old" and dying. Now I just say bring 'em on!!!! After facing up to the fact that I had a life threatening illness at the age of 34 and cancer could've stolen away my 36th, 40th, 50th birthdays, I have much more reason to celebrate each and every birthday I am blessed to get! I want to make each and every day matter, not only for myself and my family, but for God as well. He is the one that allowed me to defeat the cancer monster and keep it from stealing any birthdays from me! A young leukemia survivor shared with me that as cancer survivors we get many birthdays. Your real birthday (today), your diagnosis date (7/15), your last chemo date (1/24), your last radiation date (4/15) and now I found out yesterday there is a National Cancer Survivor Day (6/3). I guess one could say celebrating all of these "birthdays" could just mean we are materialistic and want gifts and attention. But the reason I want to celebrate each and every day is to just celebrate life, to set aside certain days to remember what I learned from my cancer journey in case I have forgotten and let life get the best of me again. And to show others who are still battling the cancer monster that there is Hope and that Hope lies in Jesus Christ! So Happy Birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday to all the cancer survivors/fighters/caregvers/family members happy birthday to us!!!! Take THAT cancer, my God is Greater!
