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This! So. Much. This. I have zero desire to preach but would LOVE to speak and/or teach a ladies class..

I’m seeing more and more posts of people with stage 4 cancer. Stage 4 pancreatic diagnosed Jan 2025. Doing chemo and radiation treatments.

@brclothwrites Grew up eating spam. That is how we knew my dad was close to hitting payday.

Are you brave enough to eat spam?

@brclothwrites Peppers. Brussel sprouts.

What is a food you HATE that everyone else seems to love? Me: PB&J 🤢🤮

@Gandalf4Jesus Jan 6, 2025 diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Given 6-12 months. I’m still standing, still fighting, still calling on Jesus. My DR says I’m a unicorn. Taking chemo every 2 weeks - no side effects, no pain as of today. Praising God daily ♥️

I’m a Christian with stage 4 cancer. 10 months ago I was told I had about 6 months to live. I’ve been fighting cancer for about 29 months total at the time of this post. I won’t lie. Humanly speaking, it’s been a pretty awful ordeal filled with losses, instability, and straight up pain. The Christian claim is not that faith removes suffering, but that it relocates it - placing it inside a larger story where death does not get the final word. To belong to the household of God is not to escape the valley, but to walk it tethered to the One who has already walked through death and come out the other side. I've come to see my suffering not as a random tragedy, but as part of a much bigger war - a cosmic conflict between good and evil that runs through every human story. I believe we live in a created world that was desecrated by a foreign evil - a corruption that entered through sin and rewrote the goodness of creation with malignant code. Cancer isn't from the heart of God; it's a symptom of the serpent's vandalism. My good cells were hijacked, re-scripted by the de-creative power of the curse. But in Genesis 3:15, right after the fall, God gave humanity a promise - that a Deliverer would come, one who would crush the serpent's head. That Deliverer is Jesus Christ. Through His death and resurrection, He secured a sweeping cosmic victory over death, sin, and hell. The whole Bible tells the story of how this Ultimate Good defeats evil. All evil. And all of its accoutrements! “Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.” Hebrews 2:14-15 That's the true story I'm living in. My suffering has meaning because it's tethered to His victory. What was meant to make me fear death has instead made me long for resurrection and love Him more. What was meant to silence my faith has only amplified it. The cancer that was supposed to destroy me has become my vehicle to glorify God. My valley has become my weapon - because I'm part of a story that cannot end in darkness. The cancer that was supposed to get me to “curse God and die,” has instead been used to humiliate the enemy that thought cancer was his to wield against me. I have experientially felt the truth of Paul’s words: “when I am weak, He is strong.” My suffering has not been removed, but it has been relocated. And so, dear reader, I invite you into that same sweeping victory. Connect your pain, your questions, your suffering to the One who conquered death itself. His name is Jesus. Through Him, every valley ends in light. After all, none of us are suffering from anything that a good resurrection won’t fix.😬 If you find in yourself even a faint longing for that kind of hope - not a quick “fix-it,” not guarantees, but a Person to trust - then that longing itself is an invitation. Jesus does not ask you to clean yourself up, perform belief, or pretend certainty. He just asks you to come to Him. He asks you to come honestly, with your fear, your questions, and your wounds, and to humbly entrust yourself to Him. Faith, at its core, is not a formula. It is a yielding - placing your life, and yes, even your suffering, into the hands of the risen Christ. And those hands still bear scars that say "you are loved indeed.”

@patcaputo98 Diagnosed January 6 2025. Doing chemo and radiation. Prayers as you fight your battle.

For those wondering where I’ve been: I have been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, commonly referred to as a “death sentence” and had two other serious ailments which put me in ICU for several days. It was sudden. I’ve literally been on my back for weeks. Bless you all.

@brclothwrites Took it to my Dr appt and two of the nurses read the cover and ordered copies!!!

@MommaVal96 Omg omg omg!!! Thank you so much!!!

Weekend plans made! Looking forward to this one @brclothwrites

@brclothwrites Pasta with shrimp; cannoli for dessert

If you were in Italy what’s the FIRST food you would get? I got focaccia and coffee 😍

@brclothwrites Air BnB.

Air B&B or hotel room? Which is better? I’m booking my stays in Italy today.

@StillRadNotaFad Very dapper looking!

@brclothwrites Challenge it and tag airline in this post. No one wants bad reviews - they might fix it.

Morning! Why is corporate greed so strong? $700 lost. There was an error when ordering my flight home from Europe. I had insurance. I was denied on a technicality. I will NEVER fly with this airline again. I wish I could challenge the charge with my bank.

@brclothwrites Yes. A young woman in our town was murdered a few years ago. Sydney Sutherland. Interesting case.

Good morning. Have you ever known someone who was murdered? I write about murder often, but I knew only one. A murder suicide. Life is vastly different from stories…

@brclothwrites No! It’s 23 feels like 17 here. Bring back sunny and 70.

It is 19 degrees outside (-8.3 Celsius). Are you a winter fan?

@brclothwrites Concentrate on the positives, surround yourself with good people to lean on, blast my favorite music, or read a good book and get lost in another world.

Good morning! My life is falling apart at the moment but I know it will always turn around. Smiling until I get through it. How do you deal with compounding stress?

@DzintraSullivan Immodium and pepto bismal

The last thing i bought was bug spray.

@brclothwrites What part of Germany? I lived in Hanau for 3 years. I loved it.

Morning! If you could spend the holiday season anywhere in the world, where would you? Me? Germany 🇩🇪 It’s magical.

@RazorbackFB @TheBallHawgs Welcome Coach Silverfield and family! May you find much success here. We are counting on you to turn this program around! WPS!

First words from your Head Hog 🎤

@SSN_Arkansas @ArkieMiasma Can we get tv coverage of this?

Arkansas fans are organizing a protest of the Ryan Silverfield hire at 12:00 pm outside of the Jones Center (football facility). I’m not sure how we let it get this bad.

@JohnNaborsShow Who do you think will be new coach.

Season over. Thank goodness. Alright hire a coach and let’s get moving forward.

@jimwhaley It’s getting beyond stupid at this point.

This app is gonna lose its mind when this coaching carousel fires up!