I have made reference to this in the past, but never told the "Rest of the Story".
I was divorced after a 15 year marriage and was pretty depressed. I met a nice lady and after two weeks of talking to each other and one date, I asked her to marry me. Strangely enough she said "Yes". Go figure!
I had met my dream girl. It was everything that I thought a relationship was supposed to be. I had wanted my relationship to be like my parents was, perfect. 40 years of bliss they shared before she passed.
After 6 years of marriage with my dream girl, it all came crashing down.
While on vacation in Austin on July 4th, 1999, my lovely bride of 6 years got sick and we took her to the hospital. One Brain MRI showed a tumor the size of an egg. Asked what I wanted to do, my resonse was simple......TAKE IT OUT!
After 2 hours of surgery, the Doctor came out and said that my wife had a Oligodendroglioma Brain tumor that had matastised into the brain tissue and that she had 6 to 11 months to live! The doctor informed me that his mother died from the same tumor 1 year prior and that there was nothing he could do. I had no hope at that point. If the Doctor couldn't save his own mother, then there is certainly nothing he can do for my wife.
My life was over. My dream girl was going to be taken away from me. I prayed and prayed for days that the Lord would heal her so that I could spend the rest of my lfe with her. I decided at that point that I would devote whatever time we had left together, to making every day of her life the best she had ever had.
It has been 9 years since that fateful day and I kept my promise to God, myself and her. I made every effort to make her last days the best she could have ever had.
The best part is that she still hasn't reached her last days. She has been through a second craniotomy, with 18 months of Chemo, 60 radiation treatments and with prayer and commitment and great nutrition, she is now in remission.
She is more beautiful than when I first met her, I have been blessed more than I deserve. She is healthy, radiant and tumor free. And I will continue to count my blessings each and everyday that God deemed me worthy enough to spend my life with her.
We both relish each and every minute we spend together.
And yes, she loves to ride as much as I do! Something else we can share together.
Count your Blessings......................things could be worse!
Long before they attached a name to it (Intelligent Design Theory), I had considered the merging of Science and Religion. Our existence is full of opposites such as: you can't have an up without a down, in without an out, liberal without conservative, religion without science, and so on.
I have pondered both evolution and creationism for over 40 years. In my late teens (1970's) I decided that both science and religion were right........to a point.
We do experience "evolution". We grow and change from one generation to the next. What was once an average height in men of 5' 5" tall in the mid 1800's is now 5' 10".
Science calls it the Big Bang Theory. Random particles combining and exploding into stellar nurseries, Galaxies, Planets, and so on. Is it so far fetched to consider that there was Devine intervention that caused these "random " particles to merge?
The issue that plagues us is that neither side is willing to acknowledge the other. Science will not even consider the thought of Devine intervention and Religion will not accept that there is an evolution which takes place. Is evolution fact? To a point, yes. Although they have yet to find the "missing link".
Religion is just as blinded as Science. If a UFO was to land in the Ball Park in Arlington and aliens from space exited the craft, religion would be in total shambles. Everything that the religious community held true would be up for debate. In contrast, when Jesus comes back, the scientific community will also be in shambles.
The answer: God created the Heavens and the Earth with the Big Bang. God made all the animals and over time they evolved and adapted to the changing world. Once Earth was ready, which was millions of years ("a day is like a thousand years") God introduced man into the Earth. Over time, man defaced what God had provided and God brought forth a great flood which wiped out the "known" world's population.
Then the polititians were born along with the scientists and religious scholars and destroyed what God had created.
The time is coming my friends when all our questions will be answered. Just be prepared when it does and hope it's the answer you were looking for!
