Mission Statement and Thoughts on Adventures in Prayer and Medicine

I originally wrote this in the fall of 2012 - had never written a personal mission statement before - with an update in the summer of 2013 at the end.  It's interesting what one is compelled to undertake when life turns upside down seemingly overnight....

Patient: 11/23/56: (cancer patients identify themselves by their birth date at each treatment visit)

As I faced a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment in August 2012, I prepared a mission statement as I believe God allowed this into my life for reasons I may not understand, and so it’s up to me:

“To accept the privilege of walking in faith to learn what’s possible through the combined power of prayer and medicine.”

The reason that I am being so open about my condition is that if people don’t know, they can’t pray and I tell them:

“If you pray, please pray; if you don’t, please consider it – for maximum cure, minimal side effects, and, above all, that God’s Will be done”.

After all, the more people praying, the better the outcome!!!!  The cancer was gone before I knew I had it (it was found and removed during a planned surgery), and treatment was preventative.

I’ve also decided that I am not attending any pity parties on this adventure through Wonderland (yes I feel like Alice having fallen down the rabbit hole) so that I can capture the blessings along the way. And yes, there have been many already.

In early June of 2013, another rabbit hole opened up resulting in further surgery, radiation and a new site requiring care.  Hormone therapy this time so time to ramp up the prayers!  May I accept God’s will for my physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health with a wise and understanding heart.

If this is my cross to bear, then so be it, may I do so with dignity, humility and grace.

……EDJ