Heading into the last week!

So tomorrow begins the final week of radiation treatments.  We met with the oncologist last Friday, and he was pleased with the increased strength in Ramsy's right leg.  Ramsy feels that he has about half his normal leg strength now.  The doctor is not very hopeful that he'll get the use of his right arm back, considering how weak it is at this point; however, we keep in mind that this is just his best guess. 

We all went to church this morning, and it was really good to be there as a family again.  Our friend Keith spoke on prayer and led us through some of our own prayers using different psalms as models. (My favourite one, and the one I use most these days is, "Help!") There were some songs interspersed with his message, some easy to sing and some with words that were a bit of a challenge for us at this point.  Sometimes I had to skip a line in a song, and sometimes the tears got in the way of the singing, but mostly it felt like the words expressed what we are thinking and feeling all the time. Marv and Darlene also sang a song which has been meaningful to me this fall, and of course made us cry again!  Wish we owned shares in Kleenex....

Here are some of the words to the song.  It's called "Your Hands" and it's by JJ Heller.

I have unanswered prayers
I have trouble I wish wasn't there
And I have asked a thousand ways
That You would take my pain away

I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crookedly lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands

When You walked upon the Earth
You healed the broken, lost, and hurt
I know You hate to see me cry
One day You will set all things right
Yea, one day You will set all things right

When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands

Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still


That pretty much sums it up.