Dan spent the morning with his doctors at UT Medical Center and the results from his third set of biopsies conclusively reveal cancer of the pancreas.  While a second opinion from Johns Hopkins will be provided by the end of the week, the doctors here are definitive about their findings this time.

Dan received final preparations for chemotherapy that will begin on Monday.  For the next several weeks (4-6) beginning Nov 10, he will undergo chemotherapy on Mondays and radiation treatment daily Monday through Friday.  This will be a physically difficult regimen, but Dan is a tough guy and continues to amaze me with his steady courage and faith.

Would you please redouble your prayers for Dan’s health and strength. He continues to covet and need your prayers.

Psalm 56 was opened to me this morning and I share the following from the Message (Psalm 56:12) about David’s struggle with the Philistines: God, you did everything you promised, and I am thanking you with all my heart.  You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff-edge of doom.  Now I stroll at leisure with God in the sunlit fields of life.

Whatever this day brings with elections and concerns, remember, God is sovereign yesterday, today and tomorrow to eternity.