Secondhand Pain – Strength for Watching
-Terri Fornear Do you ever feel like you’re not going to make it through a situation? Hopeless and seeing no answers? That is how I feel when I watch someone I love in pain. Whether the pain is physical or…
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What If God Was ALWAYS on Your Side?
-Joe Fornear That would be really nice, right? Well, welcome to Niceville – He IS always on your side! You might be thinking, “If that’s true, it sure doesn’t feel like it!” I can relate. During my Stage IV cancer battle,…
Wading Through the Voices 2
-Terri Fornear December and January were interesting months for me personally and as an “Abiding Coach.” Three of our cancer families “lost” someone they love. My 96-year-old dad visited us for 14 days and I experienced the confusion, body weakness,…
Wading Through the Voices
-Terri Fornear People often ask me, “How do you hear God’s voice?” How do you know it’s not your own voice or your imagination or positive thinking? I remember a time when “I got religion” after I met Jesus. I…
Getting Carried Away
-Terri Fornear Surely He took up my weaknesses and carried my sorrows… Isaiah 53:4 Can you imagine this God, Who created zillions of stars and knows about and counts every grain of sand on this earth? He sees you; Sees me. my…
About Those Clouds Following You
-Joe Fornear A freeing thought today for my friends and their caretakers who are fighting cancer: Go easy on yourself! The beatdown of treatments and cancer not only weakens the body, but also the spirit and soul. During an incredibly intense battle, our physical…
Bumps on the Road and Under the Arm
– Terri Fornear This is the 2nd in a series of excerpts from Terri Fornear’s new book, Abiding Through the Shadows, A Caretaker’s Struggle with God’s Goodness. On the Costa Rica trip, Joe seemed tired and did not want to go…
Abiding Through the Shadows Series
– Terri Fornear This is the first in a series of excerpts from Terri Fornear’s new book, Abiding Through the Shadows, A Caretaker’s Struggle with God’s Goodness. I was a pastor’s wife—a person who should believe in God’s love—no matter what. I…
Today is Terri’s 12th NEDiversary Too!
– Joe Fornear Today is the 12th anniversary or NEDiversary of the day I was declared “No Evidence of Disease” – cancer free from Stage IV melanoma. So I want to honor and thank my warrior wife, Terri, as well…
Do You Have an Ideality Gap?
So I questioned, and still question today, my inner slave driver. “Do you seriously believe you can out-think, out-plan and out-produce the God of the Universe?" After all is said and done and re-done and re-said, He gives to us even in our sleep!