Like many of us, Habakkuk struggled with what God allowed in his life. His name means “embrace,” or “hug,” and eventually Habakkuk embraced God’s plan and hugged it out with Him. I Joe, did as well during my Stage IV…
Crisis had been ruling my life for month after brutal month and I was done. I told God, “I want my life back.” Like many of you now, I had been fighting cancer, Stage IV metastatic melanoma in my case.…
As we enter into Christmas with another year behind us, some of us with good memories, and others with pain in our hearts and bodies, let us Behold the miracle and hope we have in Christmas. It’s all about a…
When Mary first heard she was pregnant with the Messiah, she was naturally overjoyed. As her Aunt Elizabeth put it, she was truly “Blessed among women!” (Luke 1:42). One might think her life would be full of honors and privileges,…
The following are some hard but good questions from one of our cancer patients along with my answers: “Where is God? Why has He permitted over 3 million lives to be lost to this virus? Why am I still struggling with this…
Religion cannot achieve it; earthly pleasures cannot match it; psychology fails to reproduce it – let alone explain it; oppression can’t squash it, and confusion can’t overcome it. There’s no comparison to this incredible “gift of God” which Jesus offers.…
Staying positive is one of the greatest challenges of life, especially for cancer patients and caretakers! It certainly was a huge challenge for my wife Terri and I during our Stage 4 melanoma cancer battle which began in 2002. Between…
There is something about great hardship that makes us cling to God like never before. We desperately cry out to avoid the pain. He draws near to us, as He is compelled by His love for us. Then He reveals…
Sitting on my deck watching the birds early in the morning is one of my favorite things on my “bucket list,” which I get to do every day! A bucket list makes me feel like I’m not living yet, until…
-Joe Fornear When Someone has a really strong grip on you, YOUR grip strength matters little! This picture and the verses below paint a powerful truth about Jesus’ and the Father’s hearts toward us. Jesus said both He and The…