Though Nelson is discouraged in this entry about the intensity of his joint pain, he got some startling news from a long-term friend that briefly took his mind off of it.

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November 10, 2022

“If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.” (Psalm 66:18)

Every time I go over this one, I check myself to see if there is sin in my heart that I’m holding onto. Because if this principle is true across the board, we are not wise if we hold only sin and separate ourselves from the one Person who can save us and hear our prayers.

There are tons of crows outside the apartment belting out their ominous song, if you can really even call it a song.

The pain in my body is pretty high. My joints are all hurting pretty bad. I slept in the chair again last night for the first time in a long time. Seems like steps backward instead of forward.

I thought I was back to the bed for good, but now I have fluid or whatever accumulating in my lungs again and no way to drain it out. The left catheter isn’t working at all, and they are going to install another one on the right side Friday.

I just found out my friend Ken has colon cancer, metastasized and deadly, spread to the liver. He told me they give him 7-9 months without treatment and a couple years with it. Wow.

I know what it’s like to get that kind of news. I was just saying last night that I feel alone, because no one else has what I have, and no matter how much of a friend someone wants to be, they don’t have what I have and don’t know what it’s like. You’re really on your own.

But now Ken and I are in it together. We both have the same thing, more or less.

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“Encourage one another and build one another up…” (1 Thessalonians 5:11)