Wednesday, a day for prayer and thoughtfulness

Well, I had heard that one of my brother's best friends while we
were growing up had colon cancer. I have been wondering how he
was and finally just decided to call his Mom's house to ask after
him. He said he was doing pretty good. That after they removed
the tumor from his colon, they did discover cancer cells in one of
his lymph nodes. So, he is under chemotherapy now. Bless his heart,
he had just lost his job in August, and then 6 weeks later, he found
out he had cancer. He is 49 years old. Hopefully this chemo will
do the trick. At least for a while anyway. Poor Fella.
My brother had primarily 4 friends that he use to run with when he
was in High school. Tommy, Kevin, Jeff and Jeff. For the most part
they were good guys. They did not get into a whole lot of trouble, and
they came from good families. They did their share of partying. They
were pretty wild by my adult standards now. They were very tight.
They all met at my parents house almost every day, especially on the
weekends. They came over to our house, and they hung out in my brother's room. Smoking pot, and drinking. Listening to music, and
watching sports or whatever on TV. My brother's room was upstairs,
and I think my parents just felt like as long as they were up there, at least they were not out riding around and drinking. I don't know how much
they knew about the drugs or not. Those boys would let me hang out with them, and share their beer and pot with me, if I would make them sandwiches and drinks and so forth for them and bring it up to them. So I would. I felt so lucky to be able to hang out with all these older guys,
and most importantly my brother. I wanted to be excepted by him more
than anything. And all those guys to tell you the truth. For the most part,
they were nice to me. Now that I am an adult, I wish we would have spent our time together in maybe a way that did not involve the pot and alchohol. I don't know where that had helped us in our lives in anyway. I wish we would have hung out at the YMCA or something. or at Church. But the past is over now. If I had children, maybe there is something I could show them that you would not want to do.
I found out today about the one guy, Jeff has cancer, and another one of the guys, Kevin, he has heart disease. He just had by-pass surgery. I found out when I called Jeff to ask about him. Kevin was always my favorite. He was always nice to me. Even if he did pick on me, he was always nice to me. I have always loved his wife too. She was always nice to me and my friend too. I am very shaken by hearing of this. Brings up a lot of emotions. I am going to pray for both of them. They are both so
young. Kevin has two girls, and I am sure he would like to see them get married, and get to see his grandchildren. Bless his heart.
Lord, please be with these two men from my childhood. They are having a hard time, and they need your special love and care. Please take care of them, and help them to feel your love. Please be with my brother too, because I know he is probably shook up by his friends getting sick. He has always worried about his heart since our dad had heart disease. Please help him to know that he is in your loving care.
Thank you God, Amen.