Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

I Corinthians 4:16

Dear reader,

I suppose we all need to get ready for some physical uncertainties as we grow older.  For me, some I know, some hide under the surface.  When I was about 50 I realized that my skin, especially around my head, experienced squema cell cancer, no doubt a personal weakness, but probably aggravated by two decades of African sun.  Fortunately, I was directed to a dear man, Dr Roeschel, who treated me all these years.  Anyway, I had a flare up a few months ago.  I fled to him yesterday.  He treated me, in a preliminary way, gave me pills to take and instructions to return in a week to see what is next.  That was yesterday so I am in the first day of that week.

What do I make of all this?  I know that I am growing older which probably means that I am losing some of my inhibitors.  It also means that I must keep an eye on things that I never thought much about.

I hesitate, in a way, to share my feelings, but it does help!  I am not losing heart, not by any means, because I live in the hand of Jesus Christ.  But I felt moved to share my feelings.