September 08 2011, 3:36 pm | Shana Wilson
“You have turned my mourning into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.” Psalm 31:11-12 In April 2009 I had a total hysterectomy. I didn’t want to have a hysterectomy, but because I had been diagnosed with hormone positive breast cancer the year before, my oncologist insisted that removing my ovaries was important in decreasing the odds of a cancer recurrance. I knew that I was making the right decision for my body, but losing my fertility was one of the hardest...
August 15 2011, 1:13 pm | Shana Wilson
I was laying in bed last night praying about my husband’s job and I started mentally blogging. I hate that I do that nearly every night and if I dare to get up and actually write, it doesn’t come out nearly as beautifully as it does in my mind. But back to the point: My husband. And me. We’ve been married eight years this week. Definitely not as long as many of you out there, but nothing to sneeze at either. I was reflecting on my response to a conversation Dwayne and I had...
May 24 2011, 7:13 am | Shana Wilson
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39). I am convinced… That there is a purpose in every moment. That God wants to use me. That my suffering matters. That Daddy redeems the hard things, if not in this life, certainly in the one to come. That “our struggle is not against...
