Love and Belief

As we now face AML, Cindy and I are about to mark our 40th anniversary on February 16 (2019).  I think I speak for her when I express that we would desire to leave two primary impressions with anyone who crosses our path along the way of life: 1) Our love for each other and 2) Our love for Jesus Christ.

Not necessarily in that order but, eventually, both of those even if you don’t/can’t fix on what loving Jesus means.  For us, it's so many, many things, ways, how we experience life....

• praying together many times a day and ending each day reading Our Daily Bread (devotional) together and a back rub….
• sharing favorite verses
• Countless discussions about what God is “saying” to each of us at any given moment
• sorting out what we think God is trying to teach us through a circumstance, blessing or trial that just popped up
• Us tag-team speaking with someone else about how we see God swooping into their moment, maybe in a way that they don’t even realize it’s him
• Standing in awe in front of a towering, snow-capped mountain, lazy stream, snow-covered trail in a pine wood, the sun setting once again into Lake Michigan..., appreciating together how God loves to reveal himself in his grand creation, in nature
• Music, music, music!  So many songs speak into our lives, that when we play them, we are on the same page together.  I play, she sings, we both listen. We always have music playing at home or in our cars.  God definitely uses to music and musical worship to infuse us with himself. And as far as we know, Jesus wasn't even musical. Go figure.
• Reading/hearing about the latest terrorist attack, mass shooting, natural disaster or the horrible fires in California that literally shouts the truth of God’s word - how sin has broken humanity and earth itself but that he redeems now and will one day make all things new forever

Faith is our life, the element we agree is the best and fortifies/sustains the essence of us.  We see everything through the eyes of our faith, rooted in Jesus Christ.

Faith itself is meaningless unless it’s rooted in a Someone who makes all things work, no matter how bad things are/seem.  That Someone behind OUR faith is Jesus Christ. Cindy and I wholeheartedly agree about this and we strive to live it every day, every moment.  

We pray you see that in us even it seems odd, even crazy and nonsensical to you. We hope we live like we’re sold out to this particular craziness.  If that comes across, "the crazy Trevisans," you will make our pastor and our vast family of faith laugh out loud and high five each other!

And yes, in faith, we together take it on Cindy’s AML, in Christ. Practically, our “faith lenses” may lead us to make decisions that may seem not in our/Cindy’s best interests, rationally.  We’ve already faced some of that early on in this cancer journey. Reason may insist we do something one way but God, our faith assures us another way is best. Trust us on this.

I’m not going to quote any scriptures here but I’ve already referenced a small multitude.  Maybe commenters to this post will do some of that.