“I Can’t Find Anything Wrong with You”
Posted on August 20, 2010 by 
Sweeter words a man has rarely heard.
They came from the lips of my ENT on Wednesday.
He spoke them after doing the upteenth exam on my mouth, tongue, and neck over the last five years, looking yet again for any evidences of cancer.
The verdict? I can’t find anything wrong with you. Good thing he wasn’t doing an exam on my sinful heart!
And so I graduate. I will miss the good doctor, but not the exams. He conveyed upon me the degree, Master of Life. Best one of the four I have ever gotten.
No need to see him or the radiation oncologist any more. Only my medical oncologist remains to sign off on the “cured” designation for my five year battle against head and neck cancer before the lot falls to my dentist alone to stand guard against another invasion of renegade cells.
Cool. Five years is a long time. I’ve dreamed of August 2010 many times. That God allowed me to make it and that we will celebrate that gift on the 29th at 6 PM at the SDA sanctuary AND that doc said he would come (please pray that he does) all have made for a very good month for me. I am grateful. Extremely grateful.
The poet, himself the beneficiary of his own miraculous deliverance from death, asked in Psalm 116:12, What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?
The answer comes in vv. 13-14.
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
Oh, Lord God, make me faithful to do the same. Faithful to do the same.
Aug 21, 2010
It’s a wonder the doctor overlooked your gratuitous use of the word “quotient”.
Aug 21, 2010
Thank you Lord for keeping my Pastor healthy and Nancy! See you this Sunday!
Aug 21, 2010
Excuse me Fred, he’s MY pastor…
Aug 22, 2010
Now, now, boys, let’s be sure to keep our love quotient strong, shall we?
Aug 25, 2010
Sweet words, indeed.
I’m SO glad you’re still here with us as well.
Sep 04, 2010
A house divided will not stand. But it does create some kind of a quotient, because that’s what happens when you divide.
Sep 05, 2010
O how I miss that Scandinavian wit!