Just wanted to make a special announcement: His Majesty in Brokenness is now available as an eBook on Amazon for $3.99. You can purchase it here.
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As some of you know, God rewrote the script for Mr. and Mrs. Squier’s autumn 2011. On October 2nd we moved down to Loma Linda, California and on October 3rd David began his 1st prostate cancer treatment. We anticipate returning to southern Oregon sometime during the week of December 5th. So often we hear, “We’re so sorry,” when folks learn about David’s cancer. The truth be told ‘so sorry’ isn’t needed in the Proton Department at Loma Linda Medical Center. Treatments last approximately fifteen minutes, five days a week for nine weeks. They’re painless without the side effects of fatigue, nausea, hair loss, etc. A brotherhood quickly develops amongst the 100 to 150 patients treated each day. We enjoy Tuesday nite potlucks, Wednesday nite educational/inspirational speakers, weekly doctor’s appointments, and regular workouts at a world-class athletic center. All part of the program. Come to find out prostate cancer is a common reality for men over fifty. Annual PSA tests are important for an early diagnosis. We thank the Lord that David’s cancer was caught early. We thank the Lord for leading us to Loma Linda. We are eager to spread the word to family and friends. Men: be sure and get your PSA checked annually. And consider proton therapy as a strong treatment option. Learn more at http://www.protons.com/proton-therapy/conditions-treated/pelvis.html Call 866-285-6728 and request a DVD about the program and the book You Can Beat Prostate Cancer and You Don’t Need Surgery to Do It by Robert Marckini, a prostate cancer survivor. Or contact the Squiers. We appreciate Loma Linda’s commitment to treating the whole person. David and I applaud the upfront spiritual component; we are comforted daily by the cross on the front of the hospital building. And I love Nathan Greene’s art on the walls of the lobby depicting Jesus visibly present in the multi-facets of medicine. Could it be? Yes it’s true. I, the Queen of Hyperbole, and David, the King of Understatement, agree that these two plus months of David’s prostate cancer treatment are amongst the best in our 43 years of marriage. Cancer is so limited – It cannot cripple love, shatter hope, corrode faith, destroy peace. It cannot kill friendship, suppress memories, silence courage, invade the soul. It cannot steal God’s gift of eternal life; it cannot quench the Holy Spirit. It cannot lessen the power of the resurrection. -Author Unknown (Thanks Cousin Sue for sending us this quote early on) And thanks Rachel Olstad for your recent comment: I love how God is using cancer for His Glory!
SpeciaLiving just came out with their fall issue – you can view an article I wrote by following the link below. Thank You, Betty Garee, editor of Specialiving E-zine!
To read this wonderful quarterly magazine go to: www.specialiving.com Find page 62 to read my article: REDEEMED: An Everyday Word What a delightful surprise! A package arrived today with a thank you gift for my speech at the Renew Therapeutic Riding Center’s fundraiser in Holland, Michigan. These diamond decked pink boots are the joy of my life – carefully chosen by my little friend Molly, who let me borrow her boots the afternoon of the fundraiser. Thanks Molly girl and thanks to Renew’s Board of Directors who must have read my mind and heart – “I’d give anything to have a pair of boots of my VERY OWN!!!” Note: I blogged about similar boots in my March 30th, 2011 blog entry entitled:
Walking Boots. How blessed I am when I hear how His Majesty in Brokenness is being used! The following e-mail is from my former roommate, Cathy Binkley Padgett, who I met while attending Campus Crusade for Christ’s IBS at Arrowhead Springs in the sixties. I’m sure my removable legs were a shocker to her but God used them to prepare her, to strengthen her and to show her His presence in brokenness as she would experience the pain of her son Troy’s severe and fatal disability in his adult life. In Christ nothing is wasted. After reading her note, take a reflective moment and ask yourself, “How has His Majesty prepared and strengthened me for a humanly impossible situation?”
I love the feedback from people reading “His Majesty in Brokenness.”
Here’s a few samples of how readers are using my book:
And I will be using it as a model in November for teaching others to write their own story. I believe in miracles. Even more so now that my first book is published.
This dream could have died a quiet death each time an editor rejected my book proposal. Yes, I’d crawl home after writing conferences in California, New Mexico and Oregon wondering why I paid for such torture. I remember early on waiting expectantly for certain praise as someone read my manuscript. Their response devastated me: “I suggest you take some writing classes.” UGH! But I followed their advice and 20 years later I’m a published author. Hugging my finished work proves to me that miracles happen. Husband David, daughter Elizabeth and I shouted for JOY when we unwrapped the proof from Amazon’s Createspace self-publishing. Then 18 month old GRANDbaby, Brianna, sensing something monumental had happened, threw up her little arms and gave her own Alleluia for her granny. Truly a glory-filled moment. My book proves to me there are no hopeless cases. And I have enough hope to pass on to you too. |
AuthorJUDY SQUIER has authored His Majesty in Brokenness, Living in the Names of God and the Living in the Names Bible Study. Husband David and she have three adult daughters, three sons-in-law and seven grandchildren. Never did Mr. and Mrs. Squier dream that their long-awaited golden wedding anniversary would coincide with David’s memorial service. Judy resides in southern Oregon, alone, yet not alone. Thanks to the Good Shepherd! Categories
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