Category surviving melanoma

Bumps on the Road and Under the Arm

– Terri Fornear This is the 2nd in a series of excerpts from Terri Fornear’s new book, Abiding Through the Shadows, A Caretaker’s Struggle with God’s Goodness. On the Costa Rica trip, Joe seemed tired and did not want to go…

Abiding Through the Shadows, cancer support, caretakers, fear, melanoma survivors, surviving melanoma, Terri Fornear

Terri Fornear
November 4, 2015

Two Keys to Overcoming Pain’s Grip

– Joe Fornear Physical pain is a 900-pound gorilla, dominating cancer battles, hijacking focus, and draining hope. Yet the link between physical pain and emotional misery can be broken! Surely, if the Lord allows us to go through it, He’ll certainly…

cancer support, handling trials, power of God, suffering, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
October 14, 2015

Listen to the Mockingbird!

Storms can leave a muddy mess, but we can rise - even glide above it all. The poet Carl Sandburg once said, “There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.” In the fiercest storm of my life, my Stage IV cancer battle, wallowing in the mud was easy, yet wallowing made everything harder. On the other hand, praising God was hard at first, but made coping much easier.

battling cancer, cancer support, dependence, depression and cancer, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
May 22, 2015

Keep Calm and Cry Out to Jesus

Sometimes life's pain can be so physically and/or emotionally draining that something needs to give... quickly. When even the best of human efforts makes little difference, there is always something we can do - "cry out" to the Lord.

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, depression and cancer, emotions, handling trials, helping cancer patients, power of God, Stronghold Ministry, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
May 14, 2015
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Power to Spare AND Share

And the beauty of Christ’s resurrection power is that He showed it in order to share it!

battling cancer, cancer support, caretakers, facing death, faith and unbelief, fear, handling trials, power of God, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
April 4, 2015

How to Question God

Jesus Himself set a surprising precedent for questioning God. So I don’t think it’s a holy thing to never question Him.

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, emotions, faith and unbelief, goodness of God, handling trials, suffering, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
February 27, 2015

When God Is Silent… He’s Up to Something

Periods of “silence” are common in the history of God’s relations with man. Yet we always find out later that God was up to something better all along.

battling cancer, goodness of God, handling trials, surrender, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
December 23, 2014

Are We There Yet?

– Joe Fornear Exhaustion… terrible inconvenience… unsanitary conditions… a nightmare scenario. Maybe God is trying to tell us something about life by the circumstances in which our King Jesus entered into our world. Our journeys can be difficult and…

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, faith and unbelief, handling trials, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
December 12, 2014

Three Keys to Thankfulness (Key #1)

Certainly the Lord greatly encourages thankfulness, as there are dozens of invitations in the Scripture. Since His love for us is incomparable, thankfulness must be very good for us! At the start of His love letter to the Colossians, the Lord even leads Paul to pray for them to be thankful (1:11-12).

battling cancer, cancer support, depression and cancer, emotions, handling trials, sacrifice of praise, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
November 20, 2014

Wisdom from a Weather Vane

I can still recall the powerful gusts of pain and suffering. I was caught in a hurricane and desperately trying to hold on... to anything. Yet in the midst of my lamentations, God's love was so consistent and available. His love broke through my self-reliance and my do-it-yourself approach to fighting cancer.

battling cancer, God's love, handling trials, suffering, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
October 29, 2014