And I Will Trust in You Alone

At the outset of my cancer treatment, whilst at Spring Harvest 2008, I gave my cancer to God to use for His good, whilst wanting to be healed. Then when the news of my cancer spread, I found I quickly lost track of what I had shared with whom about my condition as people enquired how I was. Being a project manager by profession, I decided to bring this under control by writing a regular update which would also enable people to focus their prayers on the real issues at that time, rather than just generally praying for me. I never expected that these prayer updates would become such an encouragement to so many people. So much so that on occasions people asked if they had missed one when in fact one hadn't been issued. My son Daniel first encouraged me to write this book, which is a gathering of my regular prayer updates and which, linked together, became my diary and a replication of 'my book of encouragement' where I copied down scripture verses, songs and words that people sent me to encourage me on my journey. Much of that book contains God's promises and other wonderful gems from scripture that help me when things are tough. On the first page of that book I wrote, 'My book of encouragement as I face my cancer in the knowledge that God is in control and cares for me'. I still believe that today. This book was originally intended to cover my year's battle against cancer, but as you will read, God had other plans for my life and so has covered a longer period which in many ways has tested my faith further, but I will leave you to draw your own conclusions as you read into the second year.