Still In the Light

A while back I asked you to pray about my insurer covering a different kind of radiation treatment.  It is called Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy.  IMRT gives my Radiation Oncologist more flexibility in treating my tumor and allows him to reduce some of the superfluous radiation to non-cancer affected areas.

Monday afternoon, the insurer approved the IMRT.

Thank you for your prayers.  I'm still walking from streetlamp to streetlamp.  Your prayers keep me in the light.

Allow me to sing a song for you.  It's an old song, originally published in 1899.  Lyrics were written by a kindly man named Henry J. Zelley.  It's a song I have sung all my life and it means a lot to me.  I can't record my voice to this blog, so I'll give you the lyrics.  In your mind, crash in the voice of Josh Groban, because that is who I sound like.

Heavenly Sunlight
Walking in sunlight all of my journey,
Over the mountains, through the deep vale;
Jesus has said, I’ll never forsake thee—
Promise divine that never can fail.

• Refrain:
  Heavenly sunlight! Heavenly sunlight!
  Flooding my soul with glory divine;
  Hallelujah! I am rejoicing,
  Singing His praises, Jesus is mine!