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“Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, ‘For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.” (Romans 8:35-37 NASB1995)

Five months ago today (9/17/2025), at 12:30 a.m., I began to have sharp chest pain and pressure, sharp pain in my arm on my left side, severe shortness of breath, sharp pressure and pain in my right ear, and stabbing back pain. I let it go for a while, thinking it might go away, but eventually, knowing these were possible heart attack symptoms, I went to the ER at a local hospital where they did a chest X-ray and discovered a lung nodule I had had since 2014 (checked again in 2016) had nearly doubled in size.

This began what has turned out to be a long series of hospital and doctor appointments and tests and/or procedures, which are still ongoing. The diagnosis which I have so far is 1) Moderate COPD, 2) Heart Failure, 3) A Precancerous (not cancerous) Lung Nodule in my left lung, and 4) Possible Spinal Stenosis. What I am still dealing with on a daily basis is chest pain and pressure, sharp stabbing pains in various sections of my body (rotating from place to place), cognitive issues, vision difficulties, and exhaustion.

Many people have prayed for me, and I have prayed for me and for healing, but God has his ways and his timing and his purposes in all of this. For He says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness” (see 2 Corinthians 12:7-10). So, when I am weak, then I am strong in the strength of the Lord who supplies me with all I need to keep serving him each day despite my pain and my suffering. For my faith is being tested, but God is my portion and my strength who will sustain me through it all.

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1


As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You


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All Day Long
An Original Work / February 17, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


P.S. I do not take drugs. God took me off all medications 17 years ago. I use natural means for pain control, first and foremost which is prayer, and then heat or ice, exercise, and rest.