tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018621116107582070.post2016815105302635535..comments2021-05-05T12:43:22.216-04:00Comments on Johnny's Journey To Victory: His Eye Is On The Sparrow And I Know He Watches MeScarlett Lillian // Jacksonville Senior Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000058802470044804noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018621116107582070.post-81539995388573370162008-11-14T19:18:00.000-05:002008-11-14T19:18:00.000-05:00sorry he has to deal with so much pain :( your wor...sorry he has to deal with so much pain :( <BR/><BR/>your words in this blog really put my heart at peace today. thank you. <BR/><BR/>love, kyleeKyleegirl2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479515121827123587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018621116107582070.post-57878035335922848312008-11-13T14:03:00.000-05:002008-11-13T14:03:00.000-05:00How beautiful, Rene. You are blessed with the gift...How beautiful, Rene. You are blessed with the gift of articulate, powerful, speech. Your words are a blessing to the people, myself included. Thank you for sharing of yourself in such an intimate way. This post has touched me in a way that I can not explain. You, Johnny, Scarlett, and the people you love and who are loved by you, are in my prayers.Layla D. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036805663410316441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018621116107582070.post-875364775909438212008-11-13T00:26:00.000-05:002008-11-13T00:26:00.000-05:00This reminds me of that time we sang the eye of th...This reminds me of that time we sang the eye of the sparrow song to that lady from church before she passed a few years ago. Good analogies there.Scarlett Lillian // Jacksonville Senior Photographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000058802470044804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018621116107582070.post-78006574685243207092008-11-12T19:28:00.000-05:002008-11-12T19:28:00.000-05:00I couldn't have needed to read your blog at a bett...I couldn't have needed to read your blog at a better time... you always know the way to bring hope to people. I have been in need of finding that "secret place" with God and feel not alone when I read your words. I needed to be reminded of what it's like living in the driver's seat and feeling disconnected from God... but even better, what it's like to live and dwell in Him and the vast difference between the two. Thank you always for the sheltering robe you carry of God's word to help relay that warmth for people who get distracted from it. I love you eternally.Elizabeth Bowdren Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228525633656040033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018621116107582070.post-62795918360037129722008-11-12T18:52:00.000-05:002008-11-12T18:52:00.000-05:00Oh my sister....remember the sparrow on the window...Oh my sister....remember the sparrow on the windowsill at the ICU at Mayo...? You were so embarrased because you had 'chemo-brain' (as you called it) and were quite incoherant at times. Johnny is 'standing on the shoulder's of giants'......you, dad, and mom. Your experience, your pain, and your joy is the 'spiritual fuel' that can help keep him connected to his God. As St. Francis prayed, "Lord, let me be a channel of thy peace....." and you are the channel.<BR/> I always thought I could help fellow Alcoholics 'get' the AA program by 'drilling' it into them...but I wasn't reading to the end....."God alone can provide that"....and I was just supposed to be a channel...not the whole ocean.<BR/> Love you...keep journal'ing on the faith required to sustain us in troubled times. "it's easy to sing when the sun is shining...but how do you sing when it's raining???? (you start by humming)<BR/><BR/>Chip...your water-boy in the journey and loving brother.Chip Bowdrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433455127350873174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018621116107582070.post-41574753963463821192008-11-12T18:00:00.000-05:002008-11-12T18:00:00.000-05:00I was getting worried about you and Johnny because...I was getting worried about you and Johnny because you had not posted a recent blog. I pray for both of you all the time. I pray for the tumor's size to decrease with the new chemo. I pray for Johnny's pain to be lessened and I know that only the Lord can give you strength at a time like this and I pray that both of you have the added strength to sustain you. In Jesus LoveMama Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06045968221108587836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018621116107582070.post-83661403621508946512008-11-12T17:18:00.000-05:002008-11-12T17:18:00.000-05:00Wow. I needed to read the exact words you wrote. ...Wow. I needed to read the exact words you wrote. Unanswered thoughts were suddenly a clear picture. I am thankful I found your blog and that I found your testimony.Brandi's Buzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331437600938849852noreply@blogger.com