Epic Journey Podcast – Episode #28 - Make Every Day Count
In this episode of The Epic Journey Podcast, “Make Every Day Count,” Sonny and Cindy discuss the importance of making every day count in light of their recent loss of Sonny’s brother Bob.
Our legacies are made little by little, moment by moment.
Choose to speak life. Offer hope.
And most of all, live with certainty about eternity.
Bob left an incredible legacy and he prepared well ahead, by accepting Christ he was certain that his last breath on earth would lead to his first breath in heaven.
Our time on earth is an uncertainty for all of us, but God has prepared a certain future, if we choose it.
Life is short. Eternity is forever.
Make every day count!
Bob was good at that.
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Epic Journey Podcast #28 – Episode Notes
One of the things that we realize is that we know that each of you have your own story. That you have things going on in your families and other relationships as well that we don’t know about, and we hope that we can be an encouragement to you in whatever you might be going through.
We titled this podcast “Make Every Day Count” because in times like these God will often use our pain and suffering for a purpose and also He will use our circumstances to reveal and remind us of His presence in our lives.
Last Summer, my Brother Bob went for a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer.
This was shocking news really because out of all of us (myself, another brother and sister) we would all agree that he was probably the most healthy and active one.
Not overweight, would run often if not everyday… I would say we really believed that if anybody would beat Cancer he would.
Bob stayed pretty healthy during his fight and we were looking forward to the day he would be told he was in remission.
He was traveling and enjoying his family and awaiting the arrival of twin girls that his oldest daughter was getting ready to have and enjoying his other two grandsons.
He really has been living life to the full.
He went into the hospital on the first Sunday in June and stayed for 5 days and through the power of prayer and hope and faith and surrounded by the love of his wife and children and grandchildren, brothers, sisters, mom, and friends, he was able to get discharged home on he and his wife's 33rd wedding anniversary.
He was still very ill, but he was back home.
Their faith and prayers got him there.
He was able to go home because of them.
It was awesome to see his kids rally together and they got everything ready for them to come home.
Yea, it was so beautiful. They had decorated the house with rose petals and flowers and signs and candles and music and pictures.
And they videotaped him coming in on a stretcher and he had asked them to get his wife long stem roses and he was able to call out her name, “Martha, Happy Anniversary” and he presented her with a single long stem rose.
He smiled and they kissed and it was a beautiful moment.
But it was one of those tear-jerker moments. Whew.
So beautiful though.
And in fact, their marriage and their life together had already been lived out in many beautiful moments.
He never stopped His calling to watch over his wife, and to love her and cherish her in sickness and in health. It is a good reminder to recall our vows and live them out well just like Bob and Martha have.
The other thing that happened in the hospital was when doctors and nurses came into the room, even if they delivered news that was difficult, they were asked by Bobs family if they could pray for them and they did.
There were prayers for a husband that had lost his job, for a son that had autism, prayers to bring on more staff at the hospital, prayers for the physicians and for them to see healing and Gods miracles take place....
