Remarkable Preservation

Yesterday we saw a remarkable exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which will be in Charlotte until May, then move to Seattle for showing before returning to Israel. Those scrolls and scroll fragments, which were found by Bedouin shepherds near the Dead Sea about 50 years ago, were written during the two centuries around the time of Christ. Imagine! God preserved them until now--when modern science and scholarship are ready to properly care for and study them. They prove that the Old Testament Scriptures we read now were essentially unchanged during the 20 centuries of the Christian era. It's a moving experience to stand in the presence of those precious ancient texts.

We're praying for today's chemo to hit its mark. The enviable vein inside my left elbow which has served up blood whenever needed all my life has suddenly turned hard as a tendon (chemo does that, I guess). So I'm praying that the nurse will be able to use a lesser vein today.

Several years ago Lisa gave me a ceramic plaque which still hangs in my kitchen, and a couple of days ago a friend sent the same message. I'll pass it along: "I believe in the sun, even when it's not shining. I believe in love, even when I don't feel it. I believe in God, even when He is silent."

Love,
Carol