Most of my \u201cMonday Morning Manna\u201d columns are written on the weekend or week preceding their posting. Such is this one. If you read this on Monday, you will be reading it on the day of my ninth MOHS surgery for skin cancer. I once asked my surgeon why I had so many skin cancers. His reply was twofold: \u201cYou are fair-skinned and live in Texas.\u201d I tried to blame my mother by asking the same Surgeon, \u201cIs it because my mother kept sending me outside to play in the summer heat?\u201d His reply got my mother off the hook: \u201cIf you drive to the mall, park, and go inside, between the time you get out of your car and get into the mall, you could develop another skin cancer.\u201d Well, I\u2019ve tried to avoid it. I gave up golf, stopped going to afternoon ballgames, stayed away from the beach, etc. I even stopped going to the mall. Still, I got another spot, this one on my forehead. So, I will undergo yet another surgery. If you read this in time you could pray for my surgeon and his assistant. Or you could just pray for my rapid and complete recovery. Then again, you could pray for my wife. Today is her birthday. I Know! But I didn\u2019t have a choice of surgery dates. The Surgeon\u2019s Receptionist makes that choice. If my bandage is not too ugly, I will take her to dinner tonight. Meanwhile, \u201cHeal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed\u201d (Jeremiah 17:14). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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