Lord, I'm not down on my knees...
... to beg You for my life.
Just give me the strength I need...
... and the courage to tell my wife.
You see, I just got the results from him...
... just yesterday.
It sure doesn't look too good, O Lord...
... 'cause here's what he had to say:
Seems like you got some tumors, son...
... maybe twenty-two.
It wouldn't be so bad for you...
... but they're multiplying anew.
It won't be long before you're gone...
... I give you a week or two.
Seems like you got some tumors, son...
... maybe twenty-two.
What did I do wrong, what have I done...
... to deserve something like this?
Thirty years of marriage and kids...
... and a life full of bliss.
Didn't miss a Sunday sermon...
... in all those years.
Now I have to tell my wife I won't be around...
... to wipe away her tears.
Lord, I'm not down on my knees...
... to beg You for my life.
Just give me the strength I need...
... and the courage to tell my wife.
You see, I just got the results from him...
... just yesterday.
It sure doesn't look too good, O Lord...
... 'cause here's what he had to say:
Seems like you got some tumors, son...
... maybe twenty-two.
It wouldn't be so bad for you...
... but they're multiplying anew.
It won't be long before you're gone...
... I give you a week or two.
Seems like you got some tumors, son...
... maybe twenty-two.
Little Tommy, my grandson...
... he came to see me today.
"Grandpa, you don't look so good...
... are you sure you are okay?"
With tears in my eyes and a heavy heart...
... I went ahead and told him.
All that was goin' on in my life...
... about the tumors and everythin'.
Lord, I'm not down on my knees...
... to beg You for my life.
Just give me the strength I need...
... and the courage to tell my wife.
"It's our little secret, grandpa...
... no one will ever know.
And I promise not to tell grandma...
... until it's time for you to go."
Lord, I'm not down on my knees...
... to beg You for my life.
Just give me the strength I need...
... and the courage to tell my wife.
Well, one Sunday morning I did feel...
... that I didn't feel right.
I knew that this could be...
... the last day of my life.
So, I summoned my wife of thirty years...
... and little Tommy.
To let them know I won't be around...
... that I'd see them in eternity.
"You've been an inspiration to us"...
... she said with tears in her eyes.
"Don't worry about little Tommy and me...
... why, we will survive.
'Cause we have Jesus in our hearts...
... we are one happy family.
I knew about those tumors all along, honey...
... thank God for little Tommy."
Lord, I'm not down on my knees...
... to beg you for my life.
Just wanted to thank You...
... for giving me the strength I need...
... and the courage to tell my wife.
That I won't be around to wipe away the tears...
... from the eyes of little Tommy.
And all the others that I do hold dear...
... especially my wife, Cheryl...
... who does love me.
copyright 2001 by Stephen Ray Leitzell
P.O. Box 380
Middletown, DE
19709-0380
Reason for writing:
A friend at work, in his early thirties, died of massive tumors. He didn't even drink, smoke or do drugs.
Birth sign: Aquarius
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