{"id":8903,"date":"2022-05-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8903"},"modified":"2022-05-04T08:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:48:15","slug":"just-one-minute-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/just-one-minute-more-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Just One Minute More!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Just One Minute More! 5\/16\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=b2fmq-1219e5e-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A thirty-six-year-old mother was discovered to be in the advanced stages of terminal cancer.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One doctor advised her to spend her remaining days enjoying herself on a beach in Acapulco. A second physician offered her the hope of living two to four years with the grueling side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.&nbsp;<\/em>The young mother wrote these words to her three small children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve chosen to try to survive for you. This has some horrible costs, including pain, loss of my good humor, and moods I won\u2019t be able to control.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cBut I must try this, if only on the outside chance&nbsp;<strong>that I might live one minute longer<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>And that minute could be the one you might need me when no one else will do.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cFor this I intend to struggle, tooth and nail, so help me God.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout most of my life I have taken the precious years, months, days, minutes and seconds for granted. I have lived as if I had all the time in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At the age of 78 and after going to the funerals of family members and friends on a regular basis, I now realize what that young mother was saying to her children and to me.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Just one minute of my life is so important. As with the young mother, I must decide what to do with that precious minute I have been given.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will YOU in YOUR life get to the point where YOU will want to live \u201cjust one minute more?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE PRESENCE OF GOD WILL NOT ALWAYS FIX YOUR PROBLEMS, BUT IT WILL CLARIFY YOUR PERSPECTIVE!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A thirty-six-year-old mother was discovered to be in the advanced stages of terminal cancer.&nbsp; One doctor advised her to spend her remaining days enjoying herself on a beach in Acapulco. 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