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 From the Desk
of the Editor.
I’ve beaten the odds
again. It appears that the anomaly
that showed up on my remaining kidney in my last CT Scan is not a tumor but
a cyst. The doctors are going to wait
six months before looking at it (and the rest of my body) again for
tumors. Six months is my normal time
between CT Scans so evidently the doctors aren’t too concerned.
Living on the edge and
never knowing when the next surprise will come is drastically different
from the “It will never happen to me” life I lived for 59 years of my
life. In February I will be 65. None of my doctors gave me any chance of
reaching that age and it now appears I shall.
Although we all tend to
live in that world of “it will never happen to me” my lesson in life has
been that even if it happens, it will happen on God’s timetable not yours
or your doctors.
I think there is a
Masonic lesson in there somewhere.
In Masonry and especially in Scottish Rite Masonry we strive to
learn the meaning of life. How does
a good man become better?
One answer to that
question is that we must accept God’s plan with grace. In our limited time on this earth God
wants us to make our mark. It isn’t
how much money we make or the big house, or the toys we have that
count. When the final ledger of your
life is reviewed it will be about how many people we help and how many
people we make feel good about themselves.
What is really important
in Masonry isn’t what you achieve in recognition or the title you
have. Those are things we give men
who are searching for the meaning of life to keep them interested in the
fraternity.
What is really important
is, what have you done for your Brothers to assist
them in their search for the meaning of life? Will they remember you as a man who cared
about them?
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The Valley News is
a publication of:
Scottish Rite
Valley of Bellingham
1101N. State Street #100
Bellingham, WA 98225-5066
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Editor (Temporary)
Steve Cronkhite, 32°KCCH
Grand Commander
Ronald Seale, 33°
SGIG of Washington
William Miller, 33°
Personal Representative of SGIG
G. Winton Smith, 33°
General Secretary
Paul Ingram, 33°
Treasurer
Charles Anway, 32°
Almoner
Byron Swedberg. 33°
Degree Director
James Moen, 33°
Valley Officers
Venerable Master
Steve Cronkhite, 32°KCCH
Wise Master
Chuck Anway, 32° KCCH
Commander
John Stafford 32°
Master of Kadosh
Ronald Fine, 32°KCCH
Scottish Rite
Temple of Bellingham, Inc
Jim Moen, President
Wayne Deming,
Vice-President
Steve Cronkhite,
Secretary
Chuck Anway, Treasurer
Ron Fine
Byron Swedberg
Winton Smith, Personal
Representative
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