Tomorrow is a week since my final chemo, and my heart is so full of thanks.
I am so thankful for God's hand of protection physically and spiritually - I am tired, but I am not sick, and we are peaceful. This journey has given me such a clear perspective on what is truly important, and given me opportunities to reflect and express appreciation, rather than just racing through life.
And what has happened as I have laid things aside and focused on blessings? I am watching over and over as God moves people into new areas of leadership, and I can encourage them and cheer them on. At the same time, God is showing me just a glimpse of new things that He has planned for me to do, and that is exciting.
As we let go of the things we hold so tightly to, God can use us in ways we never would have anticipated. I have never been more excited about a season of life than the one that is ahead - not only for Tony and me, but the one that is ahead for our family in the things that God has called them to, in what God has planned for Life Fellowship Church, and in what God has planned for His Kingdom, locally and globally! As Christ followers, we are on the same team, and God has plans greater than we can imagine!!
"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe... Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things." (Psalm 107:1-2, 4-9 NIV)
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