Today has been an interesting day. I had a follow up visit at the eye doctor for my macular edema (swelling in one of my eyes that distorts my central vision - a side effect of chemo). My eye hasn't improved, and instead it seems a hole has developed in the macula. The plan is to keep using the eye drops and to give my eye a chance to heal on its own. I go back in four weeks, and if it hasn't improved, the only way to fix it is surgery. Not my favorite idea, since I already have reconstruction surgery scheduled in two weeks. I would appreciate prayers for my eye!!
God has pretty incredible timing. When I left the eye doctor's office, I wasn't feeling too joyful - but tonight is the first night for our lifeGROUP to begin the actual study, "Fight Back with Joy." It was so good to get together with our group, and I was reminded again that joy is not a feeling, but a choice. The takeaways from the study tonight were that God fiercely loves us, that He is here, and that He is FOR US. It can be easy to forget that when we are surprised by news we weren't expecting. I'm thankful that God is always the same and His love for us is always the same, no matter what we are facing.
JOY wins again. smile emoticon
"So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far
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