This morning, I had a follow up visit to the doctor who first diagnosed my cancer last October. No big deal!
The day was so similar to the day I was diagnosed - a warm, beautiful day, appointment was about the same time, Kelli and John were even in Springfield again, just like last October. It was a little "déjà vu" feeling...
Today, I was not prepared for the words, "have you noticed this lump?" "We need to check this..." but I was hearing it again!! After an ultrasound, another appointment was made for 3pm this afternoon for further investigation. I called Tony and texted a few friends to ask them to pray.
The hours from 10am to 3pm were a little surreal. As Tony and I ate lunch, I said, "either this is nothing or it is bad" - like a tumor that survived and grew over the last seven months of medical treatment. But there was no fear - only peace, the kind that doesn't have anything to do with the circumstances around us. The "peace that passes understanding."
By 4pm, we got the news that everything was good - just scar tissue from surgery. They will continue to monitor it to make sure it is nothing more, but everyone is feeling good about it at this point. Thank you, God, for that blessing!!
I was reminded of how quickly circumstances can change and our lives can turn around. And as I looked through notes I have made since last October, I was thinking about the fact that God is always here for us, always the same, in the sunshine and the rain, when we laugh and when we cry. He never changes. Never. There is such comfort in that knowledge!!
“My help comes from the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth! He will not let you stumble and fall; the one who watches over you will not sleep. Indeed, he who watches over Israel never tires and never sleeps. The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.... The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever.” (Psalm 121:2-5, 8 NLT)
“But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they go right on producing delicious fruit." (Jeremiah 17:7–8, NLT)
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12, RSV)
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