Life's Journey

“I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much.” Mother Teresa

(http://thinkexist.com/quotation/)

I admit it ... I am one of the biggest babies on the planet. I am sad so I cry.  I am worried so I cry.  I am distress so I cry. I am happy so I cry. I am overwhelmed so I cry.  And in the few weeks, my emotions have gone crazy and I have done a lot of crying.  God believes that I can handle this and so I must also believe that I will have the strength to persevere. It is through my faith and support from the people around me that I know this will be OK.  I am amazed at how God is putting the right people in the right place to say and do the right thing ... Thank you!   It has not taken me long to realize that I am married to "Man of the Year" and have the best family and friends in the world.

 

My turning point was to come to the realization that this is part of my life's journey.  My cancer is treatable and if it is God's will that I go through this then it is being done to glorify God.  In all that I do I will glorify God.  He is the maker of the universe and the source of  life and love.  God is in control and knows the outcome of everything.  He is taking care of us even when we are unaware of His presence.

  

God has answered many of my prayers and spared my life many times over.  In the accident, one year ago, God actually spoke to me and said, "You and your family are going to be OK".  I have held onto that promise and it has helped me through this past year.  It will continue to give me personal reassurance.  There is a common saying that it takes pressure to make a diamond.  So I would expect by my birthday next year, I should be one sparkling diamond. :)

 “What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?” (Romans 8:31-32 Amplified)

Yesterday, in church the speaker said something that stuck with me .... 'It is our spiritual gifts that allow us to do God's work but our spirituality that keeps us humble'.  Right now, I am feeling very very humble.  My eyes are looking up and my heart is open, "Please Lord, let Your will be done, fill me with Your spirit and give me and those who love me the strength that we need to get through this. Amen”.