My family is just like your family or any other family, I am sure. It seems as though we live on a roller coaster. Maybe that is because we all live in a world originally made perfect by a perfect God, but utterly messed up by imperfect humans over the centuries. God made it good. We messed it up. Then God fixes it. Then we mess it up again.(By "we" I am referring to all people who live in His creation.) Sometimes we realize that our own personal imperfections are a direct correlation to the situation, and sometimes things happen that seem to be no direct fault of our own.
My family has been on a roller coaster ride as of late.
Of course you know that I began this battle with cancer with scary low percentages of survival. But I have not only survived, God has made much good come out of it. Lately, even the oncologists are beginning to call my disease chronic instead of terminal. Things began looking better.
Then my dad began taking radiation for prostrate cancer. Things did not look as good. Then dad finished his treatments and all seemed to be better.
Then my brother, Ronnie was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had surgery. The situation was made worse when the doctors discovered that his cancer has spread along a nerve and that he will need to undergo radiation also. Things did not seem so good. Just the other day Ronnie received word that his latest PSA test result was "0." Great news! Things looked better.
Then yesterday afternoon my daddy was taken to Wayne Memorial to monitor what they believe could be some serious heart issues. We are awaiting results.
There is an old short joke that says something like. "Things were looking pretty bad. Someone told me to cheer up, things could be worse. So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse."
Well, that is not the way that things are in God's arena. We don't get to choose which way our roller coaster is going - headed up or headed down. But we do get to choose how we react to it. Here is what I know. God is in control. God is good. It is all about Him! Nothing gets by Him. Nothing happens to me that is not filtered through His love. (I think that last one is credited to David Jeremiah)
Which way is your roller coaster headed on this beautiful North Carolina morning? How are you choosing to respond?
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