Tomorrow will mark the 3 week period my dad has spent in the hospital receiving treatment for AML. Originally, the plan was for him to be in for about a month, but now, plans have changed. After a bone marrow biopsy on Wednesday, the physicians still found some traces of the leukemic blasts. They are going to be doing another biopsy tomorrow to get a clearer picture, but it looks like my dad is going to be going through another round of chemo treatment. So the estimated 3-4 weeks in the hospital is looking more like 8 weeks by the end of this specific treatment.
It is so easy to get caught up in the "why me?" and "why our family?" This experience has been the most stressful and broken times our lives, and yet, remarkably and by God's GRACE, we are able to look to Him. This past month has been an incredible time of learning. Learning how to trust in Him, learning patience, learning how to trust physicians, learning compassion, learning how to spend more time with our Creator, our GREATEST LOVER. Today's sermon at church hit so close to home (y'all should have been there... it was great!). During times of struggle and brokenness, we should be thankful. We should rejoice in the fact that the world is not perfect and that we all fall short and that there is pain. I know that sounds nuts. I thought so too... but here is the punchline: Then we can fully accept God's MERCY, GRACE, and LOVE. If the world was perfect and just, we wouldn't need God. We fall short of the GLORY of GOD so that when we are in our most vulnerable and broken position, He heals us. We can then say with full confidence, "God is Great".
It would be so easy to blame God and curse His name for the stress and heart ache He is causing my family... but instead, we choose to rejoice and worship because that is Faith. That is where HE is calling us.
It is so easy to get caught up in the "why me?" and "why our family?" This experience has been the most stressful and broken times our lives, and yet, remarkably and by God's GRACE, we are able to look to Him. This past month has been an incredible time of learning. Learning how to trust in Him, learning patience, learning how to trust physicians, learning compassion, learning how to spend more time with our Creator, our GREATEST LOVER. Today's sermon at church hit so close to home (y'all should have been there... it was great!). During times of struggle and brokenness, we should be thankful. We should rejoice in the fact that the world is not perfect and that we all fall short and that there is pain. I know that sounds nuts. I thought so too... but here is the punchline: Then we can fully accept God's MERCY, GRACE, and LOVE. If the world was perfect and just, we wouldn't need God. We fall short of the GLORY of GOD so that when we are in our most vulnerable and broken position, He heals us. We can then say with full confidence, "God is Great".
It would be so easy to blame God and curse His name for the stress and heart ache He is causing my family... but instead, we choose to rejoice and worship because that is Faith. That is where HE is calling us.
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