Heartache and Illness Abound
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
-- John 16:33
What a day! Rain. Rain. Rain. Flooding. Street closures. Thunder and lightning. And people who drive like crazy folks out on a sunny day.
None of it matters. Really. It doesn’t. Yesterday a sweet friend said goodbye to her son as brain cancer sent him home earlier than they had planned. Her heart is beyond broken and she is standing only because Jesus is holding her up. She’ll see him again one day but oh how she hurts in this moment.
Another friend learned a couple of weeks ago that her cancer is back. She almost made it to five years in remission. She’s at peace this time, confident that God has this and that He’ll give her whatever strength she needs to face the days ahead. She’s even thankful. That last journey, as tough as it was, strengthened her faith beyond anything she could have imagined.
Her sister, also a friend, learned days ago that she may have cancer too. She’ll have a biopsy soon. We’re praying it’s not that dreaded disease. We’re trusting Jesus no matter what the results.
My neighbor is facing a medical crisis as well. She is in her 40s but just a child in manner and personality. Her Dad buried her mom a few years ago and this is just so hard. She doesn’t understand how serious this really could be. That is a blessing. When she realized her sister was worried, she told her just to pray. It’s what they taught her to do before her mom died. It seems so unfair but, then, life is unfair.
As I write this, a storm rages outside. More rain we do not need on a saturated ground. Sometimes it seems that same way with cancer and heartache. We’ve had enough.
‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
-- Revelation 21:4
Come, Lord Jesus, come!
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