June 30, 2018

Today is a new day. 
I listened last night to Sarah Gosnell's live video and her update and thoughts.  She is a young cancer survivor and fighter.  Her faith has brought her so far through so many hurdles that I doubt I could go through, but her will to live and her young, fighter spirit, led by the Lord, her Maker and Redeemer, has brought her this far.  She has her normal doubts and fears as any of us!
I actually know another young mother, Katherine Broadway,  with the same kind of Spirit directing her life with all its doubts and fears with cancer.  She too has been through so much with chemo, radiation and surgery.  She now takes a pill that is "holding" her cancer in place.  God is giving her length of days to live a productive life.
  Both of these young women have young children that the Lord has given them to rear and to love.
Both of these wonderful young ladies believe God is in control of their lives and they pray for healing.   We don't know what the future holds for any of us.  These young women love their families and their children and  cannot help but think about their futures.
When I hear about older people with cancer, their pain, their struggles and trips to the cancer centers for chemo, radiation, or the hospital for surgery, the future seems a little different for them(us).  They have led their lives cancer free up until this point and God will take each one of us from something, that is for sure.
But, I do see no reason not to pray for healing in all of these cases.  Yes, if it is God's will, but, it is God's will that He wants our trust and our hope in Him daily in all our thoughts and actions.  This is a real challenge when we face negative thoughts about life away  from our loved ones.  But, isn't continued life with the Lord  after our bodily deaths supposed to be the ultimate future in God's plan for us as believers?
We just have to focus on His Purity, His Power, His Love and His Will for our daily renewal and hope, and He will be with us through the storm, "in the boat" (Matt. 8:23-27~Jesus Asleep in the Boat During the Storm) and in all He has blessed us with in life as we have it here on earth, for a time.
Here is a long article for those of us facing the unknown...probably that applies to all of us whether or not we are cancer patients.


If God Doesn't Heal You