Unwelcome News
Theme of the Week: Whose Will Be Done?
Tom Petersen
Monday, January 22, 2007
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Key Bible Verse: If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your God (Isaiah 50:10). Bonus Reading: Isaiah 40:27-31
Cathy and I were thrilled when the doctor confirmed her pregnancy. Married for only a few years, we'd been praying for a child and were giddy at the prospect of this first addition to our family.
Time passed quickly until about six months into the pregnancy. In addition to the usual odd cravings and inability to go more than 20 minutes without a bathroom break, Cathy assumed her night sweats and the lump growing on her neck were related to her pregnancy. Conversations with our doctor provided no clear information.
Finally we pressed the issue. She referred us to a surgeon to take a tissue sample.
We met with an oncologist after the biopsy. Cathy, he grimly informed us, had Hodgkin's disease. The bottom fell out of our happy world.
The oncologist recommended inducing her pregnancy, in hopes that the seven-month-old fetus was old enough to survive. That would clear the way for Cathy to begin chemotherapy treatments without further delay.
Suddenly, the pending joy of a baby's birth was overshadowed by the coming struggle to defeat the cancer—and the uncertain final outcome. [continued 1/23]
—Tom Petersen in Iowa
My Response: When have I found it hard to trust God?
Copyright © 2007 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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Lord, help me to accept your "good and pleasing, and perfect" will, even when that runs counter to my natural desires.
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