A Time to Fear

 A lump has appeared in my groin on the same leg that had a malignant melanoma excised last year.  Instant brush with fear.  Quickly reined in by remembering that I believe in

Prayer

Healing

A Supreme All-powerful Creator God Who Knows My Name


And that bubble of the Peace that Passes all Understanding has been sealed securely around me in the week since.   This past Sunday in our Bible Study class -- for the first time in the 40 something years we have been attending,   during the Praise and Prayer Request time, several people volunteered praises for their being x-many years cancer-free!  Please forgive me for seeing that as evidence that my prayers had been heard in heaven and to Keep the Faith.

I have all confidence that if this is the chariot that takes me home, it is because God  has taken care of my every concern for loved ones and it is Time for me to see what eternity where there is only joy and no more tears!

God has been faithful to me all my life:  that's not to say that I've been rich and famous and beautiful. It means that I have lived fully, loved completely, and enjoyed this life utterly.  And fully expect to be consumed by the next.  

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