Fully Alive

Donny, top right, is having a stress test next week for his heart. He's one of the precious Nassau friends for whom we're praying. His wife is in that prayer group I attended on Monday.



The photo below reminds us that now we're not in Nassau anymore. It was taken on one of our morning walks. What a beautiful place. My brother-in-law, in blue below, had been told his thyroid appeared cancerous. Right after dropping us at the airport, he went for a second opinion and got really good news. The doctor said he felt there was no suspicion of cancer. We prayed so much! God is good.

Our flight was smooth and our arrival early. We both went to our offices for awhile, since we'll be out for kemo this morning.

Streams in the Desert this morning reminds me that God is the living God! "We forget that he is now exactly what he was three or four thousand years ago, that he has the same sovereign power, and that he extends the same gracious love toward those who love and serve him. We overlook the fact that he will do for us now what he did thousands of years ago for others simply because he is the unchanging, living God. What a great reason to confide in him, and in our darkest moments to never lose sight of the fact tht he is still, and ever will be, the living God."

Since I'm just now reading in Genesis, the quote above sends my mind immediately to Joseph, and God's faithfulness to him. Joseph was able to say to his brothers who had done unspeakably awful things to him, "You intended it for evil, but God intended it for good." We can say the same thing to cancer, or heart disease, or conflict, or any threat. God, who is always the same and is infinite in power, plans good--not evil--for us, even as we walk through our trouble.

Thanks so much for your prayers. Next week I'll get another CA 125 test. God is infinitely able to drive those cancer cells down.

Love,

Carol