Mac used the word "aggressive" is describing the cancer....just 8 days ago he seemed fine. I guess you never know what's around the corner. Can't be easy sitting in college classes when you're dad has cancer 4 states away....
The whole thing brings Jesus' words about house construction front and center.
MT 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
What you build in good times, you lean on in hard times. If what you built is strong, it will support you when the storm comes. If what you built is weak, well.....
My marriage, my kids, my friends, my Jesus. Now is the time to work on these. Yeah, times might be tough, but budget problems are nothing. If cancer is like the storm describes by Jesus above, than financial problems are like fog--they make moving forward a hassle, but if you're careful, you can make it.
What is neat, and is something I'm glad to share is that Mac's moms email was filled with faith. She knows she is not alone. She shared how God was preparing her for this news as she did her devotions the days before the doctors appointment. She was led to mediate on James 1:2ff for three days in a row.
It's apparent that her house is built upon the rock. The Lee's have passed this faith down to her daughter, and this faith will sustain them throughout this storm.
Let's keep Mac's parents (Dick & April) in prayer. Let's huddle around Mac and walk with her on her journey.
grace & blessings
pjim
My marriage, my kids, my friends, my Jesus. Now is the time to work on these. Yeah, times might be tough, but budget problems are nothing. If cancer is like the storm describes by Jesus above, than financial problems are like fog--they make moving forward a hassle, but if you're careful, you can make it.
What is neat, and is something I'm glad to share is that Mac's moms email was filled with faith. She knows she is not alone. She shared how God was preparing her for this news as she did her devotions the days before the doctors appointment. She was led to mediate on James 1:2ff for three days in a row.
It's apparent that her house is built upon the rock. The Lee's have passed this faith down to her daughter, and this faith will sustain them throughout this storm.
Let's keep Mac's parents (Dick & April) in prayer. Let's huddle around Mac and walk with her on her journey.
grace & blessings
pjim
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