Saturday, May 28, 2011

God News - day 38...

God has been so present since Tyler was discharged on last Sunday. He came home and things went pretty much as they had the last 2 times, he ended up with a little pain and minimal sores and we were able to take care of it all at home and NOT have to be readmitted. The way I see it, we will have it all figured out by round 4 which is next Thursday and then this Interim Maintenance round will be over. 

We have a church about a block away that we pass almost anytime we leave the house and it has a sign out in front and this week it read "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want" which pretty much says it all.

Here are his numbers from this Thursday:
WBC:1.8
RBC: 2.85
Hemoglobin: 10
Platelets: 157

I was reading a devotional this week and meant so much to this mom and I realized this is how Tyler is living and fighting. With the childlike faith...
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Uncertain of the Next Step, but Certain of God
by Jon Walker
"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3 (NIV)
Oswald Chambers says we can be uncertain of the next step, but we can be certain of God.
When my son first started playing baseball, he was still relatively young and not used to a life lived around clocks and calendars. So it wasn't uncommon for him to ask, "Is my game today?" "How many days until Saturday?"
Jesus says this childlike nature is necessary to enter the kingdom of heaven. My son wasn't questioning if something would happen; in fact, he was confident that it would. But he was dependent upon my wife or me to tell him when it would happen. ?
Oswald Chambers, in My Utmost for His Highest, says, "The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty." He says we can be certain of God, even if we are uncertain of the next step he wants us to take. We can be certain of God's plan for us, even if we are uncertain of the specific details. Even though we're uncertain, we can be confident God will not disappoint us (Romans 5:5).
This also means we can release the things we have no responsibility for and stop worrying about them. For instance, my son could be certain I would get him to the ball game, but he didn't have to be concerned with how much gas it would require or how to get to the baseball field. He could just enjoy being a child and live in each moment, trusting that I was handling the details and that I would let him know when was time to go.
This is the childlike faith Jesus wants us to develop, where we grow confident each day that he will come through at just the right time and in just the right way.
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Thank you, from this mom, for continuing to pray for my family as we travel this journey...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing this devotion... we all need to be reminded to have child-like faith... praying for Tyler... and you!

Big hugs,
Lisa Krause