Nathan & Brittany got me a Roku stick a few months ago. It’s been great during this quarantine. I particularly enjoy Love It or List It. I haven’t had HGTV since I moved to Colorado
so I may be binge watching it now. These
shows were one of the reasons I never want to renovate a house. They always find some expensive
problem within the walls or the floor. I
really cringe when they crawl under the house to discover rotting foundation
pillars. Hillary always explains it with
great dramatic flair. “the foundation or
the wall simply won’t hold the weight” of whatever she wants to do. Of course, more money to shore up the pillars
will do the trick.
Some of life’s biggest blows come in the form of a diagnosis. I’ve cried with friends diagnosed with
cancer, I’ve said all the right scriptures to friends diagnosed with chronic
illness and now, I weep over social media posts about friends diagnosed with
Coronavirus, a word we didn’t even know
two months ago. Six weeks ago my youngest grandson was diagnosed with Type 1
Diabetes, out of the blue. Within 24
hours, my children were figuring carb intake and insulin dosages
and giving shots. In that first day we
did 8 finger sticks and 5 shots to a three year old.
One of the greatest fears plaguing our friends and families today is the
fear of the diagnosis. Ironically, we mostly fear Coronavirus but other
diseases are still being diagnosed daily.
Theo’s doctor at BDC shared that children are still being diagnosed with
Type 1 and they are still seeing patients.
My neighbor shared that her mother had been diagnosed with breast
cancer, an Oklahoma teenager underwent a biopsy for liver cancer last week
(Benign PTL). Fear of diagnosis didn’t
just start a few weeks ago. It has
become a constant in our lives. I
confess, I have knee-jerk reactions to
any and all pain in my body. These days
I say a prayer of thanksgiving every morning and night that I wake up easily
able to breathe.
As I study these scriptures, I am encouraged to realize that the great
King David was a lot like me. In Psalms
112:7, he wrote, “They do not fear bad
news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them.” NLT. I was intrigued, Who?
Who doesn’t fear bad news? It
was back in verse 1,
“ How joyful are
those who fear the Lord and delight in obeying His commands.” Several months ago, I studied the words
“fear’ and “delight” in other
contexts. “Fear” here, doesn’t mean to
be afraid, it means to respect, admire and worship. People who ‘fear’ the Lord are not scared of
Him, they respect and worship Him.
“Delight” was one I looked into
deeply. I believed my whole life I had
‘delighted’ in the Lord, and tried to cash in on those promises about getting
my desires met. I was humbled to learn
that “delight” means to want what He
wants above what I want. Just going to
leave that right there, without further
comment for now.
So, those who want what God wants
more than their own desires and worship Him do not fear bad news. Those are people who decided before the
diagnosis that God was and is completely trustworthy. They know that any darkness is lit with the
Light of the Risen Lamb. They are steadfastly established in their belief of
God and his character. I want to be that person.
Thinkin today about the heart of
my Lord. I can trust it, even when I
can’t see His plan.
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