The Waiting Game

Last week I had the biopsy and another CT scan. Now we wait. I'll be meeting with the oncologist on Wednesday afternoon to go over the results of the tests and make a treatment plan. I'm a little sad that I will have to miss the class trip to Beemer conservation area.
This weekend I was reading in Romans. It says in Romans 5:1-4


 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 

It says, "we glory in our sufferings".  Can I thank God for cancer?  Well, I'm not glad that I have it. But, I do know that God is going to use it for a lot of good.  That's what He's like - good. 

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  1. AnonymousMarch 14, 2020 at 8:10 AM

    All that waiting must be hard. I can hardly wait for something to come in the mail

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    1. Mr. LeeMarch 18, 2020 at 2:22 PM

      I can testify that Alex is being very truthful about having trouble waiting for packages to arrive in the mail! LOL!

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