Word: Opportunity

This one is going to be a little blunt so have a seat or read it tomorrow if you're feeling fragile. 

For my age group of 51 to 60 years, the average survival time after being diagnosed with a GBM brain tumor is 12 months. For all age groups combined, 25 people out of 100 live 15 months; 4 in 100 live five or more years. These statistics are difficult, but necessary to embrace in order to stay on the informed side of reality and “number my days that I may have a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12).

So while I was caring for my sister Judy in November, her final days of dealing with the pain of her cancer, I cried to God, “Why Judy? Why, God, would you allow this to happen?” But somehow God moved me from “cancer sucks” to seeing God forging an opportunity. This opportunity is two-fold; to watch God work through Judy’s cancer, and second, to acknowledge that God is at work in the lives of family and friends. Although she struggled with having no choice, Judy realized that cancer was God's way of calling her home, her time to go to heaven.

Odds are this cancer is also my two-fold opportunity; to watch God continue orchestrating in the lives of all the people I love and care about so dearly, and second, my opportunity to pass from life as we know it, and move into eternity. While Ken and I are spending our time together, we live each day to the fullest, enjoying the new pace, following the recommended therapies and treatments, and unfolding our story to share with you. I plan to make the most of every opportunity and not limit what God is doing.