Praising God in All Things

GUYS!!!  I can't make this up!!!  Look at the date!  June 13th, today.  This was my devotion for today.

God knows what is going on.

Yes, there is a 99.8% chance my husband of 17 years, the father of our two children, has multiple myeloma.

In all circumstances praise God.

An incurable, but treatable cancer of his plasma cells.

Whatever the circumstances.

His bones are porous, not dense like they should be.

We CAN find contentment.

He has a tumor that without it, we may not have known about the cancer.

God WILL walk us through this.

At times, I think I am simply going through the motions, completely emotionless.  But I know that isn't true.

Fear.  Anxiety.  Anger.  Sadness.  Confusion.  Overwhelmed.

I feel those.

But I also feel more.

Grateful.  Thankful.  Loved.  Supported.  Hope.  Contentment.

One thing I have learned already is to allow others to bless us.  This is so difficult to do as we are fairly prideful people, but I know that God is using you all in special ways in our lives.

Family and friends have gone above and beyond in their prayers for our family.  People are stepping and providing food for us and taking care of food for other responsibilities we had.  An unexpected bonus from Ted's work was given.  Friend's offered to pay for Alyssa's equestrian team sign up and offered to trailer her horse to practice so we don't have that stress.  Another offered to purchase a hospital bed to help Ted sleep more comfortably.

You are all angels.

Peace surrounds me because of your love and prayers.  I can never truly thank you enough.

I know that our journey has taken a direction we never thought would happen to us but because of you all and the mercy and grace of God, we will get through this.

We will fight this.

Ted will survive.