I was going to blog one of the other "thoughts" God has shown me recently....but then was impressed upon to switch gears....Something big is happening this week and I am constantly reminded that God has got this....all the time!
In this "race" of life as Paul refers to it, there are many individual hurdles we have.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25
I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain. Galatians 2:2b
You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? Galatians 5:7
One of our daughters has had many of those such hurdles, and we along with her. She has had health
issues related to a rare genetic disorder. All of which are manageable, not life threatening. As she has always said, since a child, "it could be much worse" as we have read with other Allgrove Syndrome (a rare, progressive genetic disorder) patients.
Minor issues like no tears (alacrima), difficulty in swallowing (achalasia), adrenal insufficiency, and autonomic malfunctions (as with her heart stopping, and then starting again, and why she requires a pacemaker) all manageable, but can progress into something less manageable. As we have discovered over the years.
How can we deny that God has been in all of it?
I know some people would say, "she could have just NOT been born with it in the first place",
Yes, but we would not have seen God's amazing power, grace and mercy through out.
Some may say "He could have shown His power by healing her". Yes, but lessons, for all of us, might not have been learned. Like patience, faith and trust just to name a few!
I was probably most in awe of the power and control of God when we discovered her passing out "spells" she had been having all her life were actually caused by her heart stopping, and then it would start back up again!! Imagine as a mom finding out that information!....my mind flew back to the day she had had about 18 of those passing out spells! and that isn't even counting dizzy spells! I was a bit overwhelmed! We finally discovered at 19, that her heart had been stopping when a monitor she was wearing registered her heart stopped for just over 10 seconds...and that was just when she felt dizzy...hadn't actually passed out! we don't know how long the heart was stopping before she actually passed out....they put a pacemaker in before we got that data!
GOD WAS IN CONTROL OF EVERY HEART BEAT! A very important lesson for me! He started her heart back up more times than we would ever know! But what about the heart beats that don't start back up again, those children who die, young adults, any one whom we think has "died before their time". BUT if God is in control, then it isn't before their time....it is precisely when God knew it would be.
He created our heart beat, and He is in control of every one!
SO through out the entire "race" He is in control, and NOW a fairly new surgical procedure is going to be done to help alleviate some of the more serious issues of the achalasia, which have been making it difficult to swallow and eat, leading to choking and aspiration.
All in God's timing and placement! We could have pursued something sooner, or tried other procedures that have been out there longer, but thankfully we have come to this time, for this procedure, with this doctor, because God directed our steps!
This procedure is most successful if you haven't done any of the other procedures!
This doctor has actually done this procedure on one other Allgrove patient! (remember I said it was rare....we rarely meet a doctor who has heard of it, let alone treated it!)
We are going to Long Island for the surgery, where we have friends we can stay with for the week...rather than a hotel in a city where we know no one! (and it is in NY State for insurance purposes! Her having insurance is another way God has taken care!)
In those times when we don't know what is going on, or what is going to happen, we have to trust even more, be patient even more, persevere longer!
We can't let doubt or fear, or anger or discouragement overwhelm us, or we loose sight of the One we need to focus on!
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12:1-3
On our knees we don't have to jump the hurdles, we can pass under them! We still have the hurdles, but on our knees it is easier!
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
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