I see you

You’ve been diagnosed. Your whole world has shifted. You have a million questions you’re not even sure how to ask.

I see you.

Your fear is palpable. You’re worried it’s spreading at record speed, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. You don’t know if it is treatable or if you are on your death bed.

I see you.

You worry about your family. You worry about your mom. How could she see her daughter go through this? How will you tell your kids? How will your husband feel?

I see you.

This will be a trying time. Your focus will suddenly be nothing else but questions and doctor appointments. But I am telling you this. YOU WILL get through it. You will realize things about yourself that you didn’t know were there. You will come out on the other side with a strength that God instilled in you a long time ago. And you will see just how faithful God is. He will carry you when you’re sick. He will hold you when you cry. He will care for your family members and relieve their hearts. He will not leave you.

God did not make this happen. It is the fallen world, and our imperfect bodies in this fallen world. BUT. He is going to use you in ways you never guessed, and your testimony will impact someone He wants to reach. Have no doubt on your purpose, sister. He is ready to use you through all the pain.

It’s okay to be scared. It’s okay to cry. It’s okay to not even be sure how to pray.

Our God can handle it.

God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear,

though the earth give way

and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

though its waters roar and foam

and the mountains quake with their surging.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

the holy place where the Most High dwells.

God is within her, she will not fall;