As I wait, and Jillian undergoes her first chemo treatment, I think about things I “know” in the face of cancer.
Control: I knew there was lots I didn’t control before, but cancer reminds me that there are things going on in our bodies, life or death things, that go on all the time that we have NO control over.
And with chemo we trust OTHER people, people we didn’t even know before today to do things, life or death things, inside our body too!
Hope: cancer is a great reminder that hope isn’t simply optimism. It can be something much sturdier.
Optimism says, “I think everything will work out.” (Nothing wrong with optimism, but hope is more)
Hope says, “Even if everything doesn’t work out the way I want, God is still faithful.”
Last thought as I wait… I'm surprised at how many folk speak so much louder on their phones in the waiting room than they do in person.
