Christ, the linebacker

02/24/2010
Today is one week past the diagnosis. It has been amazing to watch God use Janice to honor Him and speak to people who didn’t much listen before. Tomorrow at 4:45 PM PST, is the appointment that should more clearly define the extent of the cancer. Janice and I talked yesterday morning that both of us are fighting off apprehension and anxiety with a touch of dread, about that appointment. She mentioned in her blog yesterday about the heart issues twelve years ago that lead to by-pass surgery. Every time she did a test, we would expect some good news; but it never came. I believe the enemy is trying to use that experience to his advantage, saying, “There was no good news then, and there won’t be now.” But Janice pointed out there was, in fact, very good news. Her heart surgery was more successful than her cardiologist ever expected. There was no heart damage and she has had no further problems for more than twelve years now. There is all kinds of hope in this case as well, no matter what we hear tomorrow. Most of all, there is what the Lord is doing in our lives and the lives of so many people around us. Our prayer for tomorrow is for some good news, but Janice’s greatest desire, and mine too, is that she will be used to show the power of the love of Christ. “…we do not look to the things which are seen, but at the things that are not seen. For the things that are seen are temporary, but the things that are not seen are eternal.” II Cor. 4:18
You know those commercials that have some big football coming from nowhere and demolishing some little old lady, like the Betty White or Tim Tebow Superbowl spots? I visualize that as what happens to the three enemies, Fear, Discouragement and Depression, try to come out from behind that tree where they are hiding; Christ, the huge, powerful linebacker whose number is 01 (Rev 1:8) meets them at mid-field and just knocks the snot out of them. God is great, and I hope you believe that.
rks