From A Distance

Sometimes, when you are in a medical crisis you feel like you are standing at a distance. You or your loved one is experiencing painful symptoms of an unknown origin. The doctor's run tests, perform scans, biopsies, scopes, and blood work. You do not know what you are up against - your view is skewed. Your heart begins to worry with doubts of what is wrong with your child. You know they are in pain but you do not know why, how, or even where the pain is coming from. All of this from a distance looks bad. You feel anxious, fearful, and confused. Your mind turns to autopilot and a numbness comes over you almost like a thin layer of a protective sheath that envelopes you.

You must remember that when you are looking at a distance God is STILL there. He is still with you, loving you, holding you, and protecting you. From a distance your view is out of focus; the images are fuzzy and blurred. The colors run together, the lines are distorted, and the picture is faded. But, in order to see what is in front of you to gain clarity and insight you must move forward. As you close the gap - the test results come back, you get a definitive diagnosis, you put a plan of care together; as you move closer to the unknown the picture becomes more clearer. You see the tinted hues of a color, the lines begin to form a picture, and slowly the image becomes more clearer.

As your view comes into focus you begin to realize what has happened. You have come through the fire, you have walked through the storm. The view that was once distorted, cold, dark, and lonely is now a vision of warmth, peace, and a quiet thankfulness of what you have just went through. Most importantly, you become aware that the hope, faith, and belief you had at a distance to believe in God and hang onto Him and his Word has been fully realized.

2 Chronicles 20:20 "...Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld"

May the Lord whisper to you today He is still with you.
Penny