Enjoy the Good Days

I finally had a good report.  In fact, a new doctor I saw at John Hopkins gave me the most encouraging news I have had in a very long time.  He told me that my scan looked great, and currently there was no evidence of cancer.  He told me that he thought considering what I had been thru, that my recovery was remarkable.  He also said that my cancer was manageable. After reading my medical history, he thought that the primary tumor may have been in the lung all along.  He told me that we could be talking about this for the next 20 years, and he did not want to see me for a year.  He agreed with another doctor that I should have a routine of scans every 4 months.

Now I should have been just elated.  But instead, there was reservation in my mind.  You see after the first diagnosis three years ago, I thought it was all done and I never had to worry about cancer again.  Ah....wrong answer!!  Last year was a true nightmare.  I got terrible news at every corner of the road.  I had been thru horrific days of not knowing if it would be my last or not.  How in the world can I enjoy the good news without feeling what would be to come.

God really spoke to me at this point.  "No one knows what tomorrow will bring.  Nobody knows when there last breath will come.  There will be good days and bad days, and I am here in it all.  Trust Me, and enjoy the good report."  What truth He spoke to my heart.  I have had peace from that moment on. 

You can not live in fear worrying what tomorrow will bring.  Yes, I worried because I really thought this cancer was over and gone.  I was at death's door 4 times in the last year alone.  I learned something from this.  No matter what comes in the future, God will be right by my side.  This is a good time and I am going to enjoy the good report!

Matthew 6: 33, 34 "But seek first the kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself each day has enough trouble of it's own." 

He allowed me to understand this to share with you.  There is a key in verse 33.  Seeking God's kingdom and His righteousness will keep me under His wing of protection.  So...what am I to worry about?  He has everything under control. 

What may you be worrying about?  Have you had good news and can't enjoy it, because of what may be around the corner of tomorrow?  No matter what may come your way, take no thought for tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself.