When cancer barged into my life in 2018, it was already at Stage 4. For at least 9 months the unforgiving and aggressive tumor was profusely bleeding. It was horrific. I had to quit my job. I had to find a doctor who will take me in with my insurance. I had to face the possibility of an early death.
With many prayers from family and friends, God dramatically intervened. On Feb 15 2019, I was Tboned by a truck. God knew how critical my situation was. My hemoglobin was at 4 and my anemia was severe. My weight dropped from 140 to 118. I needed prompt medical attention. God gave all I needed. All of a sudden, at least 5 doctors and many support staff were giving me lifesaving measures. A teaching hospital as MidMichigan Medical aided not only my broken bones but my entire body. The accident was really no accident.
Cancer is definitely a stumbling block. It plunges you into an abyss, a pit, a darkness that tries your faith like no other. However, after at least four years of dealing with it, I can definitely see where it can be a stepping stone.
While the stumbling block woefully throws setbacks, hurdles and obstacles to the journey, the stepping stone joyfully takes you to places of answered prayers, healing and miracles.
On Dec 13, 2021, I will do a CT-guided lung biopsy. Remember that one spot that stayed and grew from 5mm to 1.2cm in my lung? It baffled my Oncologist. Why did it not resolve like the others did (breast, brain, bone, liver and lymph nodes)? I am not whiny about it. I’m too busy rejoicing but I’m also looking to know why.
So please pray for me that…
- The CT-guided biopsy will not harm any other tissue in my lungs;
- The spot will be found benign;
- If not, they will find a less invasive way to take it out.
My stumbling block is in JUST ONE SPOT. It is so easy to forget all the blessings I’ve enjoyed, all the healings God did, all the miracles I’ve been honored to see. I want to keep walking through each stepping stone. I really don’t want to be shattered by any stumbling block.
"But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and more. " Ps. 71:14 KJB