Election Day

Today starts a new stage in our journey. The elections today will decide who will be the next president, our decision will be more about how we traverse these next 42 days of chemo and radiation. We are putting up a calendar to do the countdown to December 18th, which will be the last day of treatment. 

We are very thankful that we have the ability to express our preferences in the voting booth and live in a country that gives us the ability to elect to pursue treatment and we have doctors and medicines that we can take during this process. As I was reading last night, the story of King Hezekiah when Judah was faced with a similar situation where the outcome didn't look good -  the city was under attack from the mighty Assyrian army, who had created a path of destruction in their wake. 

I took great comfort in the words that were given to the king by the prophet Isaiah after he sought the Lord:  

[25] “Have you not heard that I determined it long ago?

I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass,

that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins,

        (2 Kings 19:25 ESV)

Even the king of Assyria actions were ruled  by our God, as is cancer. We continue to cry out to the Lord, like king Hezekiah, who saw the 185,000 Assyrian struck down outside of the city, what is the difference with a few million cancer cells?

As we start the treatments, please pray that the side effects of the chemo and radiation are minimal and that Jenny could have energy and strength. Pray that she could continue to stay strong and not get discouraged. Thanks for your continued prayer, we cry out, just like King Hezekiah:

[15]  “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. [16] Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see;
(2 Kings 19:15-16 ESV)