February 4, 2014

World Cancer Day - He's Not Done With Me Yet!

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."  2 Corinthians 5:17

Today is +644 days since my transplant.  It is also the day the world shines a light on cancer... celebrates survivors, mourns the lost, and focuses on the need for continued research.  It has occurred to me recently that this is about how long I would have had to live without my transplant.  Instead, I am in remission, regaining strength and energy, and about to witness the birth of my fourth grandchild.  Amazing!

I chose the verse above because I AM a new creature!  So many things have become new!  But this isn't just because of the transplant.  I think of what my life would have been like without God.  I think of what my choices would have been like without the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  I made enough mistakes as it was!  I have spent quite a bit of time lately looking at the choices of this world, and it is quite saddening.  I look at what our society finds appealing, and I find it appalling.  I am not ashamed or afraid to walk a road less travelled.  It was what I was taught, and after a lifetime of comparing the alternatives, it is what I choose.  

I wish I could just implant this knowledge to others, but it seems that all I can do is continue to live and speak the same tune.  Maybe that's why God gave me these +644 days and counting.  I guess He's not done with me yet.