Promise

I've been feeling so tired lately with absolutely no energy. I have a cold to top it off. No biggie, but random thoughts keep coming in my head like "It's come back". "You probably have cancer in your bones now". Or that headache is actually brain cancer. I just have to remember that the enemy is a joy killer. He can plant these terrible thoughts in my head. I have to stay focused on Christ and the hope I have in him. 

As we were driving away from Roman's baseball game tonight, it happened again with a vengeance. I was overwhelmed with the idea that the cancer had come back. It was so fierce, that I was silently caught off guard. I mentioned it to Matt and he reminded me that I am healed. I looked up and showed Roman that a little rainbow was in the sky. I mentioned to the kids that rainbows represent God's promise. Then it dawned on me, this rainbow was for me. It disappeared in about 30 seconds. Matt and I were amazed. God didn't promise me that I will forever be healed on earth, but he does promise a future with him. Whatever my future holds, I have the hope of eternity in heaven with Jesus. What a promise!

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (1 Peter 5:10)