“A Very Rough Day at the Hospital”
Sunday March 12th Update on My Karen

Thanks friends for the many words of encouragement and certainly, thank you so much for your prayers. Yesterday was a tremendously difficult day at the hospital. Karen was so very sick. The doctor told us that this is the result of both the cancer and the treatments she underwent. A new anti-nausea medicine was added and that gave her a few hours of relief and some sleep before the nausea and sickness awakened her. She just isn’t able to eat anything at this point. I know that we are in very serious as well as very special times. The doctors are doing their very best to help. Ultimately our family has only our great God upon Whom to trust.

Please pray that the terrible nausea will stop and that she would be able to eat something today. Only the Lord will be able to do this. Thank you so much for your concern for us and for your prayers. I love having you on the journey with us.

I came across this wonderful verse in my devotions a few minutes ago. “In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul” (Psalm 94:19). It literally means that when my heart has many cares and even anxieties, the Lord’s consolation and comfort encourages and brings joy to His child.

I have stood with hundreds of families who faced what I am facing today. Some became bitter while others trusted the Lord in profound and personal ways. I also know that it would be so much easier for me if I could just take this for my Karen. I would change places and take her cancer in a heartbeat if I could. There are indeed a multitude of thoughts within my heart. Through them all today I very much determine to lean heavily upon my Father’s comforts. Whatever you are facing today, if you know Christ as your Savior, you also can lean heavily on the Lord. In the midst of a heartbreaking situation and when there are a multitude of thoughts within you, He has promised that His comfort will be your delight. Wow! Only the Lord can do this.