Why do we find it so hard to do what we know we are called to do. I think of the passage in Romans that talks about doing what we know we shouldn’t do and that we are all sinners and cannot do it on our own. This is so true.
I found out last October that I have thyroid cancer. Something we all worry about but just pray that we will never have to deal with it. I had a nodule and my doctor told me that less than 5% are cancerous. I didn’t need a biopsy..those odds are too low. My husband pushed me to do it, so off I went. It wasn’t a pleasant experience, but to find out that I didn’t have cancer…it was worth it. During that week, I kept feeling God impress in me that I was going to hear the results in Friday and I needed to be ready and that he would be there for me. Sure enough I received a phone call on Friday when we were arriving to a coin show that my husband wanted to go to. I listened to the doctor tell me he was sorry but I had cancer and needed to call a thyroid surgeon. When I got off the phone my husband thought I was joking when I told him. I had my thyroid removed, went off my thyroid medicine two months later to prepare for treatment and had RAI the end of January. It was so scary, but I have to tell you that I have never felt closer to God. I never doubted he was there, and I never doubted my healing. I was totally ABIDING in Him and He was holding my hand.
During this time I found out that I should not be eating gluten and dairy. My gut was a mess and these foods were affecting my health. I had already given up gluten due to the cancer and celiac disease in my family. The dairy was much harder. I did it of about 8 months and then decided that it was too hard and I was going to try eating it. Every time I eat it, I have some affects to it…..YET ….eating ice cream is so yummy and makes me feel so good. God is now telling me that I should not be eating it. As clear as day when Lisa asked the question this week. It is not good for me. It is not taking care if my temple. It is harming my body. The temporary pleasure is not worth the long-term consequences. Help my Father to heed these words. Take my hand Father. Walk through this with me Father. Thank you Jesus!
Daughter of a King 