Happy Birthday Jessica

Today is Jessica's 22nd birthday and I am here in LA to celebrate with her and do a mini college trip with Matt and some of his friends. A fun trip. It has been awhile since I have written and life is somewhat settling into a routine again. I have officially resigned from the “hidden-hovering-mother” job, which basically means that since Dan has handled the last 2 chemotherapies without incidence and presumably without dangerous neutropenic levels, I do not need to be in LA “hovering”during that low WBC week. Dan had chemo #5 last Friday and the doctor has prescribed an additional treatment before taking another look with a CT scan.
The other night I read all of June and July’s blogs and several good things stood out to me, a few being: God’s faithfulness and presence through the rough seas; friends and family supporting us with much prayer and help; the character and attitudes of Dan and Ashley as we all lived through those difficult days.
Not one of us really knows the bumps on the road ahead, but we are so thankful for the tremendous progress made so far in destroying this insidious cancer in Dan’s body. All I do know for sure is that God is faithful and good and all-powerful, and He not only knows the road ahead, it is in His overall design for our lives.
And that is good enough for me.
In my Isaiah Bible study we have reached the glorious chapter 60. There is a day coming when Messiah will make everything right and His glory will be evident to all. Our LORD God has fulfilled His promises in the past over and over again and He will fulfill His promises for the future times. From prophesying the name of Cyrus 150 years (Isaiah 44 and 45) before he was even born and calling him to overthrow the Babylonians and set Israel free from their Babylonian captivity (which was also foretold ) to the future glory and salvation of all Israel, God’s Word is Truth. How could it be anything else because our LORD God Himself moved men to write its very words? God Himself chose the vehicle of prophecy to prove that He alone is God. (Isaiah 44) We should pay attention, read it and study it. (Isaiah 40) What audacity we humans have when we ignore the Word of the very One who holds our very being together and gives us the air we breathe. He has a glorious plan for each of us if we will but give our hearts to Him. The Word of God is our sure foundation and the means by which He reveals His character, His love, His righteousness and His purpose of redemption to all who will seek Him.
Isaiah 60