As the days tick off till Ann Sophie, Will, and Astrid return to Minnesota, in today’s journal Nelson is thankful he can live life in contact with God, which makes everything that happens to him purposeful.
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October 16, 2022
Woke up with a lot of pain this morning. Just aches everywhere, feet, back, etc. Kind of strange, and I don’t really know the cause. It’s always possible it’s cancer, but the bottom of my foot? Anyway, nothing an Advil or Tylenol won’t take care of after a while.
I’m also cold, but when I turned on the space heater, it shut off cause it’s already 75 degrees in here. Anyway, there are always lots of random symptoms.
We went up to Minneapolis last night to watch Karl’s game and celebrate Luke’s birthday. It was good we did it, even though we missed the game entirely.
It’s been fun hanging out with Mom for these few days while Annso is in Germany, although I’m excited about them coming back. Today is church, and I take my twice-a-week shower. Wednesdays and Sundays. lol. I can’t get motivated to shower more often than that.
“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.” (Psalm 55:22) What a great verse. It’s where David was being attacked by a former friend, but it applies to God being our strong help in trouble.
Annso has verses up all over the walls here from when I was in the hospital and she was here. She was crying out to God to help me, and he did it. I could have died a couple times, but he saved me and didn’t let me die. I would like to think it was those prayers that saved me. Maybe I’ll never know.
Is the cancer an attack that is waged against me with lots of spiritual momentum behind it or just a set of tough circumstances that came my way? It’s hard to say for sure. It’s tempting to over-spiritualize things and assume there is a spiritual attack, and there may be. It sure feels better to pray against something than just to see it as a random thing that could happen to anyone.
Either way, Lord, I’m thankful that you healed me like you did and like you are, Lord. I choose to assume you heard her prayers and kept me alive for the life we are starting to live as I get healthier.
I choose to believe you are a part of our life and constantly involved as we invite you in. What a privilege to live that way. What a privilege to have a wife who loves me and is not a backslider, and who cries out to you instead of the worldly things available that try to mimic you, Lord. I’m so fortunate to have her and our little baby. Amen.
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“Love never gives up…. and endures through every circumstance.” (1 Corinthians 13:7)