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Waiting for Surgery

by Nancy Quinn  
2/19/2008 / Devotionals


The phone call made my stomach drop. The pre-cancerous cells in the test were very high and I needed surgery to remove them. I'm not sure what shocked me more; the phone call or the feelings the call invoked. I've been a Christian for many years. Why was I so afraid? Did that mean I had no faith?

As I not so patiently had to wait for a month to get the surgery over with, my mind went in many directions and mostly to thoughts of my family. My husband does not share my faith, and I can't tell you how many times over the past years that I've prayed for the Lord to either allow me to live until my son graduated, or bring my husband to the place where he could take over the spiritual leadership in the household. And I wondered now what His answer to that prayer would be.

This story has a happy ending in that the doctor said the biopsy showed "clear edges" so she believed I'd be fine and just had to have those follow-up appointments through the coming year. However, the month of waiting was a lesson from the Lord in strengthening my faith. And most importantly, I feel this experience was a gift from the Lord. I will now be able to better understand the fear that others feel in this kind of experience and will be able to better encourage them.

Where was my faith? It was right where I left it. It was ok to be afraid and for this independent person to become vulnerable and seek support. I was used to being strong and helping others, and never wanting encouragement and support for myself. Maybe that is what the Lord also wanted to teach me. I learned to be humble and that I really was vulnerable.

If you are going through a time of unknown and fear, I encourage you to use this time to accept the things the Lord will be teaching you. Keeping seeking the Lord and pray. Also, it's important to allow people to minister to you right now. It's ok to be afraid. I learned it's what I did with that fear that was important. God loves you and wants you to lean on Him now. It's time to let go now, and let God during this time.

Psalm 6:2 Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint and withered away); O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

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