Saturday

Josh had a good night sleep. He coughed a little and his oxygen saturation dropped, but came up after he coughed some more. Ilene and I got 7 straight hours of sleep thanks to Mat and Christie sitting with Josh through the night. He woke up in good spirits this morning and enjoyed talking to his visitors.

Brother Bob and Betty came by to check on him as did our friend Toni Sanchez. And then a friend from California, Scott Thibodo came by. We have been blessed by your prayers, visits and encouraging words.

After Scott prayed for Josh, he asked Josh to pray for him. Josh was reluctant at first because he is still a little foggy, but agreed. He prayed and thanked the Lord for His faithfulness and blessings and then he thanked the Lord for the many friends  who have been praying for him and visiting and what a blessing they have been.

This journey we have been on for three months now has changed my faith. Our regular schedule has been so disrupted that the things we normally take for granite are no longer things we can rely on. The ability to go to the store or to sleep in our own bed or plan for next week have all changed. We don't know what tomorrow brings, but we know that God has been faithful to us in the past and that He already has tomorrow planned for us.

In Jeremiah 29 God tells His people:

 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 

It is hard to see how any of what we are going through could be good, it is hard to know how any of what we have been through could become a future of hope, but until we can see what God has planned we won't understand it.

Sometimes the good is what God is doing in other peoples lives as they see us walk in faith. Our hope is not in being cancer free, it is not in having success or wealth or fame, but our hope is in knowing that after this life, we will live the way God intended us to, walking daily with Him.