I'd like to share with you a trial that our family is going through, particularly our son Dan...about whom I've been writing. He's been having migraines, and had an MRI done. It was a big surprise when they found something that looks like a tumor in his brain. They did a biopsy, and the results are still not certain. The first assessment was that it's a low-grade tumor (not aggressive, and very slow-growing), which has a better prognosis. In cases like these, it is often enough to just do the resection, so that additional chemotherapy, etc., isn't required. Part of the sample was also sent to outside experts, and their first reaction was that it did not look like tumor tissue. (Although, that doesn't mean it's not!)
Dan and his lovely wife KC, with their three children, were gearing up for a big move, relocating from Washington state to San Antonio, TX, so it was a hard time for this to come to light. As I write this, they are in the middle of the long trip, and Dan continues pretty much as if nothing was wrong!!! He's a strong and determined person, and I can't imagine him not putting up a fight against this invader...whatever it turns out to be.
Not long after getting the news, I wrote this poem, not only for Dan and KC, but for all of us who are lifting them up before God, and cheering them on. (You can imagine how KC is feeling! Dan is only 39. They've been married for only 12 years.) But also, I'm sharing this poem so that if any of you who are reading this find yourself in a difficult, dark time, you will hopefully be encouraged, too.
Easy it is in light to bless
your love with a grateful voice.
But when pain pulls the blinds down around my nest,
then praising's a harder choice.
So dark it may be around this place
that I cannot see the way.
or to fall to my knees and pray.
Delayed though the daybreak seems right now,
as if night will never be done,
in the shadow You eagerly show me how
to run towards tomorrow's Sun!
***** -Becky Rhon *****
"Tomorrow's sun" has already begun to shine! One day, right before I started reading one of my devotionals, I asked God to please give me something that would speak specifically to Dan's situation. Only a few seconds later...there it was! I was amazed!
"When He heard this, Jesus said, 'This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it.'" (John 11:4)
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Then more good news! Dan and KC, for the first time, had decided to apply for housing on the military base, but the waiting list is very long, and could take many months to get around to them. Imagine how surprised they were when they were offered a four-bedroom house almost immediately. It's a great scenario for them: it's close to Dan's work and his medical care, there's a swimming pool only a block away, and there are lots of kids around, so Noe, Micah and Eli won't have trouble finding friends to play with. KC enjoys meeting new Army wives, and usually develops a ministry with those who are interested in studying the Bible.
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Tomorrow's SUN...towards which we are running! Look at it in the light of Malachi 4:2:
"But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall."
And Psalm 84:11 says: "For the Lord God is a sun and shield."
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Be encouraged!! The Sun that rises with healing in its wings is shining for everyone who runs towards it!
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