Chelsey One Year Cancer Free!

I have been blessed this year with another wonderful Christmas gift from God. My daughter Chelsey had her one year PET scan done, showing that she is still cancer free. I have been amazed at the support of family and friends throughout Chelsey's bout with cancer, and even now so many people have celebrated with me the most recent test results. So many people have faithfully prayed for her, and God has graciously and lovingly given us the answer to our prayers.

This journey has been insightful in many ways. One thing that I learned was how to trust God during (or in spite of) difficult times. I admit that trusting God is easier when you don't have anything else you can do. With Chelsey's situation, we could take her to the best doctors and medical facilities we could find. They could give her the best treatments available, but when those things were not working, all I could do was plead for God's mercy, and trust him with an answer. Today I thank him for his answer to my prayers and strive to trust him just as much in all areas of my life. God is faithful and trustworthy always, even when it doesn't seem that way to us. I am still learning to completely trust him in the areas that I can control, knowing he can do much more with my life than I can.