By this time today I was to be sitting on the deck of our friend"s house in the greater Vancouver area enjoying a cold refreshment and great conversation. Instead here we are at home watching the snow melt. The snow happened to fall this morning and we still do not have any sunshine. My feelings are mixed. Sadness that we had to cancel our long awaited trip to visit friends and family and then an excitement to understand why we couldn't go. This understanding may not come this side of heaven but it would be interesting to know why the Lord allowed the flu to fell Bob now. He could have had the flu a few days ago or even after we arrived in BC but yesterday? late in the afternoon? once I was prepared.. Since this isn't the first time we have had to cancel travel plans..........it is rather puzzling.
The flu will do a number on Bob simply because of the disruption to his body from chemo drugs not staying with him. The high blood sugar that comes with the Fri. drug could be tricky along with the flu. In the interest of Bob's health and emotional well being (like, the trots on a plane just can't happen). Plus the well being of the passengers on the plane me included could be in question!!!!-- ---cancelling seemed the most prudent. The car rental and drive across Vancouver wasn't going to be a fun adventure any longer. I get it all, but still......why?
I suppose I always ask why. Why do certain things happen, why a car accident, why a house fire, why cancer, why a war, why, why? We really do know why though,--- because we do not live in a perfect world. We live in a world full of people who break laws and put others at risk, a world full of chemicals and harmful substances that cause cancers, a world full of germs that cause the flu, a world full of mean people hungry for power and do not care who or how they hurt others. We live in a world of selfish people who put themselves first before the feelings or care of others --maybe even before their own families. We live in a fallen world.
That is all true but God is still God and I love Him. I know that He walks with me holding my hand through all of life's disappointments and joys as well. I trust God daily to have my best in His plan. He teaches me each day how to become more like His Son. Life's hard stuff does that, teaching me how to respond to God in both good and bad situations. So, I know who knows.
GOD KNOWS!!!! and I trust Him.
We must accept finite disappointment,but we must never lose infinite hope.
--Martin Luther King Jr.
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