Hope in the Wait of Suffering

Hope in the Wait of Suffering is a personal, intimate, heartfelt journey, expecting the fulfillment of God's promise.

Sarah, having had bone cancer at the age of seven, was scheduled for her first post-surgery bone scan to determine if cancer had metastasized. Taking the quiet time and praying, seeking God's assurance and peace about the bone scan, a thought was impressed on my heart. Scripture? As I searched the concordance, I found the verse in Psalm 91:16. "Him" in this verse was changed to "her," and it impressed me. I knew that this was God's promise to me.

Trips to Milwaukee, chemotherapy, prosthesis after prosthesis as she was growing. From the onset of her recovery, she wanted to be a doctor. Eventually some years later, she graduated from grad school at UW Madison, nurse practitioner, summa cum laude.

May 12, 2012, she was married the second time. Sarah married Greg. A beautiful celebration at the conservatory in Central Park, New York. A year later, she gave birth to Gisele. Several months later, Sarah told me she couldn't believe the effect she was having as she was drinking her first glass of wine.

And then...