This blog brought to you by the number 5…..

It’s hard to believe that we are five months in on this journey.  At times it seems so very much longer than that and other times it feels like it was only yesterday that we received the news of dad’s diagnosis.  I’m by no means into the study of numbers but it struck me funny that in the 5^th month of treatment we learned that our next step will be to undergo radiation 5 days a week for 5 weeks.    Could that be coincidence or could the number 5 be relevant in some way?

From the very beginning my prayer was for peace.  Peace to know that God was with us on this journey and that we would make it through.   P..E..A..C..E.   Hmm that’s 5 letters.

On this journey we have clung to our faith knowing that all things are possible with God.             F..A..I..T..H …. Another 5 letter word….

We have had to place our trust in God and his will.   T..R..U..S..T..   Yep..1, 2,3,4,5  five letters!

We are so thankful for his grace and mercy that he supplies to us in abundance…  M..E..R..C..Y..  and  G..R..A..C..E..    Are you seeing a pattern here?

These are much more than just 5 letter words to me…these words are significant in how we have coped and dealt with dad’s illness these last few months. Scriptures that I learned as a young girl have taking on new meaning and I have found myself seeking out scripture more during this time that speaks to our situation.  Scriptures from the Bible…which also just happens to be a five letter word.  So maybe there is something to the number 5??

What is relevant to us now is that we have successfully completed the first leg of our journey and we are so thankful for good results.  We are encouraged that dad will be taking the next step and going through with radiation.  We know this takes courage and we are so thankful that he is strong and willing to face whatever comes his way. 

I would like to think that as a family we can endure whatever comes our way and if there is a reason or purpose to this journey that we not only face it but we embrace it!  If it is to become closer, stronger in our faith, opponents in the fight against cancer then so be it.  I don’t want to look back at these past months as just a dark moment in time but a time that we came together for the good and positive in life.

So now we are off to battle radiation…it seems appropriate to note that when David went to battle Goliath he chose FIVE smooth stones to meet the giant enemy of Israel. 

(The number 5 again…just saying!)

Let us run the race that is before us and never give up.  Hebrews 12:1