Update #43

Here I sit in meetings in Washington connecting with all sorts of interesting people with the hope of advancing God's Kingdom.

But my thoughts continue to drift back home thinking about Jewel as she completes her last radiation treatment today.

Then an email comes from Jewel with a quote from her journal. Jewel writes:

“I am deeply grateful to the cancer clinic for all of their professional expertise and treatment that they have given me. I have just finished my last treatment of radiation. What a relief to have these treatments completed. I am now in the “recovery mode”. Each day I feel my body being knit back together. This is an amazing process and I am truly thankful to God for His healing hand.

In this last five months I deeply understand more than ever that while God will always answer our prayers in His own way and His own time. I truly believe that God will answer all of my questions when l I see him face to face and can understand the answers. I now know with clarity that in my times of struggle God offers me Himself, His presence, His companionship, His comfort, and the reassurance that no matter what happens in life, He is wise, good and righteous. As I held onto the hand of God in the toughest moments this understanding flooded my every cell.”

It is such a privilege to be married to such a godly and wise woman. She has taught me so much as we walked this journey.

I'm so glad that Jewel's close friend from Chicago will fly in tonight to spend the next few days catching up and "celebrating" the end of her radiation.

For me, I get back to my meetings to try to change the world. :-)

Yours on the Journey,

Geoff