Moment
A while back I began this blog, to which I make intermittent entries, called Dusty Puff. In addition to being a mist or puff, the scripture indicates that our bodies come from dust and return to dust. Thus we are dust that has life for only a moment- that is a puff in the time line of eternity.
In the book of James in the New Testament we read 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
The reality of a dusty puff entered my life with the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Even though the cancer is small I must examine my mindset and what the future will bring. Since my cancer is low grade, the mechanics of moving forward appears to be matter of fact. Moment-to-moment living deals with the attitude of my heart. My prideful self-abasing heart leads me to believe I can conquer what will come all by my self. My bent is to downplay the encouragement from friends and family. Since loving friends and family surround me, I apparently have taken much of their love and encouragement for granted.
How will my diagnosis and treatment of cancer impact those close to me? How will they respond to the news of cancer albeit seeming a minor inconvenience? Together we must know and understand that God through is accomplishing His purposes. We must realize that as God has brought us to this place find our peace and rest in who He is-the Savior who came to earth to reconcile the earth and mankind to himself.
Without having the constant reminder of scripture read to me by others and as I read the scripture myself my thoughts take me in the direction of relying upon my own knowledge. Reading the scripture reminds that the message of God gives knowledge that I take to heart to soul issues. I know that God gave good news; my heart is transformed as I realize that God through Christ has forgiven me and my soul because the work of Christ on cross will one day rest with God in eternity.
Now timeline stuff-the mundane of the life. I am pursuing treatment modalities. Therefore, no definitive treatment plan is in place.
These events were not anticipated when we came to the states for a respite. Now we will find our rest and sufficiency in Christ.
